Retro Book Review – 13 Amazing Robert E Howard Stories
Today marks 120 years since Robert E Howard was born, and as I’ve been meaning to come back to writing retro book reviews, I have decided that now is a…
Bomb Jack Twin Is This Week’s Arcade Archives / 2 Release
HAMSTER has announced that this week’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 release will be Bomb Jack Twin “Bomb Jack Twin” is an action game released by NMK The popular…
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! 7800 – Better than the original or just as infuriating?
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! (a sequel to Miner 2049er) sets the player on a grand, demanding objective: traverse ten complex, multi-screen alien environments to collect every single object scattered across…
Berzerk 7800 – Definitive means to play this game, or just another port?
Berzerk is a game that started out in the arcades and then eventually made its way to the Atari 2600, and most recently onto the Atari 7800. As a huge…
The Stars Our Destination – The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon Review
The Trails series is easily the most complex and intensive RPG that has ever been released. Weighing in at well over 1000 hours at this point, it tells a series…
Frenzy 7800 – Did Berzerk really need a sequel?
The story of Frenzy is that you play as Lieutenant Lyra Nova. Lyra is trapped in an alien maze and must make her escape. Failure to escape will lead to…
M Network Collection 2600 – Intellivision games on the inferior Atari 2600?
The M-Network are a set of games that were originally on the Mattel Intellivision, or ports there of. This collection is rather unique because these games were originally designed for…
Better Than We Remember? – Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition Review
Back in 2024, Limited Run Games brought back Whoopee Camp’s classic PlayStation Metroidvania Tomba! with a new special edition. Now Limited Run Games has worked to bring the sequel, Tomba!…
A New Take On A Classic Series – Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons Review
Bubble Bobble is a truly amazing game that has spawned a number of sequels and spinoffs over the years, including games like Puzzle Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars and multiple…
Mr. Run and Jump 2600 – Best Atari 2600 game in decades or better left unreleased?
The objective of Mr. Run and Jump is a bold, almost defiant one: to deliver a fluid, high-speed, precision platforming experience but on the severely limited Atari 2600 hardware. The…