Retro Game Reviews

Back in 2007, there was a shift in the FPS genre and many games released felt uninspiring and weak in execution. I reviewed one of my favourites that came out...

Retro Review – Resident Evil: Survivor

I love Resident Evil, if Resident Evil was a dude I would have a mad "man crush" on him. I've beaten all the numbered titles in the franchise and a...

Retro Review: Prey (2006) Review

by Patrick Kennedy

Many years ago, corridor shooters were top of the FPS genre. These inventive and insightful shooters often exploited sci-fi, horror, and fantasy to deliver some impressive and highly engaging games....

Retro Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler

by Colby Tortorici

I’m gonna start this off by making a pretty broad assumption… very few of you reading this have ever played Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler, right? Considering the game seems to...

Retro Review – Terminator: Dawn Of Fate

We all know that licensed games have a pretty bad rap in the gaming community, especially licensed games that came before Arkham Asylum. Every now and then as I'm flipping...

Retro Review: Fantastic Four (1997)

The 90's were a great time to be alive, I'm thankful that I had my teenage years and early twenties during them. Had I known that I was living in...

Retro Review – Xyanide

I had a huge gap in my gaming experience when it came to SHUMPS, for those of you who don't know SHUMPS are "Shoot 'em Ups." I vaguely remember having...

Retro Review – Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty

by Chris Penwell

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty is typically regarded as one of the worst in the Ratchet & Clank series, and it's clear why after playing it over the Holiday...

Retro Review – Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

Super Mario World launched with the Super Nintendo and I think it is only fitting that its sequel was able to be one of the final first-party titles to be...

Retro Review – Star Wars: Battle For Naboo

With The Last Jedi due to hit theatres very soon I decided to take a look at an older Star Wars game that no one ever seems to mention, good...

Retro Review – Black

Backwards compatibility may be getting dismissed by some for many it is a huge quality of life improvement that will absolutely get me playing more old games. The fact that...

Retro Review: Resistance: Retribution

For a few years, my PSP sat unloved and dusty near my computer, I would only charge it now and then to make sure the battery didn't fail. Other than...

Retro Review – Haunted House

Anyone who reads my Retro Reviews or articles on the site should know pretty well what a huge fan of survival horror I am. I attribute the creation of Resident...

Retro Review: Hydrophobia

I rarely purchase games from Xbox Live Arcade, I'm one of those weirdos that needs to have a physical copy for some reason. This O.C.D. of mine has kept me...

Retro Review: Dino Crisis 2

Capcom was on a roll in the late 90's and early 00's with their survival horror titles, the numbered Resident Evil games were amazing and Shinji Mikami's other franchise was...

Retro Review: Dino Crisis – More than just Resident Evil with Dinosaurs

by Patrick Kennedy

If you're like me, then you've most likely had thoughts of time traveling back to 90's. What a decade! The new wave of film, gaming and comic books was in...

Retro Review: Parasite Eve II

The first Parasite Eve game blew me away, I remember looking all over the shelves for other games like Resident Evil. They were kind of hard to come by back...

Retro Review: James Bond 007: Blood Stone

The James Bond movies have been a huge disappoint as of late. The last good one was Casino Royale, but even then that movie didn't hold a candle to Sean...

Retro Review – PaRappa the Rapper

I still remember checking PaRappa the Rapper out on a demo disc shortly before it released in 1997. I grew up with an NES, Sega Genesis, and a Super Nintendo so...

Retro Review: Wrestlemania 2000

The Attitude Era was probably the best era in professional wrestling. Vince McMahon captured lightning in a bottle and turned that into complete ownership of professional wrestling after he purchased...

Retro Review: WWF Smackdown!

Wrestling has been around for a long time, and the games have been around for quite some time as well, some good, some bad and some excellent. Surprisingly enough, the...

Metroid Zero Mission Retro Review

I didn't have the pleasure of enjoying my first Metroid game until Metroid Fusion, which is a great game in its own right but it wasn't until 2012 when I would be...

Retro Review – Alan Wake: American Nightmare

There is no secret that I have an affinity for survival horror games, the very short Alan Wake series is one of my favorites. However, I found out after playing...

Retro Review: Kingdom Hearts PS4 Remaster

by Chris Penwell

Let's get this out of the way; I'm a huge Kingdom Hearts fan through and through. However, I do see many flaws with the games that can't be overlooked, especially...

Retro Review: The Punisher

There was a time when good licensed games were rarely released. If you ever saw a Superman game or a Batman game chances are that buying it would end in...

Retro Review – Super Mario Bros. 3