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More Neo Retro for Your DS

Neo-Retro is growing as a popular trend in Video Game releases.  The Nintendo Wii Virtual Console is a great example of ported classics.  The XBox 360 has new versions of Tron, Discs of Tron and Pac-Man with entirely new gameplay.  Game like the Last Guy, a Japanese top-down game with and old-skool flavor are exremely popular on the PS3 with remakes like 1942 and Bionic Commando rounding out the latest juicy neo-retro offerings. Oh and let’s not forget that they’ve already cashed in on us old-skoolers with games like Space Invaders Extreme for the DS. Nintendo now plans to add to the neo-retro craze with their latest DS title: Retro Game Challenge!

According to this IGN article, Namco is producing a suite of “New Old Games” for the DS.

Games List:

  • Cosmic Gate:  Galaga-inspired game.
  • Haggle Man: Puzzle/action platformer.
  • Rally King: Racer.
  • Star Prince: A shooter inspired by Star Soldier
  • Rally King SP:  Sequel to Rally King.
  • Haggle Man 2: The sequel to Haggle Man that boasts better graphics than it’s predecessor.
  • Guadia Quest: King’s Quest?  Nah…  But it’s an involved RPG.
  • Haggle Man 3: The final sequel in the Ninja series.
Posted by on November 19, 2008 at 10:05 am
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Space Invaders Extreme

This is out this week for the Nintendo DS and the PSP:

  • 84 out of 100 at Metacritic.com
  • 1UP.com gives it a rating of A-
  • IGN’s Craig Harris gives it a 9 out of 10
  • Games Radar, Eric Bratcher rates it 8 out of 10 and provides the most colorful quote, “A classic brilliantly infused with technicolor, variety, and heaps of caffeine.”
  • Gamasutra: “Though Space Invaders has seen a rough recent history of mediocre rehashes and compilations, critