Month: December 2023
‘Fatal Fury Special ACA NEOGEO’ Review – The Origin Of A Legend
The biggest successes SNK had in the early years of the NEOGEO platform were in the fighting genre. With Capcom’s Street Fighter II rocketing the genre into the stratosphere, even middling entries were enjoying disproportionate popularity. SNK had a few of those, but it also had one extremely powerful ace up its sleeve: Takashi Nishiyama.…
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‘Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Edition’ Review – A Rift in Time, Switch and Steam Deck Comparisons, and More
Back in September last year, Gameloft released Disney Dreamlight Valley on consoles and PC platforms as an early access release only available as a purchase with different tiers of founder’s packs. It was initially planned to be a free-to-play release when it exited early access, and has been getting updated quite a bit on consoles…
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‘River City Girls’ Mobile Review – A Good Port, but Needs Updates
After Apple Arcade and Netflix, Crunchyroll entered the game subscription service party (?) with its Crunchyroll Game Vault for mobile bringing premium games to mobile as value adds for subscribers. The launch games included some older titles now a part of the Crunchyroll Game Vault, and also WayForward’s River City Girls (Free) which saw its…
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‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition’ Mobile Review – The Best GTA Game Returns, Again
I almost gave up hope on Rockstar Games’ remake/remaster of the classic GTA trilogy ever making it to mobile after multiple delays. When it was confirmed for mobile through Netflix Games, I thought Netflix would finally have its killer app despite the release’s issues on PC and consoles. Fast forward to a few days ago,…
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Resident Evil 4 Remake iPhone 15 Pro Review
After releasing Resident Evil Village on iPhone 15 Pro and supported iPad models a few months ago, Capcom has released the superlative Resident Evil 4 Remake (Free) on not only iOS and iPadOS, but also macOS as a universal release for Apple platforms. Thanks to early access from Capcom, I played Resident Evil 4 Remake…
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‘Metal Slug 2 ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Double the Action, Double the Slowdown, Double the Releases
I think Hamster and SNK might be speedrunning these now. Another week has passed, and we’ve got another ACA NEOGEO release that essentially replaces an existing app. That’s all well and good, since the older versions of these apps are over a decade old. They need to either be overhauled or replaced, and in light…
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‘The King of Fighters ’97 ACA NEOGEO’ Review – The Fan Favorite Fighter Is Back Again
It seems fairly clear by now that SNK and Hamster are going to re-issue new Arcade Archives versions of all of its decade-old Dotemu-developed NEOGEO mobile ports, and now it’s time for The King of Fighters ’97 to take its turn. KOF ’97 ACA NEOGEO ($3.99) is a ticket to a fully updated and option-rich…
Read MoreGranblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Steam Deck Review – A Superb Follow-Up and Brilliant Fighter
When Cygames announced Granblue Fantasy Versus, a fighting game developed with Arc System Works for PS4 and PC, I was excited even as someone who didn’t play Granblue Fantasy on mobile back then. I trust Arc System Works fighters, and Granblue Fantasy Versus ended up becoming a fantastic game held back by its online. It…
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‘Refind Self: The Personality Test Game’ iOS Review – How You Refind Me
The last two months have been so busy that I’ve not been able to make time to play many games until recently. There are still new games coming out even as we head closer to the holidays, but I finally managed to play Playism and Lizardry’s recent adventure game Refind Self: The Personality Test Game…
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‘Metal Slug ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Another Tour of Duty for SNK’s Classic Run ‘n Gun
Well, here we go again. The latest addition to SNK and Hamster’s mobile Arcade Archives line is none other than Metal Slug ACA NEOGEO ($3.99), a second take on a game we got a mobile version of a decade back from Dotemu. That was a fine version for its era, albeit with all of the…
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