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Review – Lucky & Wild
Mixing driving with lightguns is so obvious it's surprising that Lucky & Wild is one of the few full-body arcade games to do it. But did it do the concept justice or squander its amazing idea?
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Review – Majyūō: King of Demons
I hate admitting that I haven’t heard of a game before, but I can’t claim to have known of King of Demons (known as Majyūō in its homeland). To be fair, it was previously only released in Japan on the Super Famicom, and now commands a hefty price tag on the collector’s market. As part of their recent reissue of…
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Review – Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
The Bubble Bobble lore is hard to follow. Bub and Bob keep going from bubble-spewing dinosaurs to rotund children and back again, but maybe it’s also their kids, or maybe it’s their girlfriends. Sometimes they’re dragons, and sometimes they aren’t. To make it more confusing, there are two “The Story of Bubble Bobble IIIs.” There’s 1991’s Parasol Stars: The Story…
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Review – Spica Adventure (Arcade)
After a big resurgence in the ‘90s, the arcade industry was in sharp decline in the early ‘00s with new games slowing to a trickle, largely due to the home console market catching up in terms of power. Games of this period would often launch alongside a console version, so it’s a bit rare that a game of that era…
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Review – Anthology of the Killer
One of the best games of 2024 has arrived on console, and that means there's nowhere you're safe. Learn why this collection of 9 short horror games is so fantastic, and then put it on your list of priorities. Near the top!
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Review – A Cat’s Tale of Love and Friendship: Jingle Cats – On a Mission of Love
Do you like the Jingle Cats? If so, why? Well, regardless, I might have the game for you. It's about the Jingle Cats, it's from Japan, and it's pretty strange. It is probably not what you'd expect from a band of musical cats.
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Review – Tactical Breach Wizards
Can a tactics game work with the player to streamline the user experience and eliminate a lot of the frustrations of the genre? No more blindsiding players to create artificial challenge. No more 95 percentile shots that result in misses. In their place, straightforward level and character design that can be read at a glance so that a plan of…
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Review – Tsuppari Ōzumō
Here come the portly slappers. Tsuppari Ōzumō is an accurate simulation of Japan's national sport. It includes important sumo techniques, such as the suplex and the cartwheel. Check it out!
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Review – Super Chase: Criminal Termination (Arcade)
Are you ready for some excessive force? Better get off the sidewalk, grandma, because the police are coming through, and they will literally stop at nothing to make sure the criminal is pulled from a burning wreck and brought to justis. That's Super Chase.
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Review – Retro Rewind
Mmm, the smell of old plastic and magnetic tape. We lost something special with the downfall of the rental shop. Thankfully, we have games like Retro Rewind to take us back to those days where the late fee ruled over us all.
