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tin hearts
Indie PC Reviews

Tin Hearts – Soldiering on through puzzles on Steam

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Tin Hearts may have been released on Steam in May 2023 but who can deny that Tin Soldiers aren't festive? We look at this puzzle title from developer Rogue Sun and publisher Wired Productions. The game centres around a genius inventor, Albert J. Butterworth, who must guide his soldiers home in a series of Lemmings-like puzzles. The story unfolds as you progress through the various levels that take place across
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atari 2600+
Atari News Reviews

Atari 2600+ review – Atari for the future or stuck in the past?

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Atari has been rebuilding its brand over the last few years through new game carts, compilations of its classics for modern consoles and new hardware. Its latest release is the Atrai 2600+, a reimagining of Atari's classic 'Woody' from 1980, and we've been sent one to test for this review. The basic set-up comes with the console, one joystick and a 10 in 1 game cart. The Atari 2600+ releases
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Berzerk enhanced edition
Atari Reviews

Berzerk – Enhanced Edition – Atari 2600+ review

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Berzerk is a game synonymous with arcade gaming and is one of the first games to have voice synthesizing - INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! Those who played it in the arcade will remember the anxiety that that phrase could induce knowing that the evil robot overlord Otto was about to appear. Like all successful arcade titles at the time, Berzerk found its way to the consoles of the time and
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4 in 1 cartridge
Atari Reviews

4 Games in 1 cart – Atari 2600+ review

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4 Games in 1 Cartridge is a collection of four classic Atari 2600 titles that take advantage of the paddle controller. The pack includes one cartridge, with dipswitches to choose between the games and two authentic replicas of the original 2600 paddles. It is being released alongside the new Atari 2600+ console and we've reviewed this pack as part of our overall review of the new system. All four games
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Reviews

Midnight Girl – stealing, pointing and clicking on Steam

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Midnight Girl is a new point-and-click adventure released on Steam today. It has been developed by Italic, a small team of developers from Copenhagen. The developer has explained that their "vision is to create high-quality games with an artistic edge for a casual audience." Midnight Girl certainly has an artistic edge to it, especially in its stylised 2D artwork, and the gameplay is as casual as it gets mixing point-and-click
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Nintendo Reviews

Sentry City – Retro blasting on the Switch – review

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The latest game from retro publisher Flynn's Arcade, Sentry City, is set for release on Nintendo Switch on 28 September 2023. The cyberpunk noir thriller title has been developed by Crashable Studios and has already been released on Steam. We take a look at the Switch port for this review. You play as Chris, a guy on a mission to take out "AI scumbags" trying to take out the "obsolete
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Arcade Collection Indie Nintendo Reviews

TAITO Milestones 2 – Arcade glory on a handheld

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In June this year, we brought you the news that TAITO Milestones 2 was heading to Switch and we have now had a chance to review the collection. ININ Games has published the collection using Arcade Archives emulator tech and it's available as a digital download or as a physical cart. Just as with the first collection, there are ten arcade games from Taito's rich history to delve into. Each
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