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Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel Switch review
Platform games starring mascot characters were all the rage back in the 1990s, following the phenomenal successes that Nintendo had with Mario, and that Sega had with Sonic, so it was only natural that other publishers would want their own piece of the mascot platformer pie, and Sunsoft’s attempt at a macot platformer was Aero…
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Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium seeks crowdfunding
As games magazine readers of a certain age will recall, Electronic Gaming Monthly was the most prominent American video games magazine, which had an impressive 25-year run, spanning from 1989 until 2014, and now, some ten years after its closure, EGM is seeking to return to print with a new retrospective book, The Electronic Gaming…
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Karate Survivor chops its way onto Steam later this month
Perhaps inspired by a certain very successful vampiric game with a similar name, Karate Survivor is described as a “1980s action melee-focused roguelite”. In Karate Survivor you can use baseball bats, mops, plates, and anything else you can get your hands on to take out your foes in a variety of diverse locations. Push objects…
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Terrifier: The ARTcade Game slashes onto PC & consoles next year
If you’re not a horror movie fan, then you may not be familiar with the ultra-gory Terrifier series (the third of which is currently disturbing audiences in cinemas across the globe). The Terrifier films are slashers films in which Art the clown terrorises and gorily dismembers the local female population, so basically your typical slasher…
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Power Spikes smashes out of the Arcade Archives
Hamster Corp. certainly keep the eclectic arcade titles coming with their long-running Arcade Archives series for PS4 and Switch. This week, Hamster have delved into the sporting section of their Arcade Archives, and they’ve come back back with Power Spikes, a volleyball game released by Video System in 1991. Power Spikes is the second instalment…
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New Tetris Forever trailer drops
We previously reported on the announcement of Tetris Forever, an upcoming instalment in Digital Eclipse’s impressive Gold Master series, which will include more than 15 “spins” on the block-matching puzzler. As you can see from the latest trailer for the collection, which we’ve embedded at the end of this piece, some of the games to…
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8-Bit Adventures 2 free demo loads up
Anything with “8-Bit” in its title is sure to grab our attention at Retro Faith, so the release of a demo of 8-Bit Adventures 2 would seem to be right up our street , indeed, we previously reported on the announcement of the game. In a new interview, developer Critical Games has given some further…
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Revenge wages on in Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition
The original Montezuma’s Revenge was released in 1984 on a variety of 8-bit computers, and the Atari 2600 console. If you’ve done the math(s), you’ll have noticed that the game’s original release was, indeed, 40 years ago. Indie publishers Eastasiasoft have announced that, in celebration of the game’s 40th anniversary, Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th…
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Double Dragon fights its way into Pixel Starships
If you’re a reader of this site then we’re sure the side-scrolling beat ‘em up world of Double Dragon needs no introduction. However, you may be less familiar with Pixel Starships, and indeed, it’s not necessarily the sort of game we’d normally cover here at Retro Faith, but bringing Double Dragon into the mix has…
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The Legend of Santa makes Christmas come early to Switch
The Legend of Santa is a Christmas-themed platform game that is heavily inspired by the NES classic Super Mario Bros. 3, and while it may look so close to that source of inspiration that you may assume it’s a ROM hack, it’s actually a full indie platform game that was originally released on Steam last…
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