Felix the Cat: a not-so-magical bag of not-so-tricky gameplay from the forgotten latter years of the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Pepper Grinder effectively improves on the platformer genre, with smooth controls and strong level design.
Berserk Boy is a game that strives to build upon the influence of old-school action platformers, updating them for a modern audience.
The game may be new, but its feeling of child-like wonder and delight is tempered with age in Super Mario Wonder.
In Velocity Noodle, you play as a quick noodle delivery ninja navigating a cyberpunk dystopia. Is this precision platformer up to speed?
Sephonie may not be what we expected, but the surprise elevates this 3D puzzle-platformer and its parkour specialists.
DOOMBLADE is an exploration-heavy take on Metroidvania that adds a unique twist to its fast-paced gameplay mechanics.
What a horrible night to have a curse, but that’s by design. Here’s an apologetic for the unapologetic Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest!
Rogue Legacy 2 takes everything you loved about the original and gives you even more of a good thing with a bigger castle and more classes.
What can chiptune music do that real music can’t? An exploration of the history of chiptune as a style using Kirby’s Adventure.
Dash across the waves with Sigrid in Wavetale, a 3D platforming adventure set in a world swallowed by the sea.
Video Game Fables stands tall among the RPG juggernauts it parodies as a charming, lighthearted, and perfectly paced adventure
Multiversus earns its existence. And it does so by providing something to the genre that not even Super Smash Bros. can provide.
The Delicious Last Course adds more to love in Cuphead: larger-than-life bosses, outstanding animations, tight gameplay, and catchy tunes.
In this Demo Disk, Zerinus offers a first impression (5 years later) of the 2017 indie run-n-gun platformer, Cuphead.
The crushes and bullies, besties and loners, all are represented. Only at this camp they use levitation and invisibility and pyrokinesis. Psychonauts.
Neon White combines first-person shooting and puzzle-platforming in a stylish, fast-paced, anime tropey gameplay experience.
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse asks the question: What happens when you’re stripped on the thing that defines who you are?
Sommerfeldt takes a look at the retro-inspired action-platformer, Panzer Paladin, and how it sizes up against games with a modern aesthetic.
Remember Tower of Heaven? If not, this short and sweet review is the push you need to check out this short and sweet game.
Cut through the noise and there’s a fast-paced and challenging sequel awaiting fans in Metroid Dread, one that evolves the saga of Samus.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania first impressions from a writer who grew up with the lovable, rollable series!
Expectations for the last supper, an appreciation for jazz, the golden age of American animation,…
Be kind. Rewind! Aeon Drive literally teleports you to another world, a cyberpunk, synthwave cityscape with 30 second stages.
Out of the ashes of obscurity, Quintet’s Actraiser gets its Renaissance! Here’s all you need to know about how it compares to the original.
The full release of World’s End Club is here but does it simply get lost rubbing shoulders with so many giants?
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX brings Kidd back for a full remake. But does the classic SMS platformer stand tall after the upgrades?
Sonic Lost World stands out from previous Sonic the Hedgehog titles by introducing parkour mechanics. But is there more to it than that?
Super Star Wars was widely praised in its time and has since developed a reputation for brutality, but what makes it so hard?
Donkey Kong Country 3 might be seen as the ugly duckling of the DKC SNES trilogy, but what’s so different about it?
