Good news for retro platformer fans: Roc’n Rope, one of the more inventive early 1980s arcade games, is joining Arcade Archives — and it drops tomorrow. Whether you’ve never heard of it or played the original back in the day, this release is worth a look. What is Roc’n Rope?Read More →
A new report has finally shed light on what really happened to the promised Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords “Restored Content” DLC for Nintendo Switch — and it turns out Disney’s legal team was the final boss no one could beat. When AspyrRead More →
If you love obscure retro shooters (or just enjoy watching 1980s pixel explosions), the latest EGG Console release might be right up your alley. D4 Enterprise has dropped Super Raydock Mission Striker onto the Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop — a vertical shmup originally released for the MSX back in 1987Read More →
Somehow — and I genuinely can’t explain this — I completely missed Blood in the 90s. In 1997 I was clearly too busy pushing tiny sprites around strategy maps to notice that an undead cowboy named Caleb was out there delivering a Lovecraftian splatterfest that feels like it was engineeredRead More →
You can also put your foot down with this one on the Nintendo Switch. If you’ve ever wished someone would mash up Sega Rally, Ridge Racer, and those chaotic four-player weekends from the late 90s, 4PGP: Four-Player Grand Prix might be the game you’ve been waiting for. Announced by Tokyo-basedRead More →
Look, I’ll be honest: as someone who didn’t grow up with a PS1 (beyond briefly poking at the one my sister’s boyfriend owned), the Tomba! series is one of those classic PlayStation blind spots for me. Pink-haired feral child platformer? Evil swine ruining everyone’s day? Apparently this was someone’s childhood,Read More →
Obscure SNK shooter Bermuda Triangle gets a modern reissue in Arcade Archives Originally released by SNK in 1987, Bermuda Triangle is a vertical-scrolling shoot-’em-up with a delightfully mad sci-fi premise. You pilot the time-space battleship ZIG, fight mysterious invaders, and repeatedly get flung through different historical eras — from theRead More →
Nintendo has dropped four more retro titles onto the Nintendo Switch Online library, spanning both the NES and Game Boy apps. All four games are available now. The newly added games are Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Battletoads, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, and the GameRead More →
If you’ve got a soft spot for the 90s arcade beat-’em-up era — think shoulder-pads, nineties hairstyles, and co-op mayhem — then Karate Blazers just got put back on the menu. The 1991 arcade brawler from Video System has been re-released under the Arcade Archives banner, arriving on Switch andRead More →
