IREM Collection V.2 launching in a week
Love playing some classics, and this certainly fits the bill. Check out the goods below. The second installment of the Irem Collection series is about to take off! As of November 14th, Irem Collection Volume 2 will be available on all modern consoles and include an assortment of heavy-duty, state-of-the-art action shooter games. Take your pick between the iconic shoot ‘em up “Air Duel” which lets ...[Read More]
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Review (Xbox Series X)
Lord. Is it review night for remasters and remakes? Feels like it. And, hey, I’m okay with it, especially if a game turns out as well as it did with Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster from publisher Square Enix. Certainly, one of my most pleasant surprises in 2024. What’s interesting about my time with Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is that I didn’t know how much I missed traditional turn-based role-playi...[Read More]
Atari 50 – The Wider World of Atari
If you want to respect the video game industry, then you should always be in tune with its history. Not only will it give you perspective on what the industry has gone through, but it will also reveal a blueprint that might seem familiar in the future. That whole destined to repeat things sort of deal. History is what drives Atari 50, a large and ever-expanding love letter to Atari’s journey. The ...[Read More]
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Review (PS5)
Oh, boy. This is a blast from the past. It was the summer of 1998 (maybe 1999, tough to say – I’m old), and I remember working at Waldensoftware in Fayette Mall in Lexington, Kentucky. Someone had decided that they were going to turn in their Sega Saturn and trade in the import Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. I had a cartridge for my Saturn that would allow me to play imports, because that...[Read More]
NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2 Review
Has this not been the year for reviving old games? Sheesh. Of course, what most of you believe is old started back in the mid-2000s. For us old fogies, it means the 90s and below. Anyway, the 90s have been revisited with the NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2 from SNK. It’s a good collection coming from a handheld system that was with us ever so briefly. If you don’t know much about the NEOGEO P...[Read More]
Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration Review
A bar has been set. I’m not sure I can review another Bandai Namco Entertainment of America Museum game without it matching the art, the honesty, and the design that went into making Atari 50. As someone who teaches video game history for a living as a professor, I can without a doubt say that this treats Atari’s history right and truthful while offering up wonderful video game memories you can pl...[Read More]
Atari Mania Review
Atari Mania is an interesting game that plays off the nostalgia of ye olden days while applying the construct of a Wario World mini-game backbone. While the latter of those two brings some of the wackiest types of mini-games, such as trying to pick someone’s nose or trying to catch the paw of a dog to make it happy, Atari Mania uses its library of old games from the Atari 2600 days to breathe in s...[Read More]
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Review
Capcom has brought a second arcade stadium for those who enjoy retro gaming. This time around, this arcade package includes a cornucopia of different genres which slowly detail the transition Capcom went through from shooters, action games, and fighting titles. This collection reaches back to the 80s and spans both sides of the globe. There is certainly a variety here. Now, just because you’re get...[Read More]
Pac-Man Museum+ Review
For those unlucky readers that have followed me for the past 14 years on this site, you know that I’m a huge retro nerd. I play every old game released, remixed, and re-issued from the 80s, just so I can get my arcade kicks on whenever I feel like it. Just last week, I played a bevy of old retro games that included Konami’s Track & Field, the entire Capcom Arcade Stadium collection, and ...[Read More]
Ninja Gaiden Master Collection lands on Game Pass (Xbox and PC) June 2nd
Tough game. Check out the official goods below. BURLINGAME, Calif. – May 31, 2022 – Today, KOEI TECMO America and developer Team NINJA revealed that the NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection will join Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service on June 2 for both console and PC! All Game Pass subscribers will be able to play the standard edition of the game for free on Xbox One consoles (playable on Xbox...[Read More]
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure Review
I love me some Pinball FX3. If you have never dabbled in Pinball FX3, it’s essentially a program that carries a slew of pinball emulators. The pinball machines in its collection are a variety of new creative and classic pinball machines that are hard or impossible to find. Every few months (probably more than that recently) the good folks at Zen Studios unleash new pinball machines for people to t...[Read More]
Disney Classic Games Collection (featuring Aladdin, The Jungle Book, and The Lion King)
Disney is a strange company that usually keeps its licenses close to its heart and doesn’t like people fiddling around with them. If you need an example of this, go read the tedious start to Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, who have had, at times, a rough relationship over how IP is treated. Most of the time, it’s with a fine-toothed comb. Sony Pictures struggles at times with keeping fan-accurat...[Read More]