Author: Sebastiaan Barneveld
Seb lives in the past, enjoying stuff from years ago or things that remind of the 'good old days'. He's fond of most retro gaming systems and for some reason has a thing with the Philips CD-i. He doesn't see very well, maybe that's why?
Next month we’ll see the launch of Mega Cat Studio’s Kickstarter campaign for Lethal Wedding. Retrolike.net had a chance to check out an early build made for the campaign and see how preparations for this high octane union on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis are progressing. The planners are hard at work in fine tuning this wedding with a vengeance, featuring an unhealthy dose of bullets. Let’s take a sneak peek and dive into our Lethal Wedding preview! I Now Pronounce You Locked and Loaded The day started out so nice. Joanne was about ready to say her big…
#DRIVE Rally currently in Early Access and available through GOG, Stream or Epic Games. After the fairly successful #DRIVE for mobile, Pixel Perfect Dude brings a bigger experience to PC in #DRIVE Rally. It sets out to bring us an “arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s.” While I’m by no means an expert on the rally sport or its games, I do fondly think back to titles such as SEGA Rally, Top Gear Rally or, one of my personal favorites, Rally Cross. Somehow this game reminds me of none of those, it does its…
After a period of engagement, it is time for the next level. For the 4th of November Mega Cat Studios invites all Genesis and Mega Drive fans to join them for the union of their new game and its Kickstarter campaign. But come prepared! As this promises to be a Lethal Weapon! What else is a bride to do after all, than take up arms? After all the arrangements, picking up the perfect dress and having to deal with that mother in law, some criminal clowns dare to kidnap her groom on his bachelors party! Obviously, this won’t do. This…
This SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection review is based on the Steam (PC) version of the game. It is also released on: Nintendo Switch, XBox Series S/X and PlayStation 5. The re-introduction of older games has become rather popular over the last few years. Be it through virtual consoles, game compilations or whole systems: retro games are cool and people buy them! So it’s no surprise more companies are digging out some old content, polish it up a little and give their old classics renewed life. Let’s see how SUNSOFT handles this endeavor in their SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection! Many will have…
The creative minds over at Mega Cat Studios are ready to release their newest physical cartridge for the Genesis & Mega Drive. Rocket Panda will be blasting off on the 16th of September! Get ready for a jet-powered adventures and don’t bother to pack for lunch, tea and biscuits will be plentiful! Seeing new releases for your favorite consoles is always a welcome sight and Mega Cat Studios has built up quite the track record in providing in this niche, but growing, market. Rocket Panda comes forth from a collaboration with Space Pants Games and Video Game Sage, who’ve been hard at…
This Riven review is based on the Steam version. Riven is also available via GOG, Meta Quest and the Apple App Store. Myst… you either love it or hate it, but pretty much everyone in the gaming space will have some kind of memory of this classic. In 2021 Cyan brought us a remake and now they are back with one for the sequel to Myst, Riven! Can they recapture the original’s magic? Let’s catch the next Mag-Lev and go explore this reinvigorated age! While it lasts… A fresh tour For those who have explored Riven before, it will be…
We’ve seen plenty of indie games paying homage to older styles of games and their aesthetics. Early 3D on 32-bit consoles is generally looked at with less fondness than 2D sprites from the 90’s. Dread Delusion attempts to use that specific 3D style as its strength however, whilst delivering an explorative first person RPG. Nailing a graphical style Early PS1 3D didn’t age particularly well, but its roughness could unintentionally create a rather eerie and unsettling environment. Dread Delusion aims to deliver just that, creating a rather alien world. And yes, that includes those rough, sharp polygons with low…
This Top Racer Collection review is based on the Steam (PC) version of the game. It is also released on: Nintendo Switch, XBox Series S/X version and Playstation 4 and 5. Do you remember the Top Gear racing games from back in the 90’s? Originally released for the SNES, they delivered an amazing sense of speed. Especially in Brazil they made a big splash and as such it’s no surprise that the Brazilian developer QUBytes breathes now life into these classics with Top Racer Collection! 4 in 1 This bundle contains four games in total: Top Racer, Top Racer 2, Top Racer 3000 and…
This review is for the Steam version, the game is also available on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5 and Xbox One & Series X/S We’ve seen all kinds of revivals or inspirations from the past. Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore makes us think back to one of the strangest happenings in gaming; that time Nintendo gave Philips permission to use their characters in games for their ill-fated CD-i. It follows the design of the first two Zelda games this deal resulted in. Is this a game all true gamers strive for? Let’s find out! Perhaps too familiar To start, I was one of the…
This review is for the Steam version, the game is also available on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5 and Xbox One & Series X/S Sometimes a game crosses your desk that leaves you a little confused and wondering what happened in development. Dungeonoid 2 is such a game for me. It has some fun, fresh ideas, but the way these are brought to life left me scratching my head and at times shouting at the screen in frustration. The combination of brick busting gameplay with RPG and adventuring elements is a relatively unexplored niche genre. For shame really,…