Video by Matt S. I never did own a Neo Geo Pocket Color, but on the strength of the two fighting game ports that have just landed on Nintendo Switch: Samurai Shodown! 2 and King Of Fighters R2, I really wish I did, because this humble little handheld showed just…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fighting games tend to age poorly. There’s a lot to the genre, from the need for intricate animation and precise physics, through to the consumer demand for expansive rosters and characterisation. That means it’s a rare fighter indeed that hasn’t been completely superseded a console generation…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Just last week, SNK Gals’ Fighters was released on Nintendo Switch. A brilliant port of an old Neo Geo Pocket Color title, Fighters preempted SNK Heroines from 2018. And yet, despite the super-modest hardware and two-button approach to fighting, Gals’ Fighters is arguably the superior of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It has been a big year for retro collections on Nintendo Switch. Capcom’s weighed in with two excellent ones (Street Fighter collection and the Beat ’em Up Bundle), SEGA’s got a pack of a huge pile of its classics on the horizon, and Nintendo’s paid online…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One can never have too many Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros. clones. The era of the single screen arcade platformer is long over, but every so often something happens to delight fans of this particular niche. Case-in-point: I never knew Zupapa existed. Then it was released…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. A flame is burning on the inside of SNK’s corporate belly. Between rebranding the company in an effort to restore its former prestige and the developers within the company outright proclaiming their intent to make the latest King of Fighters game an accessible and popular one,…
Read MoreThe Metal Slug series continues its all out assault on mobile devices with the announcement of Metal Slug X for iOS and Android. MSX is actually the third game in the popular side-scrolling series from SNK/Playmore and it’s the fourth Slug to arrive on mobiles as it joins the first…
Read MoreThe second game in SNK/Playmore’s classic Metal Slug series is now on mobile platforms for all your (virtual) button mashing needs. Oddly enough, the first and third games in the set are already available. SNK/Playmore just kind of skipped over poor Metal Slug 2 for a while there though. Thankfully,…
Read MoreThe classic side-scrolling actioner, Metal Slug is now on mobiles. Well, there goes my afternoon… I can’t even calculate the stunning amount of time I’ve poured into Metal Slug games over the years. I’m pretty sure I’ve played every incarnation on every system on the planet. Maybe… there have been…
Read MoreIf you like old school SNK arcade games, you’re in luck- SNK Playmore’s End of Summer Sale is here. Available for download to either your PS3 or PSP via ye olde PSN, these NEOGEO classics will have their prices slashed from now until September 25th. Just because the school year…
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