Category: Review
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is a compilation of games from SNK’s early history, before they were known for the Neo …
Knights of the Round
Of the three arcade beat-em-ups Capcom released in 1991, it’s easy to get the two fantasy-themed ones confused. The King …
Anachronox
What if Western devs started to develop JRPGs? Anachronox might be the answer to this question. Along with games from …
Suffering, The: Ties That Bind
Ties That Bind was released less than two years after the first game in September 2005. That sort of turn …
Suffering, The
Back in 2002, designer Richard Rouse III pitched the idea for a new game that would take the action of …
King of Dragons, The
Capcom had a small thing going with swords and sorcery arcade RPGs, starting with 1987’s Black Tiger and evolving into …
La-Mulana 2
“[W]hen I’m thinking about the connection of the maps or walkthroughs, the map tends to have less traps or …
Magic Sword
Due to the popularity of RPGs like Dragon Quest, a number of Japanese arcade games experimented with melding role-playing elements …
Youkai Yashiki
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Arctic Adventure
The sequel to Pharoah’s Tomb, although it’s nothing majorly different from its prequel. You are still Nevada Smith, and after …
Pharaoh’s Tomb
Another game by Micro/FX and George Broussard (who somehow managed to spell his last name wrong on the title screen), …
Black Tiger
Capcom’s Black Tiger is one of the many dark fantasy barbarian-themed arcade games of the mid/late 80s, undoubtedly inspired by …
