
Alto’s Odyssey
Making a sequel to a successful endless runner is always going to be difficult, since you want to maintain what …

Alto’s Adventure
If there’s any genre that was defined by the mobile gaming boom of the late 00s/early 10s, it’s the endless …

Speed Punks
In 1994, Norwegian developer Funcom founded an office in Dublin, Ireland to create console games while they focused on developing …

Dragon Egg
NCS/Masaya are best known for creating the legendary Langrisser series and the bizarre Choaniki games, but they developed many other …

Hakaiou: King of Crusher
(WARNING: This review spoils the ending of Hakaiou: King of Crusher, as part of the overall thematic analysis. If you’d …

Nekketsu Oyako
When most people think of Technosoft, it’s usually for their technically impressive Thunder Force games or the groundbreaking Herzog Zwei. …

PaRappa the Rapper: Other Media
MilkCan – Make it Sweet! (1999) / PJ & Parappa – I Scream! (1999) Um Jammer Lammy enjoyed a lot …

PaRappa the Rapper 2
By late 2001, the rhythm-action genre was making waves round the world, with Konami putting out about a dozen hugely …

Um Jammer Lammy
While PaRappa the Rapper proved to be quite popular, selling three million copies and gaining a notable cult following, its …

PaRappa the Rapper
If there’s a game that defines the impact and possibilities that the original PlayStation brought to video gaming, it’s PaRappa …

Silent Debuggers
One of the joys of checking out older video games is stumbling across games that experiment with ideas long before …

Powerslave (Console)
As part of the publishing agreement with Playmates Interactive, Lobotomy produced a console port of PowerSlave for the PlayStation and …

Powerslave (PC)
The mid-90s saw many first-person shooters released either trying to emulate or elaborate upon the success of id Software’s DOOM …

Crusader of Centy
While the Genesis has a fondly regarded library of first-party titles, there’s many second-party exclusives that deserve as much recognition …