Pixel Ripped 1995
FULL VIDEO REVIEW AVAILABLE
For the original fans of Pixel Ripped 1989 here’s my quick answer if you should buy the sequel. It’s a massive yes from me! Everything you know and love is here but it’s been turned up a quite a few notch’s and I’m assuming after the deserved success of Ana Ribeiros Pixel Ripped 1989 developers ARVORE have doubled down and expanded on what made the original really really special. In my mind this is a must buy.
Far-of-a-land is again at peace but the evil cyblin lord has other ideas and has a plan to get his goblin like hands on the Pixel stone once again and it will make him more powerful than.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best Old School Arcade Games.
I was THERE man…
It was a time of great strife, and conflict. It was WAR. It was, the Great American CONSOLE WAR. Arguably the most well known of them all. Two console enter. One console leave. But the one that left was neither of the two that entered. But I digress…
16 bit?? That’s like…twice as many bits!
This game will take you on a digital nostalgia world tour, and if you’re old enough to remember these times, you’ll no doubt feel like you’re seeing old friends for the first time in as many years. Your “Brothers in Arms” from your old War days. Console War days. If it was iconic, it’s likely here in some recognizable but not copyright infringing way. This includes the main character, who is herself something of an amalgamation of Samus, Link, and Megaman.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Dungeon Chest
Dungeon Chest is an old-school puzzle game. You play as a young man who has recently learned the exciting legend of the Treasure of Akzbezth. Eager to obtain the many riches undoubtedly stored within, he travels to South America to enter an ancient Inca dungeon where the treasure is said to be hidden. However, he may soon find that it will not be as easy as he thought.
Features:
-
Charming pixel graphics.
-
Fun puzzles.
-
More than 100 rooms.
-
Simple gameplay
Note: 10% of the net revenue earned from this game goes to the World Monuments Fund.
Read More: Best Old School Exploration Games.
In My Defense
This is a challenging, old-school, retro, side-scrolling shooter. You must defend your base, against the onslaught of alien attackers.
Features:
-
Radar of entire playfield, shows where threats exist
-
Picture in picture view of the base, so you can keep an eye on it
-
28 waves
-
15 power-ups. Power-ups can be combined
-
10 bonus twin-stick shooter levels, starring Hitch, the security robot, take place under the base. Many enemies on these levels are spawned by generators, that must be destroyed. Ensects attack power generators, damaging the base. There are gas outlets that cause large explosions, if shot.
-
Multiple weapons, including: Lasers, Bombs, and the dreaded Sonic Bomb, which can mass-kill enemies
-
Many enemy types, each with unique abilities
-
Boss battles
-
Snow, thunderstorm, and darkness environments. Dark environments must be lit with flares
-
AI-powered wingmen can be summoned to assist. Careful, they can be turned against you
-
Rock launchers help you defend the base. You can pick them up and re-position them with your ship
-
You can escort evacuation ships to the opposite side of the playfield. If they escape, you are rewarded with resources
-
Defensa- your ship’s computer voice. She informs you when you activate power ups, warns of threats, and makes comments about the unfolding events
-
Original Soundtrack- original soundtrack written specifically for the game by six different composers
-
Optional arcade style controls, where the joystick on the gamepad only moves your ship vertically. Horizontal movement is done via thrust and reverse buttons
-
Randomized waves - no two waves are the same, for improved re-playability
A gamepad is recommended.
Photosensitive seizure warning
Thunderstorm levels have lightning flashes in the sky.
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while playing video games.
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any symptoms.
Read More: Best Old School Arcade Games.
Operation: Pinkeye
Operation: Pinkeye is a first-person shooter throwing back to shooters from the 90s by the likes of Rareware and Free Radical Design.
Set in an alternate Universe where the Acts of Union in 1707 never happened, Scotland and England remain independent and tensions between the 2 remain very high.
A journalist has been killed in a hotel in London near a political rally, his room was ransacked, as if their murderers were looking for something. It was believed that he held important documents containing plans by the English to invade Scotland. Fearing that this is the case, The Scottish Secret Service (The SSS) assign their best agent, Ken Maxwell, to obtain the stolen documents, and find out exactly what they’re planning.
Traverse through 15 levels of high-octane spy action, with music from the composer of Planet X3, and FMV cutscenes filmed in Scots!
Features
-
Relive memories of ’90s era shooters without the annoying bits
-
Faithful old-school graphics
-
Multiple language support, including Scots and Gaelic!
-
Customisable mechanics and controls!
-
Music from the composer of Planet X3 and Half-Life: Dark Matter
Hatchpunk
I recommend this game for people who like classic fast-paced shooters like old Doom or Duke Nukem, or even Serious Sam. It’s rough and very annoying at times, but it’s made by a solo developer so I can give some slack on that. It’s fun and gets your heart racing, I’ll definitely be playing this game whenever i want some quick exciting gameplay, I hope for a lot more updates in the future, this game has potential to be a ton better.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Super interesting and highly annoying game, damage is extremely high on what seems to be the second to third level, the mechanics are really good and the game looks really nice, reminds me of an odd Doom or Duke Nuke Em', really enjoyable.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Skycadia
This is by far the most exciting thrill ride of a highscore leaderboard battling game I’ve played in many years.
