Reviews

I’m all for PC Engine revivals and the nostalgia they bring, but Moto Roader MC is not a good retro game. Unless you can get a group of four or …
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Castle Morihisa is a rogue-like-card/deck-building-turn-based game. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, but while many elements will look familiar, the game’s depiction and characterization of feudal Japan make it something interesting all on its own.
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Have you ever played a game that started with so much promise yet almost immediately fizzled out? I can’t tell you how many times that’s happened to me. Some story …
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Hey! Do you like pinball games? And do you like defeating hordes of zombies? You do!? Well, I might have the game for you. Introducing Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes, a …
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The Pure Nintendo team published 25 reviews in the short month of February. This was a slight increase over the 22 we had last month. There’s a good variety of …
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Rover Mechanic Simulator is a successful simulation in some ways. But it’s also one that fails to truly take advantage of its premise. It feels a bit early access.

You …
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When it comes to puzzle games, there are a few things that I’m looking for: are the puzzles challenging enough? How does the game teach you new skills or features, …
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Infernax is an action-adventure platformer with a proudly retro feel that works extremely well. Imagine an old-school experience like Castlevania and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to …
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With the concept of friendship baked into its core mechanics, Derpy Conga is an adorable game, no matter what angle you look at it.

The game takes place over a …
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I’ve never been much of a treasure hunter myself. I did once find a $20 bill on the floor at Record Town, but unlike with GAMEDIA’s Treasure Temples, I didn’t have to navigate crumbling ice blocks or fight off an octopus to retrieve it.
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Developed by ‘one-man team’  Sergey Noskov, 35MM is a post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a journey into the wastelands of Russia, which has been left to …
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Here I am, about to tout the virtues of another retro RPG. This one is called Rise of the Third Power, and it comes to us from Stegosoft. If you’ve enjoyed but are feeling somewhat burnt out on KEMCO’s library, you may want to turn Stegosoft’s way.
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Land of Screens is an adventure-puzzle game developed by Serenity Forge and published by Way Down Deep. It’s short and sweet with little gameplay involved and only takes about an …
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Unforeseen Incidents is an ominous game, especially in a post-COVID19 world. It came out in 2018 and is about a pandemic called Yelltown Fever that afflicts people with upper respiratory …
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Once you get past Monark’s visual presentation you’ll see quite a few cool elements hidden beneath the murk of this turn-based JRPG. And as you’d expect from a development team with Shin Megami Tensei and Persona backrounds, there’s plenty of style throughout.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has seen many iterations across many forms of media, and his legacy stands as one of the most infamous fictional characters of all time. …
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Starting as a mobile game, Retro Bowl is now on the Switch, which feels like a perfect place for an NES-style game. Indeed, it takes cues from Tecmo Bowl. Retro …
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RPGolf Legends can be a birdie one minute and a bogey the next. At its best, this golf-action-adventure is an early dark horse candidate for my top games of 2022 …
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