Author: Danny Neleman

If we go by this and last year’s releases, we are living in the age of the retro arcade racer. We need two hands to count the number of retro rally games that grab back to the 90s arcade and PlayStation era alone. The same goes for the kart subgenre. Between all this, some try not to recreate games from the past, but to recreate the nostalgia of motorsports itself. Our subject at hand, Formula Legends, does exactly this. It projects an arcade-like, mini-fied and Micro Machines-style approach on the complete history of F1 racing, all the way back to…

Do you know what I really miss these days? Truly shitty games.Yes, I enjoy a bit of self-flagellation from time to time. Take a good look at our review archive: some of the games we’ve covered might be uninspired, clinging to current trends, or just a bit lackluster. But structurally dysfunctional, completely broken, or cheap movie tie-in cash grabs? We hardly run into them anymore. And honestly, we all need to vent once in a while. YouTube legend James Rolfe, through his foul-mouthed alter ego The Angry Video Game Nerd persona, built an empire on tackling those disasters head-on, ranting,…

At a glance, Edge of Allegoria (reviewed on Nintendo Switch) looks like a cutesy, emulated Game Boy title, almost screen-by-screen lifted from the orginal Game Boy’s Pokémon games. Dive deeper, though, and what unfolds is a giddy, beefy, adult-themed satire adventure RPG. Let’s be upfront about it. It may look like the kind of game an enthusiastic mid-30s dad would play with their kids to enlighten them on the video game wonders of their youth, as it does a great job capturing the essence of the Game Boy era. The developer of Edge of Allegoria, however, made this one specifically…

PLAION REPLAI has announced that four officially licensed arcade classics are set to arrive on November 21, 2025, for Atari’s 2600+ and 7800+ consoles. The line-up includes Galaga, PAC-MAN Double Feature, Dig Dug, and Xevious, all fully compatible with the original Atari 7800 hardware. The collection is part of PLAION’s “Unlock 1982” initiative, highlighting a landmark year in arcade history. In 1982, PAC-MAN first made its way to the Atari 2600, while Galaga lit up U.S. arcades, and Dig Dug and Xevious debuted in Japan. More than four decades later, these releases bring that moment back to life in cartridge…

Rayman is stepping back into the spotlight with a new cartridge release that looks both backward and forward. To mark the 30th anniversary of Ubisoft’s limbless hero, retro hardware company ModRetro has partnered with Ubisoft to reissue the Rayman Game Boy Color version as a physical cartridge. It is not just a celebration of the past but also a way to bring the handheld title back into circulation for collectors and retro fans. This new edition is not a digital port or a simple emulation package. Instead, ModRetro is producing cartridges that work on original Nintendo hardware. That means if…

On October 9, The Legend of Steel Empire will launch digitally for PS4 and PS5, giving PlayStation players their first chance to experience this cult shoot ’em up classic. The game already made waves on Nintendo Switch, where our review at Retrolike praised its blend of modern polish and faithful design. We scored it 8 out of 10, noting its strong atmosphere, accessible gameplay and challenge that shines once the difficulty is raised. From the ’90s to Now Originally released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive under the names Empire of Steel in Europe and Koutetsu Teikoku in Japan,…

It is hard to pinpoint exactly why gamers worldwide gravitate toward the creations of the nerd-chic creatives Goichi Suda (SUDA51) and Hidetaka Suehiro (SWERY65). Their games were never technical marvels or big sellers, but they gained cult status. And understandably so. Now, they are banding together under the White Owls Inc to bring us Hotel Barcelona. In my mind it is as if Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy) and Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn) decided to team up to do a project together (side note: Kevin Smith once even daydreamed publicly about this in an interview). Creators like…

Jaleco is back! With the wave of re-releases and retro revivals, it stayed awfully quiet around Jaleco. It may not be the first publisher people think of when talking about games that deserve a comeback. The same was once true for other publishers whose libraries only resurfaced through specialised “lost-and-found” IP houses like Piko Interactive and Qubyte. From a preservationist’s view they’ve done solid work, bringing both quirky and obscure titles back into the spotlight. Jaleco is still an odd one in that respect. It was a major publisher and developer in the late ’80s and early to mid-’90s, yet…

Square Enix’s HD-2D series has quietly become the go-to treatment for reviving classic JRPGs while keeping their soul intact. With Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake the studio finishes the Erdrick arc started by last year’s Dragon Quest III remake, and packages the first two adventures into a single modern release. That means players can now experience the origin stories and the early worldbuilding of the franchise in a single sitting, with visuals, UI and some mechanical upgrades designed for contemporary play. Start at the beginning If you got introduced to the Dragon Quest franchise later on, say with…

Ever since the release of Season 1, the anime adaptation of the manga series, Demon Slayer has been the flag carrier for anime culture. It also stands as Japan’s bastion of hope on the backdrop of the worldwide popularity rise of South Korean pop culture. Juggernaut of Japanese pop culture In just a few years, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has grown into a cultural juggernaut. The manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide. Of these, 164 million were sold in Japan and 56 million overseas. That places it among the best-selling manga of all time. In 2021, Aniplex,…