Election Year Knockout

Election Year Knockout

A really fun Punch-Out style game, featuring funny parodies of US politicians (Crenshaw being one of my favourites and you’ll see why). Each opponent has their own gimmick that’s fun to figure out, and are all satisfying to beat up. There’s no deep political commentary or anything, just parodies mocking US politicians, much like how the Punch-Out games mocked stereotypes of different nationalities and cultures. The EX boxers are all fun, souped-up rematches against the fighters, serving as a really nice bonus newgame+ for after you’ve done everything else. Much like the Title Defence fights in Punch-Out Wii, these are much harder than the original fights and offer a huge variety of newer, more devastating attacks for each rematch that the player will have to learn and adapt to. The challenges in each fight help boost the game’s replayability, there’s 10 for every fighter in the game (5 for normal and 5 for EX) and they can be tough to figure out, but extremely satisfying once you’ve got them all. The roster is quite limited, however the devs have considered adding more boxers if the game gets enough traction (personally I’m hoping for Bojo to get in). I’d definitely recommend if you’re a fan of Punch-Out or if you just like taking the piss out of US politics.

Real player with 24.4 hrs in game


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Not one hundred percent flushed out and people who want to complete everything will be frustrated at some mission because you have no clue why something did not count. But for the most part and the main gameplay, this is just gorgeus. plays nice and funny. long and hard at the later fights until you know what you are doing

Real player with 18.3 hrs in game

Election Year Knockout on Steam

Super GMA

Super GMA

So. I adore indie games. By far my favorite genre. And while I can get into some of the more main stream titles out there, there’s nothing quite like playing a game that a small group of people, if not just one person, pours their heart into.

Super GMA is an 8-bit fighting game with 8 characters to choose from. And that could have been all that was put into it, but it isn’t. Each character gets their own unique backstory in the campaign and once you beat it, you get to see the resolve to their story. Everything that you see and hear during the game was done by one person and that is where this game gets it’s charm. Great music, with an interesting twist on fighting games where once you hit the enemy, you gain a bit of health back. Nice fair fighting. I have yet to play the local multiplayer but I look forward to doing so.

Real player with 1.5 hrs in game


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Super GMA on Steam

Bop’N Wrestle

Bop’N Wrestle

A beloved retro wrestler from Beam Software returns in all its 80s glory!

You’ve seen ‘em on TV. You’ve seen ‘em in person. You’ve seen ‘em flying into the aisles. Now you get to climb into the ring with ‘em. For the first time in any arena, you get to join the mayhem of professional wrestling at its best. BOP’N WRESTLE puts you in the ring with 10 of the meanest, baddest, biggest, toughest, ugliest pro wrestlers you’ve ever seen fly off a turnbuckle!

Wrestle your way to the top as Gorgeous Greg, tenth-ranked contender for the World Championship Belt, as he battles a series of contenders.

  • Dozens of spectacular moves

  • Ten wild opponents

  • One or two-player modes


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Bop'N Wrestle on Steam

Double Dragon Trilogy

Double Dragon Trilogy

At this point in the history of the franchise, you either “get” Double Dragon, or you don’t. This is a side-scrolling beat-em-up in it’s purest and simplest form. You can punch, kick, jump, jump kick, and do a scant few other moves. The enemies you’ll face all have personality, but it’s of the behavior-based variety. The game is challenging, particularly on the Original and Expert difficulties, but can be finished in a short amount of time… even shorter if you become particularly skilled at the game and the nuances in it’s play.

Real player with 19.6 hrs in game

In theory this collection should be a great experience. That’s what I thought when I booted it up. As soon as I tried to adjust the resolution, the game proceeded to crash, forced me to verify files and turn off my virus protection as a content lock occured.

Once I got it back up and running with controls set comfortably on my 360 pad, it worked well. Well enough for what feels like a lazy attempt to wrap three arcade roms into a stand-alone executable.

The Time and Score text overlay is really weird and doesn’t mesh well with the rest of the visuals. The options feel kind of barebones, there’s no intro videos or explanations or anything for any of the games, nothing. People coming into this without knowing about the games will have no idea that you can do super moves, like hitting punch and jump together in DD1 for the game-breaking backwards elbow. Or how DD2’s controls are odd. Or how you can flipping run in DD3 by double tapping move (the previous two games didn’t have it, so unless you did this by accident how would you know?).

Real player with 8.1 hrs in game

Double Dragon Trilogy on Steam

Legend (1994)

Legend (1994)

A pathetically lazy port of one of my most treasured SNES hidden gems. This is an objectively worse experience than just straight-up emulating the rom except oops that’s precisely what this “port” is doing except the emulator they’re using is some barebones trash and I’M GETTING REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BUT LOOK. LOOK. LEGEND IS IMPORTANT TO ME OK YOU DON’T KNOW HOW UPSETTING IT IS TO SEE IT TREATED WITH SUCH BLATANT, UTTER DISRESPECT. I CAN’T. I CAN’T!

Plus it came in a bundle with fuckin’ BUBSY so JOKE’S ON ME I GUESS

Real player with 5.0 hrs in game

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Over twenty years have passed since this side scrolling brawler was originally released and that time has not be kind to it. All elements of this game show that age immediately and without a heavy coating of nostalgia to bring up a well of past appreciation there is nothing here to compel the player to keep going.

From a historical design standpoint it’s a great example of how this genre has evolved over time. The limited controls, enemy sprites and patternless bosses give a glimpse into the constraints and limitations games were built with back in the 90s.

Real player with 5.0 hrs in game

Legend (1994) on Steam

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

I’m a huge fan of Street Fighter games, And I’m a huge fan of Thirdstrike, my favorite version of all Street Fighter games, so I’m feeling compelled to write down my thoughts.

