The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy (NES) Review: Taito’s Eclectic Platformer
by In 1991, Taito, who created hits such as Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, and Raiden, made The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy. Since that’s …
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Werewolf: The Last Warrior (NES) Review: Data East’s Ambitious Platformer
Werewolf: The Last Warrior is a 2D side-scroller made by Data East. Retro gamers might be familiar some of their other games such as Karate …
Ninja Crusaders (NES) Review: Tigers, and Scorpions, and Dragons, Oh My!
Ninja Crusaders is a side-scrolling platformer made by Sammy Corporation with a really cool premise: transforming ninjas fighting off an alien invasion. What more could …
Bucky O’Hare (NES) Review: Konami’s Harebrained Mega Man-like
Konami has always been top tier when it comes to making third party games for the NES. They knew how to make the most of …
Chantey (Game Boy) Review
by The Game Boy library covered a surprisingly wide breadth of genres for a tiny 8-bit handheld, but what it severely lacked, especially outside of Japan, …
The Best Game Boy Puzzle Games
by Back when the original Game Boy launched in 1989 (or 1990 if you’re in Europe), it set the world on fire with its practical portability …
The ModRetro Chromatic Is the Best Way To Play Game Boy Games
If I were an eccentric billionaire who could afford to lose money on a shameless passion project, I would make the perfect Game Boy. It …
Bits and Pieces: Rainbow Brite: Journey to Rainbow Land (NES)
by Rainbow Brite: Journey to Rainbow Land for the NES is a strange case. Released in 2019, 35 years after the original animated series first aired, …
Croc 2: How to Ruin a Cult Classic Video Game
The first game in the short-lived Croc franchise, Croc: Legends of the Gobbos, originally released for the PlayStation (PS1), was not perfect. But the game …
A Look Back At Krusty’s Fun House (SNES)
by The Simpsons has a long and storied history of being intertwined with video games, mainly due to dumb historical coincidence. The animated sitcom hit the …