Review: Ninja Senki Dec 27, 2010

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Tags: Retro gaming, Reviews, Video, Video games

A few days ago the indie game Ninja Senki was released after a year of development. In short, it’s a Ninja Gaiden inspired (a lot of pages say Mega Man but I don’t agree with that) retro platformer that looks very late 1980s and also has that late 1980s difficulty.

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Thrustlikes Jun 18, 2008

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Tags: 8-bit, Asteroids, Atari, C64, NES, Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Reviews, Video, Video games

Probably my most favorite video games are thrustlike games — games that relate to Thrust similarly how Rogue relates to roguelikes. Here are some of the games I consider the best examples of this genre.

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ROM CHECK FAIL Apr 10, 2008

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Tags: Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Reviews, Video, Video games

ROM CHECK FAIL is quite possibly the most original game I have seen in a while. That’s saying a lot considering the game is a mishmash of classic arcade and video games. The main idea is that, for example, at one moment you are playing Zelda and after a few seconds the game randomly switches to Super Mario Bros. Or Asteroids. Or Spy Hunter. While you might still be Link or the tank from Space Invaders.

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Awesome games that are also free Feb 21, 2008

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Tags: Cave Story, Free, OpenTTD, Retro gaming, Reviews, Software, Star Control, Video games

Here is yet another list of free games considered awesome by the majority of this blog’s writers (me). Included are Cave Story, OpenTTD and The Ur-Quan Masters.

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