TouchArcade Rating: It’s somewhat surprising how clearly one can draw a line between SNK before NEOGEO’s launch and after. The likes of Psycho Soldier and Ikari were relegated to cameo appearances, and only a few lucky pre-NEOGEO IPs ever saw follow-ups on the multi-system. Perhaps the strangest of the rare bunch was Prehistoric Isle, a […]
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TouchArcade Rating: Time travel. A risky story-telling device, to be sure. It can fix problems. It can cause problems. Usually it does both. Nevertheless, it’s a crowd-pleasing plot device that can spice up a story in many ways. The original Sengoku ($3.99) already had a bit of a time mash-up going on with its tale […]
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Having gotten a Nintendo 3DS years after the system launched and having never owned a Nintendo DS before, I enjoyed checking out the massive library of games from Japan that I missed. Barring the multiple RPGs I played, there were quite a few Nintendo eShop exclusives that were constantly recommended. One of them was Pokémon […]
Continue ReadingTMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (Free) from Tribute Games and Dotemu is a very special game. Not only is it a fantastic beat ’em up, but it delivered on bringing the experience I had as a kid playing the Konami classics to current platforms with a modern experience. Unlike most of Playdigious’ prior conversions for mobile, TMNT: […]
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Each year, publishers try and get their games out by October or November to avoid the holiday rush, and to ensure said games don’t get forgotten by the time Game of the Year discussions happen for the following year. There have been two games released at the start of this month that I’ve been obsessed […]
Continue ReadingI reviewed Vampire Survivors as our first ever Steam Deck review when it hit 1.0. Since then, Vampire Survivors launched on Xbox platforms using the new engine, and finally made its way to iOS and Android as revealed during The Game Awards. Read my review of the iOS version here. Yesterday, the first paid DLC […]
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If you’ve been keeping up with Square Enix’s mobile releases, you probably have SaGa opinions by now. The series, which had always had a spotty localization record, went dormant in the West for a long time following the 2005 release of Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song on the PlayStation 2. I can only assume the Western […]
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TouchArcade Rating: Last night, Vampire Survivors (Free) from Poncle finally hit iOS and Android worldwide for free. The massively-popular indie game has been one of the most-played games on Steam Deck since launch, and I’ve enjoyed playing it daily across Steam Deck and on Xbox recently. Read my review of the 1.0 launch here to […]
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As I’ve said more than a few times in the past, the NEOGEO was generally known for a couple of genres more than anything else. Fighting games, of course. And thanks to Metal Slug and to a lesser extent Shock Troopers, it’s also known for run-and-gun action. It’s just how things shook out given the […]
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The NEOGEO is generally characterized by, with only a few notable exceptions, fighting games and Metal Slug. Within a couple of years of its launch, the vast majority of the output on the console seemed to be mining (quite successfully) a few particular types of games. To be fair, such was the state of arcades […]
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