At the start, you are set to begin unlocking the other pilots and weapons (3 of each). It may seem like a huge hurdle, but once you get your mind past the unlocks and just concentrate on the leaderboard, it becomes all or nothing.
Set in a retro 90’s look with it’s vibrant landscapes and scan lines, you feel right at home. (Well I do).
The chiptune music sets the scene for the 3 stages the game throws at you. First a light tune as the first wave of enemy ships spawn in, then a faster arrangement as the flying centipedes swoop around and finally the boss music kicks, and you know by then, things are gonna go down.
– Real player with 34.4 hrs in game
“Pixelized, Fast paced, Action packed flight shoot em up'”
The more and more i played the more challenging the game got, keeping me at my toes with it’s rouge-like enemy system, as soon as i had overcome a difficult enemy a new enemy would appear and kill me several more times.
The controls are simple and easy and the smoothness you can achieve once you’ve mastered the plane is awesome. I did have to toggle the inverted vertical controls, as flying felt much better that way.
The daylight cycle makes the game more interesting as the environment changes with the lighting. At night you can watch your bullets light up the clouds and environment as you blast enemies. and vice versa
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
Update 8/26/2021: The game has reached version 1.0, and it’s still not fun.
Overall performance and stability have improved somewhat. There tends to be less lag when moving around, and autoexplore is quite fast. On the other hand, inventory performance has gotten worse. Opening the inventory screen can take a few seconds and switching equipment a second.
With the introduction of continuous buff spells, this is possibly the easiest version yet. Most buff spells now last forever at the cost of reducing maximum PP by a percentage. For casters this doesn’t matter too much since PP growth seems to have gone through the roof. For non-casters this doesn’t matter too much since they are killing things without spells.
– Real player with 92.1 hrs in game
Update: 04/23/21
Updated the Video showing off the current state of the game, as of Version 0.8.0.
Updated Gameplay! In-Progress Let’s Play video here: https://youtu.be/VRrMxf8hV-0
I record my playthroughs with Ultimate ADOM if you prefer a more visual format; take a look if you like.
I like Ultimate ADOM. I liked it during the Alpha, and I like it even more now. Much progress has been made, as more and more options are opening up, options like Limb Grafting! I shall be a Grafting God!
– Real player with 48.2 hrs in game
Yuhha: Stolen Treasure
!!!ALERT!!! EXTREMELY DIFFICULT GAME !!!ALERT!!!
NO CHECKPOINTS, NO AUTOSAVE, NO CONTINUE.
If you are a fan of Retro-Style 2D Platformers, you should help disgruntled dragon Yuhha to find out who stole his treasure and waking him!
● 15 long and hard vertical levels without checkpoints
● Each level brings something new! (Enemies, Obstacles, Mechanics)
● Horizontal screen wrap! (Leaving one side of the screen, Yuhha immediately reappear on the opposite side)
● 5 different stages (Each of them has its own unique music theme and thematic tileset)
● Try to find secret room to get extra life! (One secret room per level)
● Strive to improve your run grade (From zero to ten) and run time (Use built-in timer)
● Retro 8:7 aspect ratio of gameplay part of the screen (Gameplay + Interface = 16:9)
● Family friendly content! (All enemies in the game are robots)
● Platforming with real falls (Since the levels are vertical, you won’t meet any typical “Bottomless pit” in the game)
● Made with using classic (8-bit) color palette
Arthurian Legends
The Greatest Medieval Retro FPS to date…
Okay, so listen, son! This is the most fun, most historically inaccurate, bonkers, no-nonsense, Arthurian slaughter-fest you can ever imagine in videogame format. It’s like if it was made in 1996, before it was lost and forgotten for ages until a young and brave archeologist dug it out from some old crypt in Ireland.
It is highly addicting and rewarding with full of opportunities created by the wide variety of weapons, spells, and items. It’s almost like an immersive sim in terms of how many different ways you can approach an encounter or problem. It is hard but fair, very reminiscent of Blood where you need to adapt quickly to tense situations yet always thread very carefully to succeed.
– Real player with 27.5 hrs in game
This is an excellent game for fans of classic melee FPS games like, yes, Witchaven I & II. It’s absolutely a hoot to play, the secrets are very well hidden, and there’s a real attempt at atmosphere going on. I almost wish it was more like an immersive sim (or at least a step or two towards Hedon) in including notes to read along the way, just because the environments LOOK like they’d have little stories to tell. Excellent work, there.
So, all of that said, let me focus on what needs improvement, starting with one issue/disclaimer.
– Real player with 26.4 hrs in game
Brick Breaker Premium 3
Awsome game lots of fun well made great value on the pricei would recommend it to others A+
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game