After striking gold in the arcades with Splatterhouse, it looked as if developer Namco had doomed the game to obscurity with a port to NEC TurboGrafx-16. While the TG-16 enjoyed considerable success in Japan, it was squashed in North America by Sega and Nintendo. Thankfully, that threat of obscurity was smacked with a 2×4 when […]
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Evil is good. That’s what we were all told in ads for Bullfrog Productions’ Dungeon Keeper. Unlike most video games at that time in 1997, this RTS bucked the trend of playing as the good guys, and had you indulge in your darker side as the boss of your own villainous lair looking to conquer […]
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Cult PC classic Harvester holds a special place for many gamers, even if the game is admittedly rough around the edges. But that’s part of the fun. Not to mention that it raised a few hackles when it was released back in October of 1996. And after all these years, we finally have the game’s […]
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Summer hasn’t officially arrived just yet, but that’s not stopping GOG from kicking off their 2022 Summer Sale. In addition the month-long deals on new and classic games, GOG as usual has put up a kick-off freebie for the next 48 hours. Old-school PC gamers will be pleased to know that this year’s GOG freebie […]
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Admittedly, when you think of id Software, you almost always immediately think of Doom. And why wouldn’t you? The game revolutionized and put the FPS genre on the map. Of course, there will always be someone who mentions the “Grandfather of first-person shooters” in Wolfenstein 3D. Backhanded as that may sound, it’s true that Doom […]
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Whenever people talk about early Castlevania, it seems that it’s always the console games that get the most attention, and rightfully so. But Konami did put forth the effort in an attempt to give fans of the old-school Game Boy some worthwhile entries in the series, even if they didn’t always match up to their […]
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Most people think of Resident Evil when you mention the words “Survival Horror”, and rightfully so. Of course, you get old-school gamers who will also mention Capcom’s Sweet Home or Infrogrames’ Alone in the Dark. But before all of that, Atari had its own makings of the genre in 1982’s Haunted House. Being released for […]
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Any excuse (well, almost) to talk about Castlevania is okay in our book. YouTuber Lord Kayoss is back with another of his mini-documentaries/walkthrough videos, and this time he’s completed the NES trilogy with Konami’s Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. As with his other videos in the same vein, Kayoss runs through the game in a full walkthrough […]
Everyone loves free stuff, especially when said stuff is awesome. Case in point: for the next 48 hours, GOG has made the classic horror PC adventure title I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream available for free! As with almost every classic title on GOG, you not only get the base game, but you […]
If you’re a fan of Arcade1Up’s revival of classic arcade machines designed for your home, get ready. Longtime arcade fans will be pleasantly happy to learn that the company is bringing back the highlight of many a gamer’s youth with a home version of Terminator 2: Judgement Day! Starting Monday, November 1, 2021, you can […]
Just when you think the running joke of making Doom run on everything has reached its zenith, along comes something else. Case in point: Doom now runs on Twitter. Okay, while it’s not quite the experience you might be thinking, it’s still pretty cool. The Tweet2Doom bot allows you (if you have the patience) to […]
If you know anything about Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, you might also know the legal quagmire that the game has been in ever since it was released back in 1996. The good news is that after an eternity, the wizards at GOG have finally managed to get the PC version on their service. Part […]
It’s ironic that we’ve only now gotten around to diving deep into the original Castlevania after delving into retrospectives for its two sequels. At 35, the series has seen its up and downs. The current trend seems to be to lament over “the good old days” of when Konami first bestowed greatness on Nintendo’s Famicom […]
It must be the day where you sit back d d watch some making-of documentaries for classic video games. YouTuber Lord Kayoss (whom you might remember from his video of Jason Voorhees playing Mortal Kombat X a few years back) has recently waded into things with a documentary on the making of the Sunsoft adaptation […]
We’re still waiting on Limited Run Games to announce their physical version of Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood for the PlayStation 4. But in the meantime, YouTube channel Splash Wave has a treat for fans in the form of a new documentary on the making of both games! Seeing as […]