RSS Feed
Twitter
Video games are a social experience. Either through playing with people or chatting to them about games, it’s a widespread hobby with thousands of different niches and nuances, including retro gaming! But some games still reign higher than others: a great example would be comparing Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, which has brought millions of players […]
Archive for the ‘Android’ Category
The Top Retro Games that Bring People Together
December 13th, 2017 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Android, Arcade, Console, iPhone, Macintosh, NEC, News, Nintendo, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Portables, PSOne, Sony, Super Nintendo, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One 
Tags: arcade, fighting, pokemon, Pokemon Go, resident evil, street fighter II turbo 
No Comments »
Grand Shooter on Android Review, Virtua Cop Fans to the Right
November 20th, 2017 Carl Williams The Virtua Cop franchise, I remember playing these games fondly in the dingy arcade on the first floor of Park Plaza Mall here in Little Rock and at home on my Sega Saturn. I remember playing Virtua Cop 1 a lot when it first hit Aladdin’s Castle in University Mall (about two blocks from Park […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, News, Portables, Reviews Tags: android, arcade, Grand Shooter, gun game, light gun, Virtua Cop No Comments »
Bounder Coming to Mobile Platforms, Features Three Versions
November 5th, 2017 Carl Williams Bounder, originally published by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd in 1985, is coming to both Android and iPhone soon. For those that are not familiar with Bounder, you are controlling a tennis ball trying to navigate platforms suspended high in the air. Miss a jump and well, you die. Simple. Considering this is a classic title […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, iPhone, News, Portables Tags: amstrad, android, Bounder, commodore 64, iphone, mobile, retro, zx spectrum 1 Comment »
New Point and Click Adventure A Near Dawn Launched on Kickstarter
November 5th, 2017 Carl Williams A Near Dawn is a brand-new point and click adventure that was created in a similar vein as Broken Sword and Monkey Island. Let’s look at what is interesting about this new game seeking crowdfunding support. First, the graphics are brand new, original, along with a fully voiced story to help keep you interested. Great […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, Comp, Linux, News, Portables, Windows Tags: A Near Dawn, adventure, kickstarter, linux, macintosh, point and click, windows No Comments »
Morphite Launches on Nintendo Switch Tomorrow
November 1st, 2017 Carl Williams You know what rocks? Just about anything by Crescent Moon Games. This company has a proven track record of releasing some quality games and it appears that Morphite is no different. From 2-Bit Cowboy to Paper Monsters, if Crescent Moon Games made it, it probably rocks. The cool news here is that Morphite launches on […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, Comp, iPhone, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Portables, Sony, Switch, Windows, Xbox, Xbox One Tags: action, adventure, android, iphone, Metroid Prime, Morphite, Nintendo Switch, No Man's Sky, playstation, xbox No Comments »
Sega Forever Adds Another Sega Genesis Classic
October 11th, 2017 Carl Williams Sega Forever, for those that do not know, is Sega’s ad supported free games initiative (don’t worry, you can disable the ads with a single In App Purchase). It is a great idea, though it has its detractors, mainly fans that bought these games already and now are forced to use the ad supported version […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, Genesis, iPhone, News, Sega Tags: action, Action RPG, android, beyond oasis, iphone, role playing game, rpg, sega, Sega Forever, sega genesis No Comments »
The Station Brings Interactive Fiction Adventures to Android Gamers
December 9th, 2016 Carl Williams The Station is a new text adventure game based on a space station. You suffer from amnesia after a head trauma and must find out what happened.
Share this:
Posted in Android, News, Portables Tags: android, game book, interactive fiction, text adventure, The Station 2 Comments »
Double Dragon Pulls Brawler Genre into Mainstream – July 2nd, 1987 – Today in Video Game History
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams When you think of arcade brawlers there are not many names that will top Double Dragon. Technos knew they had a good blend of unique to the competition game play and graphics with this one. Sure, there were other brawlers available before Double Dragon but none captured the fan base that this arcade unit did. […]
Share this:
Posted in Amstrad, Android, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Comp, Console, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, iPhone, NEC, NES, News, Nintendo, Playstation 3, Portables, Sega, Sony, Virtual Console, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, ZX Spectrum Tags: billy lee, brawler, double dragon, fighting, final fight, jimmy lee, Marion, street fighter, streets of rage, Technos No Comments »
Icewind Dale Takes R.A. Salvatore’s Story in New Direction – June 29th 2000 – Today in Video Game History
June 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Icewind Dale is an exemplary example of how to port a rich book to a computer game. The world in the book is a detailed, living, entity. How do you port that to a video game? Simple. You don’t. That is what Black Isle Studios did with Icewind Dale when they ported it to PC’s […]
Share this:
Sky Force Reloaded Review – Android Vertical Shooter Full of Challenge
June 5th, 2016 Carl Williams What do you do when you are sitting on one of the most iconic overhead scrolling shooting games? Why, you continue the lineage with a sequel that gives more of what brought fans in the first place. I reviewed Sky Force 2014 awhile back and felt it was one of the leading titles in the […]
Share this:
Posted in Android, iPhone, News, Portables, Reviews Tags: android, google play, Infinite Dreams, ipad, iphone, itunes, M.U.S.H.A., overhead shooter, reloaded, Vertical shooter No Comments »
