Posts Tagged ‘review’
  • Akka Arrh Remastered (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on May 18, 2023 under Euro, Featured Review 1, Switch
    Developer Jeff Minter of Llamasoft is known for his original, quirky games, including the arcade smash hit, Tempest. Akka Arrh was a canceled, lost game from Jeff Minter’s long repertoire of releases from Atari, that has recently been remastered for modern console systems (including the Atari VCS). The Nintendo Switch version is no different than the other versions currently available on diff... more.
  • Windjammers 2 (Review) Nintendo Switch – A Look Back

    Posted by on January 4, 2023 under Euro, Featured Review 3, News, Reviews, Switch
    Released by Data East on the Neo-Geo MVS in 1994, the original Windjammers is a Frisbee-style sports game, where the player takes on a CPU opponent (or 2nd player) in various beach-like courts with a net that divides the playfield. Despite the game having a small following, it eventually became a ‘cult’ classic among Neo-Geo gamers. Enter developer Dotemu and their sequel, Windjammers 2, to... more.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Review) Xbox One

    Posted by on November 29, 2022 under Euro, News, Reviews, Xbox One
    2022 has been quite the year of surprises, of both the pleasant and unpleasant variety. In my particular case however, folks might say that I was – pardon the god-awful pun here – shell-shocked. I'm still reeling from things, and most likely will be for quite some time, but rest assured that I will be okay. As much I would love to delve into details, that would be a whole different kind of rev... more.
  • Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry Twice – A Look Back (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on September 1, 2022 under News, Reviews, Switch
    The goofy, self-proclaimed womanizer - Larry, Larry Laffer - is back again in another adult-themed, comedy-esque point-and-click adventure for Nintendo Switch. This time, the charming, leisure suit wearing doofus is stranded on the island of Cancúm (following the events of the first game, Wet Dreams Don’t Dry.), and where Larry is being forced to marry the island chief’s daughter. From the... more.
  • Vengeful Heart (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on July 12, 2022 under Euro, News, Reviews, Switch
    It's not often that I get to play a different kind of game (let alone getting to play period, buuuut that's a whole different epic boss fight of a story for another time…), but when I was asked if I wanted to play a novel, y'all can only imagine my curiosity. In all of my years of saving worlds, rescuing princesses, and winning championships, I had never come across – much less heard of – a ... more.
  • Kombinera (Feature Review) Atari VCS

    Posted by on May 31, 2022 under Atari VCS, Euro, News, Reviews
    It has been years since Atari released a brand-new IP (the Recharged series not withstanding). Kombinera for the Atari VCS is a new puzzle game that sees the player through 300 levels of obstacles and traps, in an effort to combine balls together. There is no story or villains; Kombinera is purely a video game in every sense of the word. When you start the game for the first time, you are sent rig... more.
  • Tempest 4000 (Feature Review) Atari VCS

    Posted by on April 19, 2022 under Atari VCS, Euro, News, Reviews
    Jeff Minter is a popular game developer in Atari gaming circles. His love for animals - especially lamas - have played a major role in his celebrity, which goes way back to the 1980s when he founded Llamasoft to develop games for 8-bit microcomputers. His resume of games include popular titles such as Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner and the vector-based arcade shooter, Tempest, among many ... more.
  • The King of Fighters 15 (Feature Review) Playstation 5

    Posted by on March 3, 2022 under Euro, News, Playstation 5, PS4, Reviews
    Another year, another KOF game by developer SNK. As someone who owned a Neo-Geo AES back in the day, there was nothing more exciting than a new KOF game. Since its initial release with KOF ‘94 back in 1994, The King of Fighters was always guaranteed to have a sequel the following year due to its popularity. Developer SNK invented team-based fighting games with this series, and it continues to be... more.
  • Pumpkin’ Jack (Feature Review) Xbox Series X/S

    Posted by on February 1, 2022 under Euro, News, Reviews, Xbox Series X
    The Halloween Holiday may now be a distant memory, along with all its ghouls, ghosts and goblins; but the legend of Pumpkin’ Jack continues to live on as a remastered release for Microsoft’s next-gen console system(s). As ‘Jack’ the Pumpkin Lord, the player is sent back to the physical realm to do the Devil’s bidding.  Before the game starts, the player is introduced to an owl w... more.
  • Cotton Reboot (Feature Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on October 28, 2021 under News, Reviews, Switch
    Helping to establish the cute ‘em up subgenre, Cotton by developer Success has spanned across the ages. The first game in the series, Cotten: Fantastic Night Dreams, first launched as a coin-op in 1991. This ground-breaking shooter would eventually see success outside the arcade, as it was ported to console systems like the Turbografx CD, Sony PlayStation, SNK’s Neo-Geo Pocket and the Japanese... more.