Bloody hell, Huntdown is a lot of fun. To think I’ve had this sat on my Switch for years, untouched.
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Northern dandy. I like old games (and new games that look old). #retrogaming
Going to be playing this this afternoon
Already installed it and tested, absolutely incredible results.
Zelda 64: Recompiled for PC - Majora's Mask Release Trailer
Finished.
Verdict: I liked it.
Some of the puzzling is getting really clever, asking you to use your abilities in ways you wouldn’t expect. It gives you a buzz when you crack it, almost like you’ve broken the game with your own cleverness - and I can see why that in particular is playing well with the critics.
It’s also added some precision platforming though and, if there’s one way to make me lose interest in your game quickly, it’s with precision platforming.
Still, there’s something about it that keeps me playing….
I’ve played Animal Well for a couple of hours now… it’s a very good, very inventive, great looking indie Metroidvania.
…but it’s still just an indie Metroidvania, and not hugely different to the dozens of other games in the same style we’ve been seeing for a decade now.
Maybe there’s more to come and I’ll end up eating my words, but so far I’m a little bit surprised by the wall to wall 10/10s it got.
I feel like not buying that Garfield karting game while it’s on sale for £1 will be a big mistake, even if it is a steaming pile of shite…
Great list.
I would have personally included N64/NGC because those mags meant a lot to me at the time. Without them, I don’t know if I’d have got back into console gaming the way I did after a brief sojourn into PC gaming on the family PC.
Late-era ONM deserves a mention too, if only for the great content they were able to squeeze out of barely any games.
Crow Country is reviewing very well and looks right up my street (and the street of my Mastodon mates).
No Switch version though unfortunately, and I’m not friends with Microsoft at the minute, so I’m probably going to have to dust off my PS5…
Very good piece this. Worth a read this lunchtime.
Been playing a bit more of the Piko 4 cart on Evercade.
The headliner is obviously Glover, and probably the entire reason the cart exists in the first place. I can see why it’s thought of as a hidden gem on the N64.
The digital controls work well enough, but I’m going to give it a go in an emulator because I think it’ll really shine with an analogue stick.
The other standout for me so far is Star X. Never even heard of it, but it’s a Star Fox clone for GBA. A lot of fun.