RPM: Road Punk Mayhem is a vertical shooter that doesn’t hold your hand, never shows mercy, and forces players to get good. The learning curve and difficulty factor are steep, but you’ll…
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Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (XSX) Review
ININ and Taito have re-released Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III on Xbox, Playstation, and Switch, originally released on PC Engine in 1991. This is a worthy sequel to Bubble…
Bouncy Chicken (XSX) Review
Bouncy Chicken is sort of like Pong meets Billiards only with low production values and frustrating, not-that-much-fun gameplay. The goal is to shoot a chicken on a non-scrolling single screen stage to…
Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero (XSX) Review with stream
The 4th Cyber Citizen Shockman game to be re-released over the last year or so, Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero is the most playable and enjoyable. Originally released on Super Famicom, Shinyuden and…
Satryn DX (Switch) Review
Clearly inspired by 1982’s Robotron: 2084, Satryn DX is Flynn Arcade’s newest, retro arcade-style release. Simply put, if classic Robotron was remade here in 2024, this would be the result. Retaining the…
Rusted Moss (XSX) Review with stream
I’ve been saying it for years. To make just about any game instantly more fun, simply add a double jump or grapple hook. Rusted Moss firmly incorporates the latter and then some,…
Hot Blood (PS4) Review
Essentially a sequel to the Drunken Fist games, Hot Blood is humorous take on the single player brawler. Hot Blood uses the same engine, visual style, and overall gameplay of Drunken Fist…
Go Go Jump!!! (XSX) Review
Published by EastAsiaSoft, Go Go Jump!!! is a simple timed-based boss gauntlet. Playing as Dylan the dog, the goal is to survive each boss’s jump trial to earn badges. The plot is…
Glyphs of Gitzan (XSX) Review
Glyphs of Gitzan puts a slight twist on the classic Sokoban block pushing puzzler. Instead of simply pushing blocks in a certain order to fill gaps or bypass obstacles, each pillar needs…
Fading Afternoon (Switch) Review
Yeo, the small team that also released the cult favorite The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Arrest of a Stone Buddha, have ported Fading Afternoon to Switch, a beautifully animated 2D noir…