NEStalgia is a 2D game that combines 8-bit charm with contemporary gameplay mechanics.

Call it derivative, but you have to hand it to Atlus USA’s marketing team for assembling a chuckle-worthy, memorable, and highly watchable new trailer for 3D Dot Heroes, an incredibly boss looking neo-retro title made exclusively for the PS3. Atlus USA, stay awesome, my friends.

Grandma had a saying that pretty much stuck with me throughout life: If you’re man enough to run your mouth, then you should be man enough to own up to your flubs.  A wise woman she was. After getting hands-on with Dark Void Zero, the 2D de-make of the upcoming rocketpack-powered Capcom action title, I [...]

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s neo-retro games (potentially) gone wrong. Never let it be said that Capcom doesn’t know how to capitalize on a hot property. Much like the multiple incarnations of Street Fighter II, [...]

If you thought that chiptunes were the soundtrack of the nostalgic nerd set, well, you’d be right.  But the music genre, which is comprised of compositions crafted on old gaming consoles like the Commodore 64, Game Boy, or NES, continues to grow and thrive, and its Woodstock, Blip Festival, returns to the Big Apple. The [...]

One of the reasons that 2D-X was created was due to my ever-escalating frustration in finding a console game that I could just pick up and play without dedicating a significant portion of my life to learning the control scheme. As much as I love UFC Undisputed 2009, I have to admit that remembering the [...]

The neo-retro love affair continues, and I couldn’t be happier. Continuing the trend of action-RPGs with distinctive 8-bit feels (see Half-Minute Hero and 3D Dot Heroes), Nippon Ichi Software’s upcoming Classic Dungeon looks to bring the pixels to Japanse PSP games on February 18, 2010. Although it resembles your typical dungeon crawler, it has a [...]