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Metal Slug Tactics Mixes Run and Gun with Turn Based Tactics and the Results are Fantastic

Nov 53 min read

Metal Slug Tactics Mixes Run and Gun with Turn Based Tactics and the Results are Fantastic

I’m a bit wary of tactics games, especially when they represent a franchise that decidedly does not have such mechanics.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 31: Clock Tower

Antal Bokor

Oct 302 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 31: Clock Tower

Clock Tower is a visually stunning game. It relied on extremely detailed 2D Graphics. The results are still impressive to this day

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 30 - Friday the 13th (NES)

Antal Bokor

Oct 292 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 30 - Friday the 13th (NES)

At the time of Friday the 13th’s release, I can’t think of another game I played that had you fighting the end boss from the very beginning.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 29: Koudelka

Antal Bokor

Oct 282 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 29: Koudelka

The biggest shame of Koudelka is that its relatively rare. If you want to play it you have to find an original copy, and they are expensive

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Phasmophobia is on Consoles Right on Time for the Spookiest Time of the Year

Antal Bokor

Oct 281 min read

Games

Phasmophobia is on Consoles Right on Time for the Spookiest Time of the Year

Playing Phasmophobia can be legitimately intense, and that’s probably why so many players are drawn to it. It’s also wildly unpredictable.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 28: The Thing

Antal Bokor

Oct 272 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 28: The Thing

While The Thing is hard to play these days, there will be a remake coming out in the next few weeks.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 27: Uninvited

Antal Bokor

Oct 262 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 27: Uninvited

Uninvited is a game unlike a lot of the others I covered in this series recently: it can be genuinely scary.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 26: Nocturne

Antal Bokor

Oct 252 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 26: Nocturne

I’ve been covering some pretty well known games, so I wanted to change it up a bit with Nocturne. This game is a deep cut for many.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 25: The 7th Guest

Antal Bokor

Oct 242 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 25: The 7th Guest

The 7th Guest was one of the first games to utilize CD-ROM technology to the max. Its popularity helped cement CD-ROM as the future of games

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 24: Dracula Unleashed

Antal Bokor

Oct 231 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 24: Dracula Unleashed

Released during the era of Sewer Shark and Night Trap, Dracula Unleashed can be considered those games’ forgotten cousin.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 23: Darkstalkers: the Night Warriors

Antal Bokor

Oct 222 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 23: Darkstalkers: the Night Warriors

This isn’t really a “horror” game so much as it’s a horror themed fighting game. It’s not meant to scare you. But come on! It’s

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 22: Maniac Mansion

Antal Bokor

Oct 212 min read

Halloween

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 22: Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion plays on horror tropes from silver screen monster movie clichés. It’s more of a comedy than a horror game...

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31 Days of Retro Games: Day 21: Sweet Home

Antal Bokor

Oct 202 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Games: Day 21: Sweet Home

This is probably the most important retro horror game that you’ve never heard of.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games : Day 20: Phantasmagoria

Antal Bokor

Oct 192 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games : Day 20: Phantasmagoria

Roberta Williams is a name more people should know. She was responsible for the very first graphics in a computer game. Seriously.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games:Day 18: Alone in the Dark

Antal Bokor

Oct 172 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games:Day 18: Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark is called the granddaddy of survival horror–and for good reason–it was “first” in a lot of ways.

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 17: Escape from Monster Manor

Antal Bokor

Oct 162 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 17: Escape from Monster Manor

Ah yes, I’m writing about a classic 3DO horror first person shooter and it’s not Killing Time? What’s going on?

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 16: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Antal Bokor

Oct 162 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games: Day 16: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is held to high esteem – and regardless of how you feel about it, it’s a story you can't easily forget.

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Mechwarrior 5: Clans is Great, but Creates New Problems While Fixing Others

Antal Bokor

Oct 167 min read

Games

Mechwarrior 5: Clans is Great, but Creates New Problems While Fixing Others

Mechwarrior 5: Clans brings a new perspective and many other new things to the franchise - so what did we think? Find out in our full review

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 14: The Suffering

Antal Bokor

Oct 132 min read

Games

31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 14: The Suffering

This year we’re putting together a list of 31 Retro Horror games. Games that have come from dead console generations, back to haunt us....

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31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 13: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Antal Bokor

Oct 122 min read

31 Days of Retro Horror Games Day 13: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Simon’s Quest deviates from the first game’s formula so drastically. It’s also a game that I grew up playing.

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