Author: Danny Neleman
Danny is a retrogame collector with a fascination for weird Japanese Sega Saturn imports. He founded Retrolike.net to get the sub genre of retro-inspired indie games and remakes the spotlight it deserves.
If, like me, you’ve ever wished for a modern interpretation of the Neo Geo classic, King of the Monsters, your prayers to the Kaiju gods have been answered with “Dawn of the Monsters” (DotM). Developed by the Canadian studio 13AM and published by WayForward, a publisher celebrated by both us and many gamers for its pixel-heavy and nostalgia-filled releases. Kaiju Chaos In the dystopian setting of Toronto, the city is in grave danger as gigantic monsters suddenly emerge, wreaking havoc all around. It’s your duty, along with your team of ‘pilots,’ to confront these monstrous foes on equal footing. You…
A less steep learning curve could’ve kept the game more interesting for casual gamers. For now, hardcore classic shmup-fans get a pretty decent freeby to bite their teeth into. Anyone else should search elsewhere.
Contributor Euro Retro Gamer (checkout his channel full of retro and retrolike goodness) has put the game and is sanity to the test by traversing the satanically insane 18 hole golf course of Doom! Check out is review!