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Parking Garage Rally Circuit Review: The Best Sega Saturn Game That Never Was... Yet

It's time to tear it up and set the standard in Sega Saturn-inspired rally game, Parking Garage Rally Circuit.

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2000s Snowboarding Action?  It's Tricky, Tricky Madness

A classic snowboarding approach with modern aspects, Tricky Madness is coming to Early Access, but first, a demo.

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Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Review - The Spring Is Here, Put Your Foot Down!

A platform game without any jumping ability? When was the last time you jumped in your own car? Deal with it. Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a cab you'll want to hail.

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The Wasp And Flower With The Nidus Touch (Out Now On Steam)

What goes best with a twin-stick arcade shooter – a cup of tea? A bar of chocolate? No, it’s psychedelic aesthetics, as confirmed in indie dev Caleb Wood’s title, Nidus. One of the best collabs that doesn’t involve Pharell Williams, you play as a celestial flower entwined with

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Ambushes Killed The Cat(s) In Casual Co-Op Wild Woods For Steam

It’s time to break the internet with cat-themed content in Wild Woods. Cat lovers need zero excuses to embrace their beloved felines, but what about the rest of us who want something playable and not just cute because it features cats? Our first vote of confidence is Daedalic Entertainment

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Buy One, Get Six Free In The Retro Arcade VISCO Collection PS5

Light a candle for the old-school arcade then play the same games in your own home in the VISCO Collection for the PS5.

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Is This The End? Doomsday Hunters Will Have The Last Say

It's a post-apocalyptic world, and that toothy twat Dracula has returned. Sort him out, will you? A Doomsday Hunters review for the switch.

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Fight'N Rage PS5 Review - The Golden (r)Age Of Fightin'

Played Fight'N Rage yet? Now's your chance to play/re-live on next gen as it's on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Spoiler: it's one of the best beat 'em ups in town.

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50s Shmup Squad 51 vs the Flying Saucers Knows Kung Foo

A classic side-scrolling shmup, but with a 1950s sci-fi aesthetic, Squad 51 vs the Flying Saucers is a tough but stylish experience shoot 'em up fans will enjoy.

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Horizon Chase 2 ... On The Horizon For Apple Arcade, Then PC And Consoles In 2023

Would you look at that: two news pieces in one day – must be something worth writing about? Sure is: Horizon Chase 2 is coming to PC and consoles in 2023, with Apple Arcade getting the exclusive in September. I don’t know how you feel about it, but the original

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Robo Revenge Squad Saving The Earth On Switch And Xbox NOW

Robo Revenge Squad: activate! Wait, can I say that? That was Robot Wars, right? Ok, this is slightly different in it’s a co-op arcade shooter, now available on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox. Published by Mill Games and developed by Rikodu, it’s time to rally three other people

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Cowabunga, It's A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Review

Turtles In Time, the arcade game, and arguably the NES one - TMNT might have found the best version yet in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.

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Inertial Drift: Twilight Rivals Edition Is Coming To PS5 Without A Vampire Romance In Sight

One of the best driving games out there, Inertial Drift: Twilight Rivals Edition gets a release date for PS5 and Xbox Series X. Best of all, it’s coming later this year. A twin-stick arcade racer that blends a neon-soaked landscape with Initial D mechanics, this game from PQube is

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Arcade Perfect Relationships In Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers

This is Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, ‘It is the distant future year 20XX. Arcades and video gaming as a whole are a part of daily life’. What is this utopia? Arcades are part of daily life? Back in 198X (also a game!), that was the case; The Simpsons, TMNT,

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Check Out The (Game) Mechanics In Mechanic Battle For The Switch

Mechanic Battle doesn’t really pop, but reading through the specs, it’s been compared to Micro Machines and Car Mechanic Simulator, so it warrants a look. So, scrolling down, which you’ll do in a minute, a trailer pops up and… BOOM! Sold. A Nintendo Switch exclusive from Catastrophe

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Gameplay Trailer

Not so much a news piece, but I saw this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge gameplay, as recently released by one of the publishers, Dotemu, and thought I’d share in case yo ain’t seen it, bruh. That’s what the kids say, right? It used to

Review

Think You're A Badass Samurai Ninja? Give Ganryu 2 A Look

Undoubtedly a sequel to Ganryu, Ganryu 2 picks up after Sasaki's death, but he's still alive? Play as the sword saint Musashi in this arcade perfect(?) action adventure on the PS4.

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Hold Back And Enjoy The Slipstream

It’s a bit of a cliche to say arcade perfect in my retro reviews, but Slipstream isn’t that far off it. In many ways, this sleek, stylish skidmark-induced racer will tick the box for many retro fans who were ‘there’, man. If you were ‘there’, circa Out-Run when

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Slip And Slide! Slipstream Is Out On Consoles Next Month

Who doesn’t like arcade racers such as the upcoming Slipstream? Who? I want names. Send them to me at ‘Quirky Introductions for a Gaming Site, PO BOX 134, Does Not Exist’, and I’ll be sure to read through them. As for me, I love a good arcade racer.

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Rewards Aplenty As VanillaBeast Cums To Kickstarter

There’s no beating off to the bush: VanillaBeast: Ace in the Hole is officially on Kickstarter, and there’s no better time to go to your bank and ask for a $10,000 loan. I’ve written about Kickstarter campaigns a reasonable amount of times now, but this one

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Vanillabeast: Ace in the Hole - Alpha (Male) Gameplay

Should the indie dev overlords bless me with the power of parodying all I loved about the 80s growing up, then Vanillabeast: Ace in the Hole is what I’d come up with. That is, if I had any programming skills whatsoever. Still, I’m good at looking at stuff,

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VanillaBeast: Ace In The Hole Set For Release In 2023(!)

Parody games shouldn’t be taken seriously, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be any good. Take VanillaBeast: Ace in the Hole, for example; this looks hilarious. Coming to PC later this year, the game will celebrate the fun of 90s arcade and console titles, from an open-world

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Swords & Bones Switch Review: Ghosts AND Goblins

Swords & Bones is the result of Ghost ‘N Goblins wining and dining Jump King, shooting the shit over what makes a good retro game, then Netflix and chilling to the sounds of an 8-bit playlist. Has that set the scene for you? Now dip those lights, unseal the Pringles

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Sword & Bones, No Sandals, Coming To The Switch

A dark, medieval arcade platformer that isn’t Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Swords & Bones takes all those things you love about old school action and bottles it, specifically for your Nintendo Switch. Developed by retro fans SEEP (Thunderflash), the visuals have the hallmarks of ’16-bit classic’, and also passes a

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Bloody Hell, Bullet Hell! Shinorubi Blasts To Early Access

Loadsa shmups are claiming to be bullet hell (no facts to back this) when in reality, they’re just a bit hectic. Shinorubi, on the other hand, defines the label bullet hell (as written on the product tag under ‘do not tumble dry’).  Developed by Last Boss88, founded by two