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May 29, 2018 No Responses

Fox n Forests

Developer: Bonus Level Entertainment, Independent Arts Software Publisher: EuroVideo Medien Released: 05/17/18 Also on: PS4, Xbox One, Switch Review copy provided by Bonus Level In the last decade or so there have been many retro style indie games. While there...

May 28, 2018 No Responses

Jet Grind Radio

Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Release: 10/31/00 Genre: Action Sega were on fire with the Dreamcast, releasing stunning arcade ports and original titles alike. There’s something to be said for your creativity being unleashed when your bac...

May 21, 2018 No Responses

Clockwork Knight

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 05/11/95 Genre: Platformer With its pre-rendered graphics, insane line scrolling and large sprites Clockwork Knight looked like a platformer fan’s dream. The early import reviews seemed to beat that ...

May 17, 2018 No Responses

What I’m currently playing: Fox n Forests

A bit of a new segment for me, but sure why not. Although I mostly focus on retro games I do still play many current releases. Many of those are retro inspired indies, like the subject of today’s update, FOX...

May 14, 2018 No Responses

Fausseté Amour

Developer: AIM Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/26/93 Genre: Action It is interesting to look back on the import coverage of old video game magazines. I can admit to spending a lot of time looking at the ads in the back...

May 7, 2018 No Responses

Holy Diver

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 04/28/89 Genre: Platformer In the land of 2d platformers Castlevania has always been one of the most unique series around. Even to this day there aren’t many games that intentionally gimp their main cha...

April 30, 2018 5 Responses

Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 09/88 Genre: Platformer I honestly do not know when my obsession with Adventure Island began. Maybe it was the name; and island full of adventure sounds like the greatest thing in the wor...

April 25, 2018 one Response

Cross Wiber

Developer: FACE Publisher: Sankindo Released: 12/21/90 Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game. It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way. It was doubly embarrassing...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Low G Man

Developer: KID Publisher: Taxan Release: 09/90 Genre: Action We live in an era where we can find footage of new video games at the touch of a button. Not only that many games have betas open to nearly everyone....

April 18, 2018 5 Responses

Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master

Developer: Megasoft Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Action Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master is one of the greatest action games of all time. Revenge of Shinobi was one of the first truly great Genesis games...

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