Streets of Rage is one of the most iconic franchises in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis library. Many players regard Streets of Rage 2 as the series’ pinnacle, but let’s check out where it all began. What is Streets of Rage? If you’ve not played before, Streets of Rage is side-scrollingRead More →
Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s most well-known characters. But before he was bounding across levels in Donkey Kong Country, he enjoyed the simple life, throwing barrels at Mario on the NES. I’m a big fan of the superb SNES platformer, and now it’s time to check the series’ humbleRead More →
Ashina: The Red Witch tells an enchanting tale about a girl named Ashina who wanders into the Spirit World to retrieve her mother’s Pendant. It’s a simple story made much more complicated when she finds her sister, Tena, there as well. Going by the screenshots, I expected Ashina: The Red Witch to playRead More →
Difficult platformers are a dime a dozen these days, and the oversaturated market makes it hard for titles to stand out unless they are exceptional. With this dilemma, I was surprised to find that Garlic not only rose to the challenge but kept me engaged for hours on end. Thanks to itsRead More →
Remembering One of the most famous kart racers with no Mario, Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed. Super Mario Kart. A fine example of a definitive, and one with a legacy that harkens disappointment. Many heard the call to make a better kart racer, even and with much hilarity fromRead More →
We look at why you should have played Mini Ninjas on the Nintendo Wii – or indeed, any of the platforms it was released on. Despite being an unknown game to many, I have seen a fair few nostalgia-driven gamers reminisce about a cutesome game where you play as adorableRead More →
Remember Pepsiman, the cola-based 3D videogame hero? Of course you don’t, as he never left Japan. Here’s what you missed… Big corporations throwing their brands into the gaming space has happened for decades with varying degrees of success. McDonald’s did it with titles like Treasure Land Adventure on the SegaRead More →
It’s the year 20XX and Mega Man is back! Continuing from its predecessor Mega Man, Japanese video game company Capcom released Mega Man 2, the second game in the series, with no real expectation (the first game had not been a commercial hit by Capcom standards.) But in doing so,Read More →
It’s a stunning platformer, but what really makes Bonze Adventure stand out among other games of the era? If there’s one complaint you could make of the 2D platformer’s golden era, it’s that too often the games resigned themselves to the same settings and tropes. This would’ve been okay forRead More →
