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  • Drageus Games – publisher spotlight

    Polish based publisher Drageus Games have been bringing us budget indie titles since 2017. They pride themselves on creating games they themselves would play and strive to collaborate with innovative developers and artists. They were brought to the Retro Faith offices attention recently and our review of Pixel Gladiator made us sit up and take…

  • Twitch Affiliate – Retro Faith’s tips to getting there

    One of the aims for many new streamers is obtaining Twitch Affiliate status as quickly as possible. The benefit to being an affiliate is earning revenue through your online community. You earn via subscriptions and donations on the Twitch platform. The difficulty is Twitch ask you to fulfil certain criterias before they open up the…

  • Freedom Planet – Switch

    They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but what if the imitation surpases the original? You would be forgiven for thinking Freedom Planet is a simple Sonic clone but it has a personality all of its own. When we first started playing this in the Retro Faith offices we instantly started comparing to…

  • Pixel Gladiator – Switch

    Pixel Gladiator was released in October 2019 by Flying Island Team, known for their budget puzzle title Mushroom Quest.  It is a 2D retro inspired shooter that sees you defend a base against aliens and robots. You have been sent to an abandoned planet for a gameshow Running Man style. As you kill enemies you…

  • Haunted: Halloween ’86 – Switch

    It is not everyday that a new NES game makes its way to Nintendo’s mighty 80’s console. But this is exactly what Retrotainment Games did in 2016 with Haunted: Halloween ’86. Their 6502 Assembly programmed title was released on cartridges and is available at Cash In Culture today. The game has since been released digitally…

  • F-Zero – 29 years Mode 7

    Nintendo were riding high when they released the Super Famicom in November 1990. The success of the Famicon and NES put the gaming giant in an unprecedented position going into the 16-bit console age. The Mega Drive, released two years earlier, was doing well but Nintendo had an ace up their sleeve. Mode 7 graphics…

  • Aladdin and Lion King – Disney’s 16-bit gold

    Disney were flying high in the mid 90’s. A golden era that brought us some of their most loved classic movies. Disney struck a deal with Virgin Interactive to bring games to Mega Drive, SNES and other platforms. The partnership led to three games, Aladdin, The Jungle Book and The Lion King. Aladdin and The…

  • Retro News Roundup – November 2019

    As always a bumper month of retro goodness. New games announced, excellent events and some special announcements. We roundup all the latest retro game news.

  • Biolab Wars – Switch

    The Switch has a barrage of retro-inspired titles and Kolibri Game Studio have added to the fun with Biolab Wars. An 8-bit style platform shooter where you play the hero taking on an alien invasion. You will not find anything new with Biolab Wars but if you’re looking for a quick budget blast this could…

  • Out Run – Switch

    Out Run is a special game, not just due to the nostalgia it induces, but because it dared to be different. Before Yu Suzuki’s masterpiece blasted into arcades in September 1986 most racing games gave you a top down view or featured cars that exploded. Even the influential Pole Position had a F1 car that…