by Brad Feingold | Jun 26, 2021 | 2020s, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews
Fighting games are a dime a dozen on home systems. If it’s not a Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat or a Fatal Fury, it’s always going to be something new and different. The series of port over games from the NeoGeo Pocket to the Nintendo Switch started with the Gals...
by Old School Gamer | Jun 23, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Magazine, Reviews
Power up that nostalgia with the iconic Ms. PAC-MAN™, as you guide her through those infamous mazes while evading BLINKY, PINKY, INKY and SUE. Then, fend off endless descending swarms of alien enemies with GALAGA™. Oh, and that’s just the start of the phenomenal game...
by Old School Gamer | Jun 21, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine, Reviews
Airborne grains of sand and flying bits of old trash are pelting me without mercy. Honestly, I never imagined I’d find myself here… I’m standing in the middle of a garbage dump in the New Mexico desert. It’s hot. It’s LOUD. A huge sandstorm rages all around us....
by Mike Mertes | Jun 14, 2021 | 1980s, Arcade, iiRcade, Reviews
When Technos released Double Dragon in arcades in 1987, it marked the next evolution of the side-scrolling beat’em up genre. It quickly became a popular game and would spawn two sequels. The innovations in the series also inspired other companies to try to...
by Ben Magnet | Apr 9, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Gaming, Reviews
Pac-Man 99 is the latest classic game to get the 99 Battle Royale treatment. Nintendo and Bandai Namco literally surprised everyone when they dropped the trailer on us this past Tuesday and a released it the next day! Pac-Man 99 is a free to play download game for...
by Brad Feingold | Apr 5, 2021 | 2020s, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews
In the world of video games on consoles, I feel that collections, compilations, remixes and reboots are four of my favorite words that I look for when I hear about a new game. The main reason for that is because if it is a compilation, you...
