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Okay, just being a 2.5D Metroidvania style game is not enough to capture the attention of modern gamers. No, there has to be something more. Evil Genome is hoping it has what action adventure fans are yearning for as it continues development. Eventually we will see Evil Genome on Steam and Kickstarter but for now […]
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New Game: Candlelight is 2.5D Side Scrolling Action Platform Awesomeness
October 29th, 2014 
Carl Williams Anyone that knows me knows I am into 2.5D side scrolling games from the likes of Astal and Clockwork Knight on the Sega Saturn to the reboot of Castle of Illusion or Swordigo. If it is 2.5D side scrolling action, role playing, adventuring, I will at least give it a chance. This is the reason […]
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Kickstarter: Red Goddess by Yanim Studio (2.5D Adventure Title Needs Your Help)
March 20th, 2014 Carl Williams Red Goddess is currently on Kickstarter and looking for funding, if you enjoy 2.5D action adventures then you will definitely want to check this game out. Levels will be “Metroidvania” affairs, unique implementation of puzzles and a planet that is literally fighting you. What more could you want?
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Update: Mega Man 2.5D Beta 2.0 Now Available
March 5th, 2014 Carl Williams Mega Man 2.5D is a fan creation of love from Peter Sjöstrand (exclusive interview in issue one of Retro Gaming Magazine). Now the Beta 2.0 update is available featuring additional levels and a look at more of the inner workings of the engine.
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Bandit Gaming: Mega Man 2.5D Demo Now Available
November 8th, 2013 Carl Williams Okay, up front, Mega Man 2.5D is not endorsed by Capcom in any way. That means, it could receive a cease and desist at any time but while it is available, enjoy it. Mega Man 2.5D takes tiles and other graphics from many of the original titles and remixes them and creates something akin to […]
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Bloodstained Receives New Character Update
May 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Bloodstained Ritual of the Night is a rare success story that hyped fans before its release. Fans of Koji Igarashi know who he is while others are going “huh” right now. Maybe you have played a little game called Castlevania Symphony of the Night? Yep, Igarashi was heavily involved in the creation of that seminal […]
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Unity Engine Powers These Five Retro Fan Remakes
November 3rd, 2019 Carl Williams I like to write up these types of things often as they are fun. Usually it is the Unreal Engine but today, I wanted to change things up a bit and throw some focus on another popular engine. The Unity engine. I gathered these five retro titles for this article to showcase some interesting fan […]
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Super Mario 64 Recreates Original Game
June 4th, 2019 Carl Williams You have to hand it to modders sometimes. They make some of the wackiest entries in titles we love. Some of those entries are wild and fun, others are just weird. Luckily this one falls in that first category. You can now play Super Mario Bros using the Super Mario 64 engine.
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Lost World Jurassic Park Brings Dinosaurs Home on Sega Genesis – September 16th, 1997 – Today in History
September 16th, 2018 Carl Williams Sega and the Jurassic Park license go way back in the 16-bit era. There are at least three Sega Genesis games using this franchise license, a Saturn game based on Lost World Jurassic Park specifically, and a Game Gear game based on this license – all from Sega. That is just the Lost World Jurassic […]
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Streets of Rage – Left in 16-bit
September 3rd, 2018 Carl Williams Recently it was announced that Streets of Rage 4 is coming. Lizardcube are the developers behind this 20+ year separating entry in the popular 16-bit brawler franchise that helped push Sega forward against Nintendo. Sega of the 16-bit era was like no Sega since – not even the 32-bit era that followed closely the demise […]
