Helskate Review
Skating games are basically a genre unto themselves at this point, far outstripping the ‘sports’ or ‘extreme sports’ designations that they often received in the...
Tag : Arcade
Taito Milestones 3 Review
by Will Worrall
Another year, another compilation of “classic” video games comes to the Nintendo Switch. If I sound like I’m down on my Taito Milestones 3 review...
Dead End City Review
by Ryan Jones
Mad Max meets a rolling, retro shoot-em-up in Dead End City, a 90s style shooter set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Players can take the role...
River City Girls Zero Review
by Mick Smith
River City Girls Zero is an updated port of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, which translates to “The New Hot-Blooded Tough Guy: The Elegy...
The King of Fighters XV Review
by Mick Smith
The King of Fighters franchise started off as a way for developers SNK to bring characters from all their different arcade classics, like Fatal Fury,...
Windjammers 2 Review
by Mick Smith
The classic disc-throwing game is back and finally here with a brand-new sequel that manages to capture the frantic pace of the original arcade classic...
SNK Vs. Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash Review
by Mick Smith
Coming out of nowhere and releasing on the Nintendo Switch’s eShop, SNK Vs Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash is a retro card game featuring the SNK...
Retro Respawn – Captain America and The Avengers
I wasn’t sure what game to play this week, but then I went to the cinema to see the new Avengers film, and three exciting...
Capcom Announces New Plug and Play Home Arcade Machine, the ‘Capcom Home Arcade’
Even with news about new games, we have good news for you retro gamers. Capcom has announced their new plug and play home arcade game...
Top Ten Side-Scrolling Beat-em-up Games
by Ian Cooper
If you were a ’90s kid, chances are you spent your gaming childhood playing side-scrolling beat-em-ups, an age-old genre that was full to the brim...
Way of the Passive Fist Review
Every now and then, an indie takes a game mechanic and runs with it. They create wonderful pieces of design and make that into a...
The DIY Road to Retro Gaming – Part 2
Hello, fellow retro gamers, welcome back. Let’s begin our journey for our very own retro arcade machine. In part 1, I wrote about how my...
The DIY Road to Retro Gaming – Part 1
I have been a lifelong video game player, and when I played my first game of Combat on the Atari (the term “gamer didn’t even...
Retro Respawn – Knights of the Round
Describing where I first played Knights of the Round may prove a tad confusing to younger readers as well as those outside of the UK....
Retro Respawn – Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja
Sometimes you play a game that’s not especially great but is so silly that it becomes quite endearing. Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja from Data East...
Christmas Gaming 2017 #1 – Secret Santa & Santa’s Special Delivery
by Will Worrall
Ho, ho, ho, ’tis that time of year again. The time of year where things become jolly, people decorate their deceased trees and it becomes...
RBI Baseball 2017 Review
Since the Nintendo Switch’s release, I have been patiently waiting for a sports game. The need for a game that can put me in the shoes...
Fast RMX Review
by Ian Cooper
Fast RMX is the first arcade racer on the Nintendo Switch. It’s a blazing-fast thrill-ride which borrows heavily from 2 classic franchises; however, it sports...
