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Karateka Classic in iOS App Store

Karateka Classic in iOS App Store   Heads up!  Jordan Mechner’s Karateka Classic is live in the U.S. App Store NOW!  This was one of the first fighting games that utilized a life bar, something commonplace in every 2D fighter of today.   And the fluid graphical movements of the characters in this game were mind blowing back...
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Video Review: Intellivision Shark! Shark! Gen2 for Playstation Home Arcade

Video Review: Intellivision Shark! Shark! Gen2 for Playstation Home Arcade Yet another reimagined classic from Intellivision, comes Shark! Shark! for the Playstation Home Arcade/PS Vita.  Like Astrosmash which we previously reviewed, we can happily say this is a great effort to update this Intellivision classic.  Shark! Shark! was originally created by Mr. Don Daglow and launched...
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Video Review: Intellivision Astrosmash Gen 2 (Playstation Home Arcade)

Video Review: Intellivision Astrosmash Gen 2 (Playstation Home Arcade) I had to tear myself away from my television just to sit down and write some kind words about a revamped Intellivision classic that has been dusted off, upgraded and reintroduced as part of the Playstation Home Arcade.  Astrosmash Gen2 does exactly what it was created to do and that is to maintain the...
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PinWar! Review – Pinball Battles FINALLY!

PinWar! Review – Pinball Battles FINALLY! Video pinball has come along way from the 8-bit days for sure.  Companies like ZEN and FarSight Studios have brought video pinball into the forefront by creating virtual pinball machines that are almost indistinguishable from real tables.  Now other developers are trying their hand at video pinball with...
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Review: MicroQuest (iOS)

Review:  MicroQuest (iOS) Some of you may remember the game Chip’s Challenge on Atari Lynx, Amiga and ZX Spectrum. If you remember Chip’s and enjoyed it then, you have to check out the just released MicroQuest, for iOS. Like Chip’s, MicroQuest has you take the role of a computer nerd, aptly named Curtis Nerdly....
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