Author: Danny Neleman

Hell Well is available for Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch and PC (through Steam) for €/$ 4,99. I’ve never been much inclined to get entangled in the never-ending supply of tower defense games. And when Hell Well popped up on the key list, purely based on the imagery, I thought it was a rogue-like twin-stick shooter. So when I discovered the true tower defense nature of Hell Well, I was very curious if the game could bring anything new to the table. I’m fundamentally of the belief that stepping out of your comfort zone often enough is crucial to getting better…

Just two months short of the upcoming release of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, his final creation as a writer, the heartbreaking news reached the internet that Yoshitaka Murayama has passed away due to complications from a long-standing illness. Yoshitaka gained international recognition as the creator of the first three Suikoden games and as the face of Konami’s Suikoden production team. Following the third installment, Murayama departed from Konami and established his own company, Blue Moon Studio, with the action game 10,000 Bullets marking the studio’s inaugural release. He briefly exited the gaming industry thereafter, focusing on writing credits for Manga…

A new talent arises Raccoo Venture is a game made by a sole dev (Diego Ras). When I heard that after playing the game, I simply did not believe it. Why? Because the entire feel and look of the game. First instinct would be to say a group of at least 5 people worked on the game. But no, just one dev. It blew my mind. With the help of QUByte Interactive Diego Ras has his first release on Xbox. Raccoo Venture released on December 14th 2023 and was moderately well received. You can buy it for € 14,99 and…

First of all, as with the first two collections, the Toaplan Arcade Shoot’em Ups collections are Steam bundles. This means the games can be bought individually or as a bundle with a discount. The Toaplan Arcade Shoot’em ups Collection vol 3 costs €/$19.99, while the individual games cost €/$7.79. More Toaplan Bitwave Games is back again with another shoot’em up bundle containing selection of shooters from Toaplan’s illustrious game legacy. Most celebrated by the shmup community are Batsugun and Tiger-Heli. Both are available in other forms already (The Tiger Heli collection on consoles and Batsugun Saturn Tributed Boosted), but the…

Inspired by the call from Retro Gamer magazine for their readership to send in their Top 20 ‘Greatest Games’, the Retrolike team butted their heads together, argued, and ‘disagreed to agree’ like the fanboy man-children we are.* We eventually managed to come up with our Top 20 list. So here we go! *highly exaggerated for dramatic effect 20. Power Stone – Dreamcast Dan: Power Stone pairs Capcom’s fighting game pedigree with the distinctive 3D aesthetics of the NAOMI arcade board, and subsequently the Dreamcast. It’s tactical, colorful, and loads of fun! When booting up the Dreamcast, Power Stone is always…

This is a Saga of the Moon Priestess review for Xbox. the game is also available for Nintendo Switch, PC and Playstation consoles. I’m off on an adventure! Nope, you’re not a Hobbit. Yes, you’re going on an adventure, but let’s start at the beginning. The game begins with you as a prince inside a castle. You wake up to a lot of noise and decide to check what the hell is going on. Bad idea! You end up being captured by an evil witch, and thus, your story ends. Fast forward a bit to an entirely different part of…

More good news is emerging from the Kickstarter front, as another project has successfully reached its target much faster than anticipated. This time, Spilled! hit the ground running, achieving full funding within just 12 hours. The project, led by Dutch indie solo developer Lente, has now surpassed 140% of its fairly sizable €10,000 goal. Spoiled! is a relaxing and eco-conscious game where players clean up pollution with their boat. Navigating through eight progressively larger areas with increasing waste, there’s no rush – take your time. While Spoiled! is a shorter game that can be completed in just 1 hour, the…

If a publisher mentions “Get ready for a blast from the past with an 80s inspired arcade experience released 40 years late…” in its press release, you know we will be paying attention! We are always ready for a “Mappy-esque side-view dot-eater-y frenzy”. We are talking about “Cash Cow DX”, and it will be available very soon on Steam. The announcement trailer for the game in question has been around for a good three weeks, and subsequently, Pixel Games announced the release date of February 16th. The game promises to be full-on 80s goodness including tough-as-nails gameplay and NO continues!…

ININ Games has teamed up with developer Mebius to bring retro-minded gamers Legend of Steel Empire, a complete remake of the Mega Drive hidden gem “Steel Empire”, also known as Empire of Steel or Koutetsu Teikoku in Japan. This remake comes shortly after pre-orders opened for Steel Empire Chronicles by ININ’s physical game outlet, Strictly Limited Games. That particular game collected all the original games released under the Steel Empire umbrella, including the Mega Drive/Genesis original, the GBA game, the NES game Over Horizon (its spiritual predecessor), and… the Steel Empire Remake. Yes, the game we are going to review…

British indie Refresh Games collaborated with Mega Cat Studio to get the Kickstarter campaign for their 8-Bit rogue-like “this “Flap Happy” started, and well, it already has it’s (humble) goal met! The campaign went up on January 25th and with still 26 days to go, Flap Happy is physical and digital pledge rewards will be reality. The game will be released digitally and produced physically for NES and Gameboy. We have seen many NES and Gameboy homebrew physical releases before and we have covered many of them (check out our coverage of Christmas Crisis for example), but we seldom see…