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Excitebike Review – Is One of Nintendo’s First Racing Games Still Impressive Today?

There are at least a few favorites in the NES’ early library, with the system’s first racing game being a bit hit back in the day. How is it today?
Log Jammers Review – How Is This Imitation of Windjammers for the NES and Evercade?

Log Jammers is clearly a title developed to be similar to Windjammers on the NEO GEO. Yet, on much more humble hardware, that being the NES. I recently played it on the Evercade through Mega Cat Studios Collection 1. How is it?
Combat Review – The Pack-In Game for the Atari 2600 Is More Fun Than It Has Any Right To Be!

One aspect of gaming that has been lost some is the joy of couch co-op gameplay. But back in the 1970s and ’80s, we could do that easily with the pack-in game, Combat, for the Atari 2600!
Coffee Crisis Review – A Lot of Effort Has Been Put Into This, but Something Still Feels off…

I like to see developers put a lot of their personality into a title. This may take multiple forms. A recent game I played that does this a great deal is the SEGA Genesis Beat’em Up, Coffee Crisis.
One Rotten Oath Review – A Hybrid of FPS and FMV Genres That Feels Homemade, but Is Still Intriguing!

Many different genres have been tried to provide new gameplay experiences to players. One that came and went quickly was FMV games. Yet, they still show up a little today. One recent example is the intriguing FPS and FMV hybrid, One Rotten Oath.
81-TRIS Review – A Free, Fun Version of Tetris for the Sinclair ZX81 Microcomputer!

If there’s any famous puzzle game, it has to be Tetris! The title has been released on tons of systems, and the most recent version that I’ve played is 81-TRIS, which is a port of the classic to the Sinclair ZX81.
Mappy: The Beat Review – Amazingly, Mappy Has His Own Animated Series! Is It Any Good?

A lot of video game series have a ton of content made for them. Many earlier titles have been overlooked in this regard. I would have expected Namco’s Mappy to be one of them. Yet, in 2013, it had its own web series. How is it?
Mappy Reviews – An Old-School Platformer, but With Trampolines and No Jump Button? Two Versions Reviewed!

Over the last few months, I’ve enjoyed trying out titles again that I didn’t give too much attention to previously. After two other Namco games, I now come to another old school Platformer that was released in 1984, Mappy!
Multidude Review – Single-Screen Puzzle Gameplay, but Is There More to It?

One of the strengths of the Evercade ecosystem is how it showcases unique Indie games that were developed for older hardware. One example of this is Multidude, which is a single-screen puzzle title for the NES.
Super Painter Review – A Fun Little Single-Screen Platformer With Loose Controls!

Early Platformer games were single-screen affairs where you controlled a character around the stage to achieve an objective or get to an exit. Super Painter takes inspiration from such games, and is a NES title that is included on the Mega Cat Collection 1 for the Evercade.
Xevious Review – While Not Too Popular in the West, How Is This Early Shmup?

Many popular Japanese titles were also successful in other parts of the world. However, some didn’t experience as much notoriety in the USA as in their homeland. One example of this was Xevious, an early vertically scrolling shooter.
SKELOST Review – A Free Side-Scrolling Action Platformer With an Intriguing Soundtrack and Art Design!

Sometimes I find a title that I didn’t know anything about, but want to try it out because of its trailer. The most recent game that did that was SKELOST, a free Action Platformer developed for the Gameboy Color.