retro

A collection of 235 posts

Eastasiasoft

Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS Out Now

Wait! Before you click on that X, Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS is much more than what it might look like. For starters, fans of the classic Arkanoid (like yours truly) will love the fact that this game is similar to the bat and ball, brick-breaking game. From Eastasiasoft, you’ll

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Alterium Shift Demo Available On Steam

Stranded in the shift realm of dark elves? Piece of cake for the heroes of Alterium Shift – an updated playable demo is available to play now on Steam, courtesy of Gravity Game Arise. But hold your horses: the game won’t be available immediately as it’ll be offered to

Anyaroth: The Queen’s Tyranny

Oh The Humanity! Anyaroth: The Queen’s Tyranny

Why do Firenut Games sound familiar? Ah yes, they released the fiendish party shooter Have A Blast last year. Today’s news brings you Anyaroth: The Queen’s Tyranny. Developed by Yggdraseed Studios, this pixel art platformer takes place on the dying planet of Anyaroth. The fearsome Queen has enslaved

Review

Speedrunning For Everyone! Bot Gaiden For The PS5

Go (robot) ninja, go! Speedrun through a series of bosses solo or with a pal in co-op in Bot Gaiden for the PS5.

beat 'em up

Beat One Out In VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out!

No doubt on some sexy, slippery, and sausage-based undercover mission, VanillaBeast has been on a slight hiatus since the announcement of Ace in the Hole. This made me sad as I was hopeful that his opus would hit the shelves in early 2023. Good news, everyone: VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out! is

first-person

Sit On This: A Quick-Fire Impaler Review

How can a game that candidly states a run takes 30 minutes be so addictive and boast such replayability? That’s what arena shooter Impaler has become for me: one run after the next, no toilet breaks, no interaction with the world, just bona fide run-and-gun tactics. When a game

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Back To The Primitive In Primal Light For PC And Consoles

Primal Light, from No Gravity Games, appears to have captured the 2D action platformer in a vial, done a few tests, and then spat out a rather nice looking 16-bit game for the Xbox, Switch and PC that’s out now. This almost passed me by, but fortunately, I had

Review

Upping The Ant(e) In Zool Redimensioned

He's back, only 30 years later, is Zool Redimensioned as good as the glory days? Perhaps it's even better...?

Review

Hey Bud, It's Buddy Simulator 1984. What's Your Favourite Colour?

Who needs friends when you can have a buddy. Weird Science, but without the boobs: Buddy Simulator 1984 for the Switch.

Review

Triple Take Review - I Kept Playing

A bit of a perfectionist? Attempt the same level three times to get it right, only it'll change each time in Triple Take...

CheapeeSoft Games

The One Super Jagger Bomb That Won't Give You A Hangover?

Without even reading the title, fellow crusties will immediately recognise the character in Super Jagger Bomb. Perhaps you know him as Jack? Regardless, this 80s-style arcade game is back for PC and consoles this month. Your job is to round up all the bombs on each level without getting blown

Review

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.

Review

Cursed To Golf PS5 Review: The Best Golfer That Ever Died

The Cursed To Golf reviews are currently doing the rounds, so here's my thoughts: quite possibly the best alternative golf game about? You make the call, I've made mine.

Review

Sofiya And The Ancient Clan Happy To Press That Reset Button

Bouncing on two different levels, Sofiya and the Ancient Clan is a retro platform out on consoles. Here are my thoughts...

Book Quest

Get Out And Read, Thwart Monsters In Fantasy RPG Book Quest

Hey, isn’t that Zelda? Nope. It’s Book Quest – the latest retro adventure RPG from publisher Eastasiasoft. Out this week on PC and consoles. After his family’s magic book is stolen, our nameless hero goes on a quest, a book one, to retrieve what’s rightly his, dodging,

Eastasiasoft

Sofiya and the Ancient Clan Spells Trouble?

Eastasiasoft is on fire once again. Fresh off the back of Sword and Fairy: Together Forever, tomorrow will be the launch of platform adventure Sofiya and the Ancient Clan. Anyone with 16-bit heritage should be drooling. The words used in the press material for the game were ‘vibrant pixel art

Gigapocalypse

The End Is Nigh, In Cometh The Gigapocalypse

The 4th of August 2022 is the day of the Kaiju as both Gigapocalypse and GigaBash are released today. More on the latter in a few hours. However, both are different types of game. Goody Gameworks and Headup Games’ title is a retro-inspired side-scrolling city-smasher, a little similar to Rampage.

Review

The End Is Nigh In Hell Pages For The Switch

Retro shmup fans might have a field day with the side-scrolling Hell Pages now that it's on Switch, but it won't be for everyone. Especially angels.

Eastasiasoft

What The Hell? Hell Pages Comes To The Switch This Week?

Welcome to hell: Hell Pages – a side-scrolling shmup heading to the Switch later this week, courtesy of Eastasiasoft, Medusa Head and Ratalaika Games. Not long after the doors of Hell had been left open, the Earth became a battlefield among ten infernal armies. As Bael, the most feared of all

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Why Does Everyone Want Lucy Dead? Beyond Sunset Reveals All?

Deflect bullets with your katana? A port of the original Doom engine? Cyberpunk? What’s not to like about Beyond Sunset – an FPS/RPG from Movie Games? How about another question? Waking up in a strange city, you discover that everyone wants you dead. Armed with a katana, you can

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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

Am I A Bit Addicted To Bit Orchard: Animal Valley?

Dad, what were the late 80s/90s games like? Well, son, they looked a bit like Bit Orchard: Animal Valley, and if memory serves me correctly, they had this lovely nostalgic feeling - like this game for the Switch...

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How Ya Like Dem Apples? Bit Orchard: Animal Valley

You get a next-gen console and play Game Boy-inspired titles such as Bit Orchard: Animal Valley. Are you quite mad? Of course, you’re not. We all have our vintage, and whether you were around when the Game Boy was out, it’s a platform thoroughly loved. Unlike that ginger

B.I.O.T.A.

The Eye Of The B.I.O.T.A. - A Stylish Retro Metroidvania

Game Boy fans might have a field day with B.I.O.T.A, but not being a fan of handhelds (excluding the Switch), it wouldn’t typically mean anything to me. However, after reading about it, I downloaded the demo on Steam and really enjoyed it. While writing up

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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