A snowy Alabama afternoon, a Movie Gallery rental, and one hell of a Sega Genesis platformer. More than 30 years later, Disney’s Aladdin still looks great, plays beautifully, and reminds me why games didn’t need 80 hours of bullshit to be memorable.
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I got Donkey Kong Country at launch after the hype VHS and it became my Thanksgiving game for years after. Thirty years later it's still one of the best games ever made.
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This week, on Retro WedNESday #10, we're looking back at Super Mario Bros. 2. This is the weird one in the NES Mario trilogy, and there's a strange reason why. Princess Peach's float, the Doki Doki Panic origin, and why I still love it.
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Bart vs. The Space Mutants was bad when I was a kid and it's still bad today. I played it anyway because it's what I had. Some things don't improve with age.
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Sonic the Hedgehog was built to compete with Mario and it delivered. Thirty years later the speed still holds up, the music is still iconic, and Green Hill Zone is still one of the best opening levels ever designed.
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TaleSpin on the Genesis was the bane of my existence from age seven to ten. I never beat it. Going back on an emulator, I understand why — and I still can't quit it.
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Super Mario Bros. is the first game I ever played and my first gaming memory. This week's Retro WedNESday game review looks back on the all-time classic. Forty years later it's still just as fun as it ever was. Some things don't need improving.
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PlayStation Plus May 2026 monthly games are EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, and Nine Sols, available to all PS Plus members starting May 5.
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Roguelikes remain pretty popular in gaming, especially when done right. "One more run" always has a way of turning into several more. Rogue Explorer is the latest in the genre, and it too maintains that "one more run" addiction. It also carries with a much more casual feeling. Is Rogue Explorer worth your money and time? Read on to find out in our review of the new title available now on PS5, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Rogue Explorer (PS5 [Reviewed], PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC)…
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Macrotis, the emotional puzzle platformer from the Istanbul, Turkey based Proud Dinosaurs, has finally made its way to consoles after originally releasing on PC back in February 2019 thanks to publisher EastAsiaSoft. A mother bilby needs your help to get back to her children, if you can overcome the environment and solve the puzzles to get back to them. Macrotis: A Mother's Journey (PC, PS4 [Reviewed], Xbox One) Developer: Proud Dinosaurs Publisher: EastAsiaSoft Released: February 8, 2019 (PC)…
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It's been almost a month since Fall Guys took the world by storm. Since its release on August 3rd, the game has quickly become of the most popular (both played and watched) games on the planet and also is the most downloaded game in PlayStation Plus history. While it's been free on PS Plus, it has still managed to sell over seven million copies on Steam at an MSRP of $19.99. It's been an amazing success story, has become a favorite of many, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down anytime…
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Seasons After Fall is a 2D platforming puzzle game for PS4, Xbox One, and PC from French developer Swing Swing Submarine and published by Focus Home Interactive. In it, you play a spirit that possesses a wild fox and set off on an adventure through a forest. You have the power to manipulate the four seasons, changing them on the fly to complete puzzles. If nothing else, Seasons After Fall is an absolutely beautiful game graphically speaking with its hand-painted forest setting that changes on…
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Rogue Legacy was a critical hit when it released on PC a little over a year ago, and today Cellar Door Games have brought their hit title to PS4, PS3, and PS Vita with cross-buy and cross-save. Rogue Legacy is now available on the PlayStation Store for $16.99, and that's a great price since you're getting it for three systems and because the game is superb. I became a fan of the “roguelike,” or in this case “roguelite,” genre last year (I know, way late to the genre party) when Spelunky came to…
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New Super Luigi U is basically a rehash of New Super Mario Bros U (it originated as DLC for the Mario game), so I'll be limiting this to a quick look over instead of a full-fledged review. So without further adieu, let's get this mini show on the road. I can't remember off hand if we had a review for Super Mario Bros U, but I don't think we did. Mario had the best graphics I had ever seen in a Nintendo game to that point, and perhaps still does (LEGO City Undercover does make a case), and as…
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The original Castle of Illusion, released in 1990 for Sega Genesis, remains a timeless classic for a lot of gamers who grew up playing it. It was never the hardest platformer, nor the longest or the best, but it was fun and it had a certain charm to it even for those of us who aren’t fans of Mickey Mouse. Now, thanks to SEGA Studios Australia, the game has been remade largely by the team who made the original. To their credit, they didn’t just slap some HD graphics on make a quick cash-in. This…
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Cool Spot is a platformer starring the 7-Up mascot that somehow turned out great. A retro look at one of the SNES era's most unlikely gems.
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I never owned a SEGA Dreamcast, so I get to come into this review with no nostalgia whatsoever for what Sonic Adventure 2 was originally like over a decade ago on the Dreamcast. Nor, prior to this, have I ever played a 3D Sonic game that I actually enjoyed (and I loved the first three Sonic games on the Genesis, with Sonic 2 being my favorite one). So when I sat down to play Sonic Adventure 2 HD I had no idea what to expect and my expectations weren’t too high given my feelings towards 3D Sonic…
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Hell Yeah! takes players on bizarre trip through Hell as the Prince of Hell, a rabbit named Ash. The evil rabbit was minding his own business taking a bath with rubber duckies when the paparazzi show up and snap some pictures. The naked bath time photos are posted on the Hellternet where they’ve been viewed by a whopping 100 creatures. Ash is of course completely embarrassed by this and sets out to do the only thing a ruler of Hell can really do, kill everyone who has viewed the pictures. Yeah…
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LIMBO (PS3 [Reviewed], Xbox 360, PC) Developer: Playdead Publisher: Playdead Release Date: July 19, 2011 ESRB: T — Teen Limbo was released July of last year on Xbox LIVE Arcade, and it garnered a lot of attention and praise. It had my interest, but I didn't have an Xbox 360. Thankfully, a year later, Limbo hit the Playstation Network today and I have finally gotten to experience the wonderful indie game that is Limbo. Limbo is a "simple" 2D puzzle-platformer that takes place in a hand-drawn…
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Enslaved is a rarity in this day and age. It's a new IP, it completely leaves out any form of multiplayer, and it's strictly a linear experience. This all results in one of the best single player games out there thanks to a masterfully crafted story, beautiful cinematics and atmosphere, some really exciting sequences of gameplay, and some well developed combat. You play as Monkey, and you have a sidekick whose abilities you can control named Trip. In the beginning, it seems like it is going to…
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