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‘Diablo 4’ Steam Deck Review – Amazingly Portable (Update)
Update: With the recent Steam release of Diablo 4 and its new Season, I wanted to update my review from a few months ago to accurately cover the current game experience, how it is on Steam Deck, and...
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‘Football Frenzy ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Will Punt for Points
While they aren’t the main thing the NEOGEO is famous for, sports games didn’t do too badly on the system. SNK made sure to cover all of the major sports with at least one game, except hockey because...
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‘Ninja Commando ACA NEOGEO’ Review – You Don’t Generally See Ninjas Do That
Sometimes I wonder what real ninjas from back in the day would make of their pop culture depictions in modern times? Would they be excited to see how kids adore them? How they’ve basically become...
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‘Laya’s Horizon’ Netflix Games Review – Going Where the Wind Takes You
Okay, I’m a little late with this one. Call it a personal failing on my part, but I seem to deprioritize playing games on subscription services like Netflix and Apple Arcade compared to games I’ve paid...
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‘Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon’ Netflix Games Review – Digging Around in My...
From the first time I saw Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon (Free), I thought it would be a perfect fit for mobile. I certainly enjoyed my time with the game on the Switch, but even then it was something I...
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‘Jet Dragon’ Apple Arcade Review – Let’s Go Out to the Dragon Races
I noticed that when news about Jet Dragon () started popping up, its developer Grezzo was mentioned as having worked on things like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and the remake of The Legend...
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‘Aggressors of Dark Kombat’ Review – An Ambitious Fighter That Doesn’t Click...
It’s an eye-catching title, isn’t it? Aggressors of Dark Kombat ($3.99) came out in 1994 for the NEOGEO, and by then Mortal Kombat would have been scorching hot. So why not? Why not use the word...
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‘Tomes and Quests – A Word RPG’ Review – Tossed Letters and Scrabbled Fae
What awakens Shaun from his mobile gaming review slumber? I mean, besides NEOGEO games and the occasional Shovel Knight game. There are two pieces of cheese that might work. He loves word games, and he...
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‘Bright Reappear’ Review – A Bright Spin on the Match-3 RPG
The first game developer who decided to stick a match-3 game and an RPG in a blender sure came up with a tasty juice. Mobile and handheld gamers in particular have enjoyed that concoction for well over...
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‘Dream Town Island’ Review – Kairosoft Doing What Kairosoft Does Best
A while back, I took a look at Kairosoft’s Zoo Park Story, my first review of one of the publisher’s offerings in several years. I wanted to see if anything had changed (it had, but only marginally),...
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‘Pleasure Goal ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Not All Goals Can Be Attained
In the last few months, Hamster has by and large been filling out its ACA NEOGEO series of releases with titles from the earlier years of the system’s life. Once in a while, we’ve gotten the odd (and I...
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‘Tiny Pirate Ship’ Review – Tiny Thrills, Rocky Seas
A long time ago, before ‘mobile game’ conjured up visions of free-to-play, hundred-dollar bags of gems, and gatcha up the wazoo, most people’s image of a mobile game was likely a small, casual time...
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‘Teeny Tiny Town’ Review – A Masterful Mellow Merging Puzzler
Sticking a thing together with another thing to make a thing is probably the game concept of the 21st century. From the rudimentary crafting systems in Level-5’s RPGs to the “oh no this is going to...
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‘Thrash Rally ACA NEOGEO’ Review – This Thrashing Classic Is Far From Trash
As Hamster and SNK’s tireless mission to get as much of the NEOGEO library onto mobile continues, the wheel finally lands on Thrash Rally ($3.99). It’s a top-down rally racer from the powerhouse...
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‘Stakes Winner 2 ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Getting Back On the Horse
A few months back, Hamster and SNK released Stakes Winner in the ACA NEOGEO mobile line. As I am wont to, I reviewed it and found it to be a really enjoyable and unique game that fit the needs of...
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‘Gladiator Manager’ Review – Only a Famous Death Will Do
It all started so well. Using my meager funds, I purchased Flamma from the gladiator market. I invested in him, watched him take his wins and losses in the arena, and had him nursed back to health when...
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‘McPixel 3’ Mobile Review – Way Better Than ‘McPixel 2’, Skip That Game
When McPixel 3 ($2.99) from Sos Sosowski and Devolver Digital was announced, I was disappointed that it wasn’t coming to mobile at launch. I have fond memories of McPixel on iOS, and it was good...
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‘Bugsnax’ iOS Review – The Best Way to Bunger on the Go
Young Horses’ excellent creature collection and charming puzzler Bugsnax (Free) hit iOS as a premium release last week. I had been following it ever since it was a game that showed up at multiple Sony...
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‘Ridiculous Fishing EX’ Apple Arcade Review – It *Can* Get Weirder
Has it really been ten years since Ridiculous Fishing released on iOS? Ten years since it won TouchArcade’s Game of the Year award? More than a decade since the cloning controversy? I guess so. Heck,...
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‘Oxenfree II: Lost Signals’ Mobile Review – One of Netflix Games’ Best Yet
The original Oxenfree was a brilliant experience. Whenever an indie game I love has a sequel announced, I’ve become skeptical thanks to the massive disappointment of Hotline Miami 2. Despite there...
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