Nintendo made a Japan-exclusive fighter that'll at least visually remind you of Rayman and Gunstar Heroes, and did so way back in the Famicom era.
The superior form of Namco's 1989 on-rails arcade shooter is available worldwide for the first time.
No, not that Suikoden. A different one. Like, really different.
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
The best of the games I played for the first time in 2023, that weren't from 2023.
Tetris 2 (but not that one), featuring game credits that'll blow your mind.
Alternatively known as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, or Mystic Quest — no, not that one — or simply just the start of the long-running Mana series.
Video Game of the Year: A Year-By-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 is available now, and I spoke with the author about how it came to be.
The studio itself has been shut down for 20 years now, but that doesn't mean its former developers stopped working.
Compile developed a few pinball games in their day that remain absolute classics of the genre decades later.
