Faxanadu: A Timeless Treasure
*Home sweet home. Wait, what happened here? Daggers and wing boots, mantras and monsters await you. This is the tagline for Faxanadu and though there is only one dagger, wing boots, oddly enough, are in fashion among the elves. There are more mantras and monsters than you can wave that dagger at. While this game is widely unknown, it…
Long Awaited Mega Man 11 Announced, Coming to PS4, XB1 & Switch in 2018
After years of waiting, Capcom has officially announced a late 2018 release date for Mega Man 11. For many, many fans of the franchise, it is a long time coming. The last flagship game in the series, Megaman 10, released all the way back in 2010. And while we’ve seen a few spin-offs, mobile games, and anniversary re-releases since,…
NESMaker Kickstarter – Make NES Games With Ease!
It’s a great time to be alive and making games people! Retro game developer New8BitHeroes’ NESMaker Kickstarter has, at time of writing, reached $172,000 of its £23,000 goal. What can you do with NESmaker? Design sprite graphics and color palettes that are automatically constrained to the NES limitations. Create assets with properties and behaviors to give developing for the…
Top 20 Nintendo (NES) Box Art
For many, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was one of the first game systems they owned. After the success of Atari and the unfortunate issue plaguing video game systems in the early 1980’s, NES was poised to either elevate the video game industry or put the last nail in its coffin. Due to a smart marketing idea of rebranding…
Then and Now: Indies Revolutionizing Retro Genres
A few things never seem to go out of fashion: Mountain Dew, Cheetos, video games and shoehorning romance or social options into farming sims. Modern indie titles are bridging the technology generation gap, giving 30-somethings who fondly remember the Nintendo Entertainment System and its spinoffs bonding opportunities for the nerds and their geek spawn. These new indie games are…
Town & Country Surf Designs Review: Wood & Water Rage
There are a few iconic sounds that remind you of your favorite games: Mario’s coins and one-ups, Sonic’s rings and drowning music, Joe Cool faceplanting and sliding on the pavement. “Ssssshhhh…” — that’s the sound that the world’s worst low-speed road rash makes when you fail at Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage for the Nintendo…
Creepy Brawlers Trailer – Horror Movie Punch Out-Like
If you’re a fan of horror movies and the NES boxing classic “Punch Out”, then you’re going to love Mega Cats latest Frankenstein creation Creepy Brawlers! In Creepy Brawlers you take on the role of an underdog fighting his way to the top of the Underworld Championship. Square off against horror movie monsters like the wolfman, a clown on…
Gunlock Game Trailer [2017] – Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games
Developers: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic – Coding /…
RunGunJumpGun Provides Fast-Paced Hallucinatory Action
Hardcore Challenge on Bath Salts Sometimes you…
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Downwell Review: Well? Where? Down!
Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie Developer: Moppin Publisher: Devolver Digital…
Megasphere: Pre-Release First Impressions
Awakened from your slumber, a gravitational field is discovered…
Flynn: Son of Crimson Preview: Please conserve the Red
Either someone didn’t get the memo about the shortage…
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Long Awaited Mega Man 11 Announced, Coming to PS4, XB1 & Switch in 2018
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