An arcade racer made to look and feel more like a racing sim. At least, when things around you aren't literally exploding.
Or, "Summer Carnival '92 Recca," if you're into that.
It took 28 years for Clockwork Aquario to actually be released, but the game once slated for arcades finally released on consoles before 2021 ended.
A look back at my favorite pieces of mine from the year that was.
This is a retro video game newsletter, but I still play new ones, you know. Part 2.
This is a retro video game newsletter, but I still play new ones, you know.
The Wii and DS got their own Geometry Wars entries back in 2007, which to this day remain the only Nintendo system releases in the franchise.
Obviously a retro video game publication is going to focus on the best games from the past, played in the present.
Fragile Dreams isn't the best game you'll ever play, but it's one worth experiencing for what it does well.
RPG legend Nihon Falcom is celebrating their 40th anniversary. Whole chunks of their back catalog are not available for purchase, or even in English, but let's see how much we can solve for that.
The game seems, at first, like an overly simple puzzle platformer, but that quickly changes, and then changes again.
Story Mode: Video Games and the Interplay Between Consoles and Culture is available to purchase now, and so I spoke with its author at length about its messages and theories.
