by Brad Feingold | Mar 23, 2021 | 2020s, Console/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...
by Ben Magnet | Mar 12, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews
The Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch system is really neat. As someone who grew up mostly playing the Tiger electronic handhelds this new device pays a great homage to the Game & Watch titles from decades ago. So why am I talking about it now than way back in...
by Mike Mertes | Feb 17, 2021 | 1990s, Reviews
While many say that Marvel VS Capcom is the ultimate experience in fighting game crossovers, I have to disagree. As someone who frequented the arcades regularly, I spent plenty of time split between my favorite Capcom fighters like Street Fighter Alpha 2 and SNK...
by Mike Mertes | Jan 25, 2021 | 1990s, Gaming, Reviews
Fans of run and gun action platformers like Contra that don’t know what “Turrican” is are about to have their worlds blown apart thanks to the upcoming release of Turrican Flashback. Available on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on January 29th,...
by Mike Mertes | Dec 23, 2020 | Reviews
Initially released in 1999 on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, Fatal Fury: First Contact impressed anyone in North America who was lucky enough to give SNK’s handheld a try. Like other handheld titles on the platform, SNK’s morphed its long-established fighters...
by Brett Weiss | Oct 22, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews
Back in the fall of 1980, I was in junior high school, and I liked four things: girls, basketball, rock music, and, of course, video games. At the Quick Way convenience store near my school, they had three arcade games set up in a small corner at the back: Asteroids,...