Video Game Reviews, Articles
This is a review originally written for E1M1 Magazine. Check out the site here, and get 15% off digital magazines with the code E1M1DIGI – offer ends April 30th. LucasArts no doubt had the talent to pull off a memorable…
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This is an edited review originally written for E1M1 Magazine. Check out the site here, and get 15% off digital magazines with the code ‘E1M1DIGI’ – offer ends April 30th. One could compare NecroVision to the likes of Return to…
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Bet you didn’t expect a fairly obscure title like Andro Dunos would’ve gotten a sequel, huh? Then again, you probably haven’t heard of this one at all. It was releases 30 years ago on the Neo Geo MVS – anyone…
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There’s just no stopping the return of retro-inspired shmups these days, is there? Hey, if you’re a fan of games like these, or even grew up on them, then that can only be good news. Andro Dunos II, developed by…
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Wave shooters – will they ever end? We certainly hope not! One in particular, Cathedral 3-D, is now available for free on Steam. The team at Feardemic recently revealed in a Twitter post: “With Chapel 3-D: The Ascent in the…
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What are some of the worst songs from the world of video games, be they from obscure games or famous ones, old or new, good or bad? Well, we at VG Almanac are off to find as many of the…
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Over 20 years ago, a side-scroller hack ‘n’ slash title by the name of Ganryu was released on Neo Geo. Developed by VISCO, you had to fight through the island of Ganryū-jima to defeat a resurrected, evil swordsman and his…
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It’s the month of love and who doesn’t love four free doses of speed-run thrills, action, adventure and strategy?. As ever, there is a smidgeon of gate-keeping coupled to the use of the word ‘free’, with the caveat that you…
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While the pandemic has played havoc with video games over the last 12 months, delaying game releases and limiting components for consoles, there has been one steadfast companion throughout all the calendar reshuffling: each month’s treasure trove of free content,…
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As we bid farewell to the Season of the Witch and usher in the Season of Commerce, for many of us the copious disposable income so readily spent on games throughout the year begins to dry up as we redirect…
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Midway Entertainment’s Total Carnage is a top-down shooter that makes a brilliant two-player game with its chaotic gunfights, hordes of evil mutants and ludicrous gibs. It’s a step-up to the fairly samey gameplay and level design of its predecessor, Smash…
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What do you get when you mix together a top-down shooter with limited characters, plenty of baddies and thirty challenging levels? You get Gain Ground, an action-strategy game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, released in 1988. It’s a console…
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Welcome to future of racing, ladies and gentlemen! S.T.U.N Runner, developed by Atari Games in 1989, has you racing an armoured bike that can reach speeds of 900mph, but swarms of enemies await to keep brave racers from completing each…
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It’s the start of a new month, which means your game-playing decisions are about to become more difficult by a factor of 4. Detailed below are October’s Games with Gold titles, available throughout the month (with one title being available…
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There are even more retro titles published by Apogee Software and 3D Realms to purchase from the ZOOM Platform storefront for only a handful of quid or dollars — five in total, to be exact. The list of titles are…
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