Looking and playing like an unreleased 8-bit NES game, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan is a 2D pixel sidescroller that mixes a bit of Metroidvania with Mega Man. With…
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REVIEW – Haunted: Halloween ’86 – The Curse of Possum Hallow (Switch)
Originally released on an actual NES cartridge in 2016 thanks to the dedicated group at Retrotainment and Mega Cat Studios, Haunted: Halloween ’86 – The Curse of Possum Hallow is now available…
REVIEW – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Switch)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is the perfection example of how far the Mario and Sonic rivalry has come. Even though they were mortal enemies in the 16-bit…
REVIEW – Creepy Brawlers (Switch)
Originally released in 2017 on a legit NES cartridge, Creepy Brawlers is now making its way onto consoles as a low cost digital download. Mega Cat Studios, also responsible for the new…
REVIEW – PING REDUX (Xbox One) with stream
Positioned as a sibling game to PING 1.5, PING REDUX is a one part puzzle game and one part Arkanoid. Unlike the numerous Break-Out/Brickles clones out there, the goal isn’t to make…
REVIEW – Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered (Xbox One) with stream
Originally released in 2009 on pretty much every system available at the time, Ghostbusters: The Video Game essentially acted as Ghostbusters 3 since a third movie was never made. Now, ten years…
REVIEW – Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD (Xbox One)
Originally released on Wii in 2006, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD has been ported to all modern consoles with an updated coat of visual paint and reworked to support non-motion controls. …
REVIEW – Jalopy (Xbox One)
Jalopy, a game about driving through the European Eastern bloc with your uncle in the early 1980s, is probably the slowest and least exciting game you might ever play. While it will…
REVIEW – SEGA AGES Columns II The Voyage Through Time (Switch)
Like Space Harrier before it, SEGA AGES Columns II is a faithful console port of the arcade version thanks to the consistently high emulation quality of developer M2. All the bells and…
REVIEW – SEGA AGES Ichidant-R Puzzle & Action (Switch)
There is good reason you never heard of Ichidant-R before; it has a confusing name and was only released to Japanese arcades in 1994. Thankfully, Sega and M2 have ported this forgotten…