Posted on September 30, 2026
Batman: Arkham Asylum Review — Trapped in Gotham’s Madhouse, and Loving Every Minute
Seventeen years later, Rocksteady’s trip into Gotham’s madhouse remains one of the most atmospheric nights Batman ever spent in a video game. There is a moment early in Batman: Arkham Asylum when you realize the game understands something… Read More
Posted on September 18, 2026
10 Batman Games That Defined the Dark Knight Before Arkham
One game might turn the Dark Knight into an acrobatic 8-bit wall-jumper. Another would drop him into a side-scrolling street brawl. Others tried stealth, detective work, driving, gadgets, puzzle solving or simply letting Batman punch half of Gotham through conveniently placed scenery.
That unpredictability is part of what makes retro Batman games so much fun to revisit.
Posted on September 11, 2026
25 Retro Shooters That Still Test Your Reflexes And Your Nerves
For several games here, modern releases provide an easier route. Konami’s Contra Anniversary Collection, for example, includes multiple classic Contra titles on current digital platforms, while Sunset Riders has an Arcade Archives release on Switch and PS4. Nintendo’s Genesis library currently includes M.U.S.H.A. and Contra: Hard Corps, and Ikaruga remains digitally available on Switch. Radiant Silvergun also has a modern PC release.
Posted on September 2, 2026
Strider NES: The Weird, Ambitious Capcom Adventure That Refused to Play It Safe
Strider on NES wasn’t the arcade game squeezed onto a cartridge. It was stranger than that—and in some ways, far more interesting. Before Strider Hiryu became the impossibly cool, blade-swinging acrobat many players remember from arcades and the… Read More
Posted on August 23, 2026
Devil May Cry Turns 25: The PlayStation 2 Classic That Made Action Stylish
Twenty-five years after Dante first walked into Mallet Island, Capcom’s demonic action game still feels like the moment 3D combat learned how to show off. Today, Devil May Cry turns 25. Originally released for the PlayStation 2 in… Read More
Posted on August 13, 2026
Metal Gear Solid: The Night PlayStation Grew Up
Plenty of PS1 games were already demonstrating what Sony’s little gray console could do with 3D worlds, cinematic presentation, and CD-quality audio. Metal Gear Solid pulled those pieces together and made the PlayStation feel like it was capable of something different—a game that could be tense, funny, melodramatic, politically charged, mechanically inventive, and completely aware that you were sitting there holding a controller.
Posted on July 22, 2026
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Still Feels Magical
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time arrived during one of the most exciting periods of the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube era, when 3D adventures were becoming more cinematic without yet losing their sense of experimentation. It had sword fights, traps, puzzles, and towering palace ruins, but its real personality came from how gracefully it let players move through them. Every wall run, narrow beam, collapsing platform, and last-second rewind made the journey feel intimate and theatrical at the same time.
Posted on July 17, 2026
8 Retro Games So Far Ahead of Their Time, the Industry Had to Catch Up
These were the games that experimented with living worlds, player freedom, stealth systems, online competition, cinematic storytelling, and genres that barely had names yet. They were not always the smoothest, easiest, or most commercially successful releases on the shelf. In several cases, their ambition ran straight into the limitations of the hardware.
Posted on July 14, 2026
Most Valuable PlayStation 2 Games Right Now: What Collectors Are Chasing
This guide is for returning retro gamers, physical-media collectors, horror fans, and curious beginners who want to understand what collectors are chasing without paying collector prices blindly. The focus is on standard North American retail releases rather than obscure trade demos, one-off promotional discs, or professionally graded anomalies.
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Posted on September 19, 2026
Why Batman Was Always Destined for Video Games
by Big Willie Retro
Batman was suited to video games long before video games were capable of doing everything Batman does.
The character already possessed almost every ingredient game designers spend years trying to create: hand-to-hand combat, stealth, detective work, gadgets, vehicles, traversal, environmental problem-solving and a world filled with distinctive locations, villains and visual atmosphere.
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