When I first saw the 1930s styled cartoony key art for Reknum Cheri Dreamland, I was interested immediately. It turns out that aesthetic doesn’t necessarily fit the whole game through. Still, this is a fun little 2D platformer with a few weird issues.
Moon Raider is a fast-paced, 2D, action platformer. The story is questionable but the gameplay is pretty dang fun, but a few issues leave the full package feeling just a bit janky.
Smelter is a 16-bit throwback top-down strategy twin-stick shooter and also a side-scrolling action-platformer where you play as Eve wearing living, sentient, under-boob revealing battle armor on a quest to rescue Adam after the collapse of the Garden of Eden.
What retro-influenced games are you going to be rocking out with until you can get your hands on TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge?
Boot Hill Heroes is a game that fans of old school RPGs should definitely check out. It’s got a wonderfully realized world that oozes charm from the character design, dialog, and music.
The Messenger is an excellent action-platformer that offers an embarrassment of riches
