A partnership with Hudson Soft's rival in the shoot 'em up space resulted in one of Compile's finest contributions to the genre.
Baroque is a horror-themed roguelike dungeon-crawler, and its finest form was stuck on the Sega Saturn in Japan for decades.
An arcade classic whose true brilliance was hidden under its many secrets, now unveiled in the present.
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
Unlike Gradius' first Game Boy outing, there is a whole new game here.
The Guardian Legend is a cult classic, but it deserved so much more.
Shake shake!
Under Defeat was a great time when it first released in 2006, but improved with a 2012 HD release, and has now likely hit its peak final form in 2025.
D4's ProjectEgg is adding Compile's Disc Station games to its library, so now you can solve platforming puzzles with Carbuncle.
It's not Gradius II, no, but we'll get into that.
Five more of my '22 favorites, plus honorable mentions.
The best of the games I played for the first time in 2022, that weren't from 2022.
