R-Type DX: Music Encore is a new take on the Game Boy Advanced edition of the classic side-scrolling shooter, coming soon. It seems like we’re getting a new R-Type release every other month these days, so what makes R-Type DX: Music Encore any different to previous reissues? Well, this timeRead More →
The Arcade Archives has dug another surprise out of the topsoil, like an episode of Time Team where you expect a Viking longboat, and they find a Roman crown instead. I’m continually fascinated by the choices made by the Arcade Archives, and after last week’s Video Hustler, I was expectingRead More →
The new Simon the Sorcerer Origins game is almost with us, following news of the 90s video game character’s return in 2024. Chris Barrie is back voicing the character, too… Point-and-click adventures were everywhere in the early ‘90s, but one I never got around to playing was Simon the Sorcerer.Read More →
A new 8-bit pixel art platform adventure from Volcano Bytes and JanduSoft is out now. Find Trasmoz Legends on Steam, PlayStations, Xbox One and Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch. Boasting authentic 8-bit pixel art and a Yamaha YM2203-based chiptune soundtrack, Trasmoz Legends offers a strong dose of gaming circa 1984. Based on the TrasmozRead More →
It was a title that inspired many others, from pool to shoot-em-ups. But should a game as basic as Konami’s Video Hustler be available as a standalone title? The long-running (and record-breaking) Arcade Archives has delivered a few bangers over the past few months, but when I saw the titleRead More →
Mach Breakers was originally released in the mid-1990s, and features superhuman athletes competing across 12 events, with some interesting results… While I enjoy older games like Track & Field, strange “futuristic” sports games like this leave me a bit cold. So, I don’t think I ever played Mach Breakers whenRead More →
2002’s Pac-Man World 2 is being prepped for re-release to celebrate 45 years of Wakka Wakka, complete with remastered graphics. Originally released on Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows and Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2, Pac-Man World 2 is considered by many fans of the yellow puck to beRead More →
A new retro collection of 8-bit titles that you might have played but probably forgot is coming to Xbox this week in the Attic Archive. If you remember the 8-bit era of gaming in the UK and Europe, you’ll remember plenty of cheap-yet-entertaining titles on the shelves of Boots, Woolworths,Read More →
Classic vertical scroller Chopper 1 brings some aerial combat and bombardment to the Arcade Archives and reminds us of early SNK. Okay, this is a completely new one on me. Never played it, but quite fancy it as I like a bit of helicopter combat. Released as The Legend ofRead More →
