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Published by Flynn’s Arcade, Flora & Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden is the latest new, retro-style arcade release from their enthusiastic library of digital downloads. This time, the inspiration comes from a mix of Donkey Kong 3 mixed slightly with Buster Bros. and Snow Bros. Perhaps the oddest part of this co-op action platformer […]
Published by Maximum Entertainment, 100 in 1 Game Collection is a mindless cash grab using a quantity-over-quality mentality. Most games are cheap, not fun knockoffs of other better, more popular games. I am guessing the target audience for this subpar compilation are ignorant parents trying to justify the assumed high value. Be warned. Nothing about […]
Published by EastAsiaSoft for $7, Exo-Calibre is a simple vertical shooter with a lighthearted tone. The 45-minute quest is pleasant, but the replay value is limited despite having local leaderboards and an unlockable boss rush mode. An AI is causing problems so three anime girls fly their space crafts a shoot down alien invaders. This […]
Megacat Studios and Playground Productions have ported Backyard Baseball ’97 to PS5 and Switch through reverse engineering as they didn’t have the original source code. While the passion to bring this 28-year-old game to modern platforms is impressive and pretty darn cool, I must beg the question – who asked for this? The Backyard Sports […]
Stunt Flyer, originally released in PAL regions for the Nintendo Wii, has been ported to the Switch and recently to Xbox Series consoles. Ultimate Games has now transitioned this wholesome digital playground to current Playstation systems and plays just like the other versions. Everything mentioned in my Switch and Xbox articles still hold true so […]
Keeper’s Toll, published by EastAsiaSoft, is the latest Vampire Survivors clone but with one key difference from the dozen others released this week – this one is actually good. The inspiration from Vampire Survivors is blatantly obvious. There are multiple heroes, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and attacks. Each stage is outfitted with its […]
Bunny Cubed is the latest low-cost Sokoban title published by EastAsiaSoft, following in the footsteps of Rivenaar’s Grove, Skater’s Solstice, Soko Penguin, Soko Frog, The Traveler’s Path, and Shivering Stone. However, it most closely resembles Fluffy Milo right down to the menu selection screen. It takes less than thirty minutes to clear all 60 stages […]
Originally released in PAL regions on Wii, Ultimate Games recently published Stunt Flyer on Switch. There, I praised the game for its casual gameplay, wholesome approach, and zero pressure presentation. You can read my Switch REVIEW of Stunt Flyer here. Thankfully, Stunt Flyer has now been ported to Xbox consoles. In short, it is the […]
Clearly inspired by retro first-person shooters of the late 90s and early 2000s, specifically Half Life, Kvark is a new, old game purposely designed with quality, lower-res visuals and janky polygons. It looks like an old game and, for the most part, plays like an old game for better and worse. It doesn’t do anything […]
Developed by a small team and published by EastAsiaSoft, Starlight Legacy is a cozy, nothing fancy, relatively straightforward 16-bit style RPG. This old-school 10-hour campaign doesn’t always hit high notes, but it is a quality option for busy adults who enjoy RPGs but rarely have the time to play them. To its credit, it is […]
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