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Joust Review – Not All Single-Screen Action Games Needed To Take Place in Space Back in 1982!
In the 1980’s, there were a ton of games that influenced the design of latter titles. There were a lot of single-screen action games that featured space or sci-fi themes. Yet, one title from 1982 turned away from that with players riding birds, Joust.
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The Lost Condor Review – Explore Machu Picchu Through a Walking Simulator! Or Maybe Stonehenge?
Where do you want want to go in life? In The Lost Condor, you can take a virtual trip to Machu Picchu, the ancient 15th century site in Peru!
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There Will Be No New Reviews on This Site Until (Probably) August.
At this time, I need to say that I will not be uploading new reviews at Cheap Retro Gaming until at least August.
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Destroyer Review – Another War Game From Atari? How Is This One Different?
Coming up on the sixth Atari game I’ve reviewed, I’m surprised that this is already the third one that has a war theme! How is Destroyer different than the others that I’ve already played?
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Slime Pipipi Review – Square Enix Published a Board Book Based on the Dragon Quest Slimes?
Many of us know of merchandise that is available for popular gaming personalities, but back in 2019 Square Enix released a baby’s board book featuring a bunch of their slime characters!
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Excitebike Review – Is One of Nintendo’s First Racing Games Still Impressive Today?
There are at least a few favorites in the NES’ early library, with the system’s first racing game being a bit hit back in the day. How is it today?
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Log Jammers Review – How Is This Imitation of Windjammers for the NES and Evercade?
Log Jammers is clearly a title developed to be similar to Windjammers on the NEO GEO. Yet, on much more humble hardware, that being the NES. I recently played it on the Evercade through Mega Cat Studios Collection 1. How is it?
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Combat Review – The Pack-In Game for the Atari 2600 Is More Fun Than It Has Any Right To Be!
One aspect of gaming that has been lost some is the joy of couch co-op gameplay. But back in the 1970s and ’80s, we could do that easily with the pack-in game, Combat, for the Atari 2600!
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Coffee Crisis Review – A Lot of Effort Has Been Put Into This, but Something Still Feels off…
I like to see developers put a lot of their personality into a title. This may take multiple forms. A recent game I played that does this a great deal is the SEGA Genesis Beat’em Up, Coffee Crisis.