Pizza Tower is heavily inspired by Wario Land Shake It! (Wii) with its fast-paced, nicely animated gameplay.Gillman picked it up on a Steam sale, said good things, and so we decided to play it this week.
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Egglien (XSX) Review with streamA low-cost 2D retro-style platformer, Egglien is a quality short burst romp all about pooping eggs on your enemies. The story is ridiculous and shoehorned into the gameplay, but it doesn’t matter because most players will probably want to play this for the easy Achievements anyway. You play as an alien that craps eggs like […]
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Planet Cube: Edge (XSX) Review with streamOutfitted with a pea green original Gameboy color palette, Planet Cube: Edge is a tough action platformer. Playing as a cube with goggles, the goal is to make it to the end of each stage to ward an incoming invasion. Although the first stage starts with a simple challenge, the difficulty starts to demand perfection […]
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Go! Go! Pogo Girl (XSX) Review with streamA 90s style 2D side-scrolling platformer, Go! Go! PogoGirl offers simplistic, casual gameplay with plenty of things to collect. With a difficulty factor that remains easy-going throughout, this is a game anyone can play and afford; it only costs five bucks. You play as PogoGirl and your favorite pogo stick has been stolen. So what […]
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Onion Assault (Switch) ReviewInspired by Super Mario Bros. 2, the small dev team at Horberg Productions released Onion Assault, a pick-up-and-throw side-scrolling platformer. The super smooth framerate, animations, and character design that pleased fans in Gunman Clive, Mechstermination Force, and Super Punch Patrol make a welcomed return. In other words, this looks and plays exactly how you’d expect […]
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Radical Rex (Xbox One) Review with streamQubyte Games has made a name for themselves over the last couple years by porting several 8 and 16-bit titles to modern platforms within compilations. Radical Rex is their latest port, bundling both the SNES and Gameboy versions into one digital release. The Sega CD and Genesis also received versions of Radical Rex but those […]
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Grapple Dog (Xbox One) Review with streamOriginally released on Switch earlier this year, Grapple Dog has now been ported to Xbox. For comparison, it is the same game as the Switch version only the Xbox version seems to run at a higher resolution and of course has Achievements. See my article on the Switch version here. In summary, Grapple Dog is […]
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Roar of Revenge (Xbox One) Review with streamSeep, the makers of Swords & Bones, have released another retro-style action platformer follow-up called Roar or Revenge. Controlling a sword swinging barbarian that looks like Conan, it is your job to collect some sacred treasures and smite evil. With one button to attack and another to jump, the experience remains simple and reminds me […]
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C.A.R.L. (Xbox One) Review with streamCreated by the same team that released the indie hit A Robot Named Fight along with a YouTuber, C.A.R.L. is a classic platforming action game that takes a lot of notes from retro DOS titles like Jazz Jackrabbit and even Cave Story. It is a new, retro-style game well done and has plenty of personality […]
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Super Sunny Island (Xbox One) Review with streamPlaying as a penguin armed with a squirt gun, it is your job to platform your way through each of the tiny levels to collect three keys, unlock the stage-ending treasure chest, and defeat simple bad guys along the way. It is a very simple, very basic, highly approachable action platformer that is perfect for […]
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