Wobbledogs (Switch, PC)
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Posted on July 17th, 2023 by
Take care of your own mutant pups in Wobbledogs for Switch and PC (reviewed on Switch here). Feed them, clean up after them, and breed them in this virtual pet simulator.
Brave Soldier: Invasion of Cyborgs (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on July 12th, 2023 by
The title says it all. Cyborgs are invading and a brave army soldier dude must shoot them all in this 2-D sidescrolling run and gun platform 16-bit styled action title. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
NachoCado (Switch)
Posted on July 10th, 2023 by
Nacho monsters want to turn all the avocados into guacamole so they can dip into them, so it’s up to you to help two avocado halves to stop the nachos and save their brethren. NachoCado is an arcade style action game that is like a cross between Pong and Breakout, mixed with single screen platformers like Bubble Bobble.
Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon’s Fist (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 5th, 2023 by
Kung-Fu Master was a super popular arcade game in the early 80s and is one of the first examples of a side-scrolling beat ‘em up. I remember seeing it everywhere in arcades back then, and the port on the NES was also fairly big. If you like that style of game, you may want to check out Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon’s Fist on Switch and PC (reviewed on Switch here). It’s like a 16-bit upgrade to Kung-Fu Master. Two marital artists, Xiaomei and her sister Xiaoyin are training to master two techniques. Xiaoyin is mastering the Dark Dragon Fist while Xiaomei learns the Flame Dragon’s Fist. Xiaoyin becomes jealous of Xiaomei’s mastery of the art. So when Xiaoyin goes missing and trouble starts brewing from the mountain where the Dark Dragon resides, Xiaomei sets off to find her sister and defeat whatever evils come her way.
Murtop (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 3rd, 2023 by
When I was a kid, one of the few arcade games that could pull me away from Pac-Man was Dig Dug! (other ones included BurgerTime, Pengo, and Q*bert) So when was asked if I wanted to review a game that combined aspects of Dig Dug and Bomberman, I was like, “HECK YEAH!” In Murtop, you play as a rabbit who can burrow underground to collect carrots while avoiding angry moles. You can fight back by laying bombs that explode in all directions, similar to Bomberman. Just don’t get hit by the explosions yourself! Murtop is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Laserpitium (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on June 28th, 2023 by
Laserpitium is a standard 2-D side scrolling shooter. Choose from three ships with different kinds of firepower and battle though various stages shooting all the bad guys. It’s available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Uzzuzzu My Pet (Switch)
Posted on June 26th, 2023 by
A large orange dog, a fat pink cat, a cute grey and white kitten, and a little white puppy with something always in its mouth are the stars of Uzzuzzu My Pet. Supposedly they are in short little CG animated segments on TikTok, and are popular in Korea…I guess? I don’t know, I don’t mess with TikTok. And now they’re in a virtual coloring book on your Switch!
Roniu’s Tale (Switch)
Posted on June 21st, 2023 by
When I was a kid, I loved single screen block pushing puzzle games on the NES. Some of my favorites included the Adventures of Lolo series and Kickle Cubicle. Now there’s a new game in that vein that you can buy as a homebrew NES cartridge, but you can also download it on the Switch. Roniu is a magician’s apprentice who isn’t happy with his lot in life, so he ventures into a dungeon to find his fortune. Inside he finds a ghost of a girl who has been trapped down there for a long time, so together they solve single screen room puzzles.
The Adventures of Poppe (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 19th, 2023 by
Poppe is a brave hunter, but he’s only about an inch tall! Help him travel through a giant sized world fighting bugs and leaping over chasms in this 2-D platformer adventure. The ‘small character in a giant world’ theme makes me think of other games like Blue’s Journey or Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Kana Quest (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 14th, 2023 by
A long while back, my favorite video game company, Namco (makers of Pac-Man), made a puzzle game series in Japan called Mojipittan. If you’ve ever played Taiko Drum Master or Go Vacation, you might have seen characters or music from that game. I really wanted Mojipittan to come to the US, but it used the Japanese written language to make the puzzles, kind of like Scrabble. But because of the way Japanese written language works, there’s no way they’d be able to translate it to English. But now we have something a little similar with Kana Quest. It doesn’t play like Mojipittan, as it’s more of a sliding puzzle game where you must match sounds that Japanese written symbols make with other tiles to solve the levels. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
