Tag: Ziggurat
Mini Review Slave Zero X (PS5) - A Brutally Hard Brawler That Oozes Style
Putting on a Shou
Slave Zero X serves as prequel to the cult hit Dreamcast game Slave Zero, but while their stories and universe are connected, they couldn't be more different. Set five years before the third-person shooter original, this new title is a 2.5D beat-'em-up, in which you don a biomechanical super suit as the vengeful warrior Shou is out...
Xtreme
If you're a fan of intense side-scrolling action and 90s anime-infused visuals, then you'll definitely want to keep an eye on Slave Zero X. Slashing to PS5 next year on the 21st February, this is actually a prequel to the original Slave Zero — remembered as something of a cult hit — which released all the way back in 1999. The official...
News Iconic NES Platformer A Boy and His Blob Scoffs Magical Beans on PS5, PS4 This Month
Bean there, done that
After the obvious outings, like Super Mario Bros 3 and Kirby’s Adventure, the one NES game this author remembers most vividly is A Boy and His Blob. Famously designed by Pitfall programmer David Crane, the release sees you employing magical beans to transform the eponymous blob into all sorts of useful utilities, suc
News Dude! Bill & Ted's Excellent Retro Collection Is Out on PS5, PS4 Now
Not bogus
We’re getting a lot of retro compilations on PS5 and PS4 right now, but Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection may be one of the weirder ones. Featuring LJN’s critically maligned Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure – originally released in 1991 on the NES – and its Game Boy counterpart, the home console version...
News Ultra-Rare Super Famicom Side-Scroller Rendering Ranger: R2 Returning on PS5, PS4
Getting ultra-rare Limited Run Games physical re-release
Buying an original copy of Turrican director Manfred Trenz’s Rendering Ranger: R2 on the Super Famicom will set you back just shy of $4,000, so you might want to settle for this PS5 and PS4 port instead. The game, originally published by Virgin Interactive only in Japan, is getting a...
News Classic NES Platformer A Boy and His Blob Fed to PS5, PS4
Includes Game Boy flavoured bean
The iconic 1989 NES puzzle platformer A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is coming to both the PS5 and PS4 – and so is its 1990 Game Boy successor, The Rescue of Princess Blobette. Designed by legendary Pitfall programmer David Crane, the two titles see you feeding jelly beans to the titu
News Bill & Ted's Excellent Retro Collection for PS5, PS4 Is Totally Bogus
Party on, dude
We’re using the word bogus in the headline as titular duo Bill & Ted would, because while this may sound unlikely – well, there really is a Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection coming to the PS5 and PS4! No, seriously! Retro compilations are enjoying a bit of a boom right now, and this package will bundle together the...
News Unfinished Atari Jaguar FMV Game American Hero Coming to Console
Original actor to reprise role to complete script
American Hero, a previously unfinished Atari Jaguar CD full-motion video game, will release on “console” later this year. While the title was never completed, actor Timothy Bottoms will return to his starring role in order to record new dialogue and voiceover to complete the original script. No...
Review Ziggurat (PlayStation 4)
Rogue wizards
It's been a busy month for Roguelite, first-person-shooters on the PlayStation 4. No sooner have you put your feet up after besting the firearm filled gauntlets of Tower of Guns, when Ziggurat comes knocking on your door to drag you back to yet another randomly generated labyrinth, packed full of all sorts of monsters and traps. In...
