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.
A partnership with Hudson Soft's rival in the shoot 'em up space resulted in one of Compile's finest contributions to the genre.
The Guardian Legend is a cult classic, but it deserved so much more.
Along with Zanac X Zanac, released the same day in November 2001, Guru Logi Champ is Compile's final completed game before their closure, and serves as a reminder this studio still had a lot to give.