30Th Anniversary is a collection of 12 Street Fighter games released before Street Fighter VI, classic and nolstalgic Arcade games, the training mode is ok, the sprites are clean, the games are more beutiful than on emulators, I’ts the perfect game for who is just looking to feel nostalgic and play old arcade games ofline, online the sync system is different than Fightcades, here on 30th there is no rollback, so it’s easier to confirm hits and supers, if you land a super on block is your fault not the games, but the input lag online feels weird, it seems heavier than Fightcades, I’ve messed up punishes that I would never miss on Fightcade.

Real player with 428.2 hrs in game

Nice Compilation of games based on its ARCADE CABINETS versions. A must have considering the games included.

Offline you get

  • Street Fighter

  • SF 2 The World Warrior

  • SF 2 Champion Edition

  • SF Turbo Hyper Fighting

  • SF 2 Super

  • SF 2 Super Turbo

  • All the 3 Alpha Series (Alpha, Alpha 2, Alpha 3)

  • All the 3 SF III Series (New Generation, 2nd Impact, 3rd Strike)

  • The emulation/port is pretty decent considering all of them are based on the Arcades versions of its games and you get some enhancement to play all your favorite games with some different filters from the normally found on available emulators on the web.

Real player with 97.7 hrs in game

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection on Steam

Double Dragon IV

Double Dragon IV

Double Dragon… I played this game at a friend of mine who owned a Nintendo in the late 80s. Double Dragon 4 was for sale for around 5 euro with the same look and feel as the old game. This was for me a no-brainer to buy this game.

The Settings

In 1 word: crap. It is not so easy to get your keyboard settings done. It is not an intuitive system. Check very good what you are setting (keyboard or pad) and make sure you select the right input controller. The standard buttons are not common, so make sure to change it so you can play it your way.

Real player with 28.0 hrs in game

𝔸 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝔻𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔻𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕊𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕝𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤.

Ah, Double Dragon IV, a game made by those guys that love to make amazing fighting style games with amazing character designs and infinite combos. Just by booting this game, you can immediately notice that ArcSys did their best to bring back a dead game.

Double Dragon IV has the same plot as all other Double Dragon games; two dudes fight some baddies that kidnapped their girlfriend… The artstyle here is amazing and makes you feel all fuzzy inside, just remembering all those crazy white nights you’ve spent beating Williams and Lindas in Double Dragon II for the NES… Think of this game as a spiritual successor of Double Dragon II.

Real player with 19.6 hrs in game

Double Dragon IV on Steam

Roarr! The Adventures of Rampage Rex

Roarr! The Adventures of Rampage Rex

Roarr! The Adventures of Rampage Rex isn’t dino-mite at all, and to be fair it’s pretty terrible. The graphics are just ugly, really ugly, It felt they were trying to create that old arcade game feel but it doesn’t do any wonders. And the gameplay gets repetitive really quickly and the controls are just awkward and hard to get used to. And the worst thing about this game is that Horrible music, the music is just agony and not only that it repeats over and over to the point where you feel that your ears are going to bleed. The story is simple and nothing special you play as Sue the T-rex who is woken up by an invading alien race who want to take over the world and it’s up to you to save it, not much to phone home about. Kids might enjoy the game but adults, meh, not so much at all. Rating: 1/10

Real player with 11.8 hrs in game

This is a great game for the kids as a time waster. It’s even split screen coop if you want to play with them. The buttons are few so it’s easy for them to learn the controls. For $3 normal price / under $1 on sale, it’s worth it if you have kids that like to play.

Real player with 4.5 hrs in game

Roarr! The Adventures of Rampage Rex on Steam

WarDogs: Red’s Return

WarDogs: Red’s Return

Muito bom o jogo, lembra jogos fantásticos como Captain Commando e Tartarugas Ninjas mas atualizado para os dias de hoje. Os comandos são precisos e um sistema de combo flui bem com excelentes animações.

A narrativa é cativante colocando Red, personagem principal, voltando para a os subúrbios de uma metrópole distópica dominada pela violência das gangues.

Após completar os oito senários da campanha o jogo ainda tem um modo missões para continuar a jogatina com customização do personagem.

Real player with 32.0 hrs in game

Very good game but the story mode too short.

Real player with 1.8 hrs in game

WarDogs: Red's Return on Steam

Corpse Castle

Corpse Castle

STORY

In this land the dead but slumber and wait, and when a new kingdom rises up they drag it back into the dirt. You have awoken at the bottom of an ichorous pit, deathless and restless you hunger for flesh. As you fight through the ruins of countless ancient civilizations… will you repeat the mistakes of the past? Or learn from those who’ve come before you and ESCAPE THE CORPSE CASTLE?

DESCRIPTION

Corpse Castle is a finely tuned, high-velocity Platform Fighter with a focus on unique and bizarre mechanics. It has integrated elements of Bullet Hell and Twin-Stick Shooter to create intense 360° directional combat, a unique health system to propagate a vicious back-and-forth pacing, dynamic shifting landscape for an ever changing battlefield, and procedural animation system that generates all character motion & animation in real-time.

FEATURES

• Insane single & multiplayer combat in competitive, party, PvP & co-op game modes. Fast paced, highly simulated movement makes for high velocity combat in motion

• Fight your way through the ruins of 9 ancient civilizations as you solve a deep unwinding mystery.

• Nightmarish horror-themed combat! Utilize body horror, necromancy, blood magic and more to wrestle hand-over-hand with combatants for health points and the very flesh that makes up your body.

• Powered by an incredible procedural animation system. Experience combat like no other game on the planet with fully simulated characters that must actually use their bodies to interact with their world.

Corpse Castle on Steam