Category: Review
Power Piggs of the Dark Age
Released in the latter years of the Super Nintendo, Power Piggs of the Dark Age looks for all the world …
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is a disappointing game. An interesting footnote in developer Spark Unlimited’s brief existence and one …
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Since 2017, Lizardcube has become one of the go-to companies for retro Sega properties – first with the Wonder Boy: …
Willy Wombat
While Westone are best known for their Wonder Boy/Monster World series of action-RPG platformers, they’ve dabbled in plenty other genres …
Operation Wolf 3
Operation Wolf 3 barely feels like an Operation Wolf game. Instead of taking place in a jungle, it takes place …
Operation Hanoi
Operation Hanoi is a blatant Operation Wolf clone from Players Software for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. …
Operation Thunderbolt
Coming just a year after Operation Wolf, this sequel makes many changes over the original even though the basic concept …
Operation Wolf
Taito’s Operation Wolf is not the first light gun shooter, but it is one of the most historically important. Throughout …
Changeable Guardian Estique
Cat Hui Trading’s 2024 NES/Famicom game Changeable Guardian Estique stars a transforming mecha from another planet, fighting through six levels …
Beyond Sunset
The indie boomer shooter Beyond Sunset is 80s cyberpunk to the max. Neon lights, dystopian cities, evil corporations, computer hacking, …
Pseudoregalia
Despite the overwhelming popularity of metroidvanias in the indie space, very few lean into their non-linear structure in interesting ways, …
Night Striker Gear
Taito’s 1989 rail shooter Night Striker took heavily after Sega super scaler games like Space Harrier, but gave its own …
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
During the NES era, Capcom made a name for themselves with their outstanding Disney licensed titles like Duck Tales and …
Cave Walker
Legend has it that somewhere in the world lies the Great Cave of the Mystics, where the ancient wizards had …
