ININ Games has announced a reissue and remastering of R-Type Dimensions III, and honestly, this feels like one of those “circle the date on your calendar” moments for shmup fans. Not just because it’s a new R-Type project — those are rare enough — but because this one is huge.Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
If you’re a fan of Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Blood, or basically any shooter where your survival depends on good footwork and even better reflexes, here comes another contender for your backlog. Yes — another one. The retro-FPS revival refuses to slow down, and FatCatGames’ newly launched Brotherhood is the latestRead More →
Every now and then, a licence comes along that just makes sense for a retro-style game — and apparently, one of those perfect fits is the blood-soaked chaos of the Terrifier films. Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, putting playersRead More →
Every time Nightdive Studios announces another LucasArts revival, I get the same rush of “finally — someone is looking after this stuff.” They’ve already given us an incredible Dark Forces remaster, and now they’re saddling up again with Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster — out today on PC andRead More →
