Irem didn’t just make R-Type you know…
RETRO GAMES
Be Ball
You might have overlooked this PC Engine maze game – here’s why you should give it a second look
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RETRO GAMES
RETRO GAMES
Gekisha Boy
It’s a shoot-’em-up, but you’re shooting photos rather than bullets!
RETRO GAMES
Batman
There are three choices when you get the Batman licence, right? Platformer, beat-’em-up or driving game. Wrong. Meet Sunsoft’s secret fourth option…
RETRO GAMES
Salamander
A shoot-’em-up, on the PC Engine? Get out of town…
RETRO GAMES
Ninja Spirit
Irem’s arcade ninja game is a real treat on the PC Engine!
RETRO GAMES
Blazing Lazers
Nick looks at the best licensed game that you never knew was licensed…
RETRO GAMES
Bonk’s Revenge
Is this the finest outing for Hudson Soft’s diminutive caveman?
Alien Crush
Nick’s only recently discovered this PC Engine gem.
PC Genjin
Darran takes a fond look back at one of the PC Engine’s best platformers.
Paranoia / Psychosis
Mental illness…
Ghost Manor
I have a deep seated love of anything spooky especially if it is kitsch and plastic like a ghost train or a plastic light up skull or something…
Splatterhouse
With a reboot of the series just around the corner it seems quite timely that a review of the granddaddy of gore appears here in the hallowed halls of Retro Gamer, that game is of course Splatterhouse…
Toilet Kids
There are some things in this life that truly seem to belie reality: paranormal occurrences, UFO’s, bigfoot and finally the subject of our review here today, namely, Toilet Kids…
Star Parodier
I have a massive soft spot for those rare occasions when the mighty shmup genre drops its biomechanical facade in favour of a more mind bending aesthetic: Parodious, Cho Aniki, Pop N' Twinbee, Fantasy Zone, Zonk, etc – I love 'em all! Now you may be asking yourself why on earth a 31 year old man would be addicted to such cutesy-cutesy nonsense and not playing the latest mind numbingly derivative FPS or the must-have, scar faced, superdude-with-attitude, open world affair of the moment? Well I think I just answered that question quite well and the key word is 'derivative…
Legend of Hero Tonma
Following Ghouls and Ghosts was never going to be an easy job, but the humble Hero Tonma attempts to do just that – in his own special way…
Cho Aniki
I remember back in the day when I first played Parodious and thought 'I will never play anything quite as mind meltingly beautiful as this…
Gomola Speed
Along with games such as Splash Lake, Zipang and Gekisha Boy, Gomola Speed is a perfect example of a quirky PCE title that stands apart from much of the machines shooter dominated software catalogue…
Boxy Boy
Known as Sokoban World in Japan, there have been many variants of this ’83 classic arcade puzzler and of course the 1990 Arcade game of the same name…
Out Run
Well, if there was ever a game that needed no introduction, it has to be this one…
Air Zonk
Being a massive fan of a good Bonk, both the game series and the act, I thought I’d follow up my review of Bonk’s Revenge with a tight and masterful review of Air Zonk, an offshoot from the Bonk series where you take control of a futuristic looking Bonk called Zonk (‘cause Z’s more futuristic you see…
The Legendary Axe II
I’ve been trying to make a list of my top 100 retro games…
Long Nosed Goblin
Surely the PC Engine has to be one of the top systems for shoot em up fans…
Super Star Soldier
Original PC Engine game…
The Kung Fu (China Warrior)
Original PC Engine game…
Fantasy Zone
Conversion from the arcade…
Final Match Tennis
Final Match Tennis is the best tennis game i have ever played…
Military Madness
While you probably know the TG-16 for it's shoot 'em ups, this is one of the finest strategy games of the 8-bit era…
Shinobi
Converted from Sega's legendary 1987 coin-op, Shinobi is an evergreen classic, still offering superb, tight gameplay and a great sense of style…
New Zealand Story
Taito's classic platformer is a game that needs little introduction, being held in a similarly high regard as its Bubble Bobble series…
Adventure Island
The main game in centred around a small village which acts as a sort of 'hub' to the surrounding levels…
Strip Fighter 2
With all the adult games that Japanese developers come up with, it's no surprise that this game came into existence…
Magical Chase
Magical Chase is one of the rarer Hucards availible for the PC Engine, with the US version, in particular, commanding high prices…
Soldier Blade
Soldier Blade, last in the PC Engine's Star Soldier series (after Super Star Soldier and the misleadingly titled Final Soldier) is also, fittingly, the best…
Sonson 2
This is a two-player game where you guide Monkey around a series of caves, woods and buildings searching for the mystery demon who kidnapped Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka…
The Legendary Axe
When starting your adventure, you guide your hero Gogan across a lush jungle landscape…
Ninja Spirit
The main character’s name is Moonlight…
Vigilante
Vigilante is a beat'um up that is based on an ageold formula of the old 'rescue the kidnapped woman by beating up tons of thugs'…
Devil Crash
Devil Crash is the sequel to Alien Crush, the Giger themed pinball game from 1988…
R-Type
R-Type is a game which really needs no introduction…