Retro Respawn – Final Fight and the Coin-Op Beat-Em-Up in the Modern Age
Final Fight is a darn entertaining slice of 2D side-scrolling beat-em-up action. I think anyone who has played it will likely agree as it combines...
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Retro Respawn – Mortal Kombat 30 Years On
Mortal Kombat first hit the arcades in October of 1992 (goodness me, am I old) and quickly stirred up a storm due to its, for...
Retro Respawn – The Great Fighting Game Showdown of 1995
Anyone who has read my work in the past will know that I enjoy myself a good fighting game sometimes. There’s just something about the...
Retro Respawn – Super Mario Bros. 3 – When Mario Truly Got His Groove
When it comes to games from the third generation of home console gaming, Super Mario Bros. 3 is assuredly in the conversation when it comes to...
Retro Respawn – Is Super Punch-Out!! Still a Knock-Out?!
Super Punch-Out!! is probably the game from the Punch-Out series of games that I’ve played the most due to it coming to prominence in the...
Retro Respawn – How Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Tortures You
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (known as simply Super Mario Bros. 2 over in Japan) is an absolute bollock of a video game that...
Retro Respawn – Adidas Power Soccer 98
Adidas Power Soccer 98 answers the question of “what if you released a mediocre football in order to hock Adidas branded merchandise?”. Because ultimately that’s...
Retro Respawn – Astro’s Playroom Gets the Nostalgia Balance Right
I have yet to bother getting one of the ninth gen home consoles, mainly because there isn’t much on them that makes me think they...
Retro Respawn – Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection
by Will Worrall
The recent release of Jurassic World: Evolution 2 reminded me of another game that bears many marked similarities to it: Zoo Tycoon. Both games are...
Retro Respawn – Tommi Mäkinen Rally
When it comes to racing games, you can either lean into the more arcade-influenced style for pick up and play accessibility (Ridge Racer), or you...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Dungeons Ranked
by Kyle Moffat
In The Legends of Zelda games, dungeons are arguably the key draw. Every game in the main series has a variety of dungeons in which...
Retro Respawn – Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Seeing as it’s Halloween in a couple of days, I decided to look at a game that features spooky baddies in the form of Super...
Retro Respawn – Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III was one of the very first games that I played on the PS2 as I excitedly rented it from the video...
Retro Respawn – Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
by Rob Browne
Point and click adventure games are one of my favorite genres of video games to play. So, I was more than happy to cover this...
Retro Respawn Tandem – Jaws (Nintendo Entertainment System)
My buddy, Adam, has kindly agreed to help me out with this one as this week we’re looking at Jaws on the Nintendo Entertainment System....
Retro Respawn – WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
by Kyle Moffat
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (SvR) games are beloved by the wrestling community. They provided a very fun arcade-like experience while mixing in intriguing stories separate...
Retro Respawn – Tecmo World Cup ’92 (SEGA Mega Drive)
England actually had a pretty decent tournament this summer, reaching the Final of Euro 2020 before suffering a narrow defeat to Italy on penalties. The...
Retro Respawn – Dynasty Warriors 4
Last week I gave some of my thoughts on the Dynasty Warriors movie, and watching the film gave me the impetus to go back and...
