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Pretty Girls 2048 Strike, the latest title in EastAsiaSoft’s long running series, puts a slight fighting game-like twist on classic slide-puzzle gameplay. It is actually pretty creative. This is one of those games where it is sort of difficult to explain but makes sense once you see it in action. The learning curve only takes […]
Now being officially recognized as Puzzle Bobble instead of Bust-A-Move here in the States, Puzzle Bobble EveryBubble! is a colorful sequel starring Bub, Bob, Peb, and Pab while featuring some new and welcomed multiplayer modes into the classic bubble matching gameplay. Rainbow Islands has been covered in bubbles and it is up to the four […]
From the makers of Donut Dodo, Flynn’s Arcade returns with another new, retro-style arcade game that mixes the single-screen digging mechanic of Dig Dug but with the offensive power of Bomberman. Assuming it is named after the playable bunny, Murtop looks, plays, sounds, and feels exactly like an arcade game from the early 80s right […]
Much thanks and appreciation must be forwarded to Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden for translating and porting Cyber Citizen Shockman, along with a few other recently released titles such as Moto Roader, Greylancer, Avenging Spirit, and Gynoug, to modern platformers. When old games like these, especially ones that receive an English translation, all gamers win. Cyber […]
A multiplayer lightgun shooting gallery published by Aksys, Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery is a $40 gatcha shooter based around a Japanese festival. Although interesting and unique when compared against the current gaming landscape of roguelikes, it stutters with each forward step. Using JoyCons as a lightgun, up to 3 local co-op players can participate in […]
When I first started playing Secret Agent: Cold War Espionage, I got upset by the lack of direction, loose controls, and weird control scheme. Going in cold, the first couple stages can be frustrating until you understand what kind of game this low poly James Bond simulator actually is – a satirical take on a […]
For whatever reason, I noticed a couple trends in gaming over the last few years – there seem to be more and more walking simulators and many games seem to be starring foxes. Lost Dream: Darkness mixes these two popular inclinations into a game that, well, isn’t exactly a game. Controlling a fox, the goal […]
Another simple, single-screened stage-based platformer published by EastAsiaSoft, Color Pals is a low-cost way to easily increase your Gamerscore while offering an hour of twitch platforming. The gimmick behind each of the 50 available stages comes from the color mechanic. Playing as a cube, you can only traverse platforms that share your color. Step on […]
A retro 2D platformer with slight Metroid gameplay, Adventures of Poppe has its heart in the right place but is bogged down with tedious backtracking, cheap difficulty, and the lack of direction. Poppe is young boy that is either very tiny or he has been placed in a very large world as the entire campaign […]
Despite what the name implies, Mangavania doesn’t have much Metroid in it. If anything, it might be more closely related to something like Ninja Gaiden since gameplay is divided into 20 individual stages. Gameplay is also simple as one button jumps and the other attacks. Granted, a few extra abilities like a double jump and […]
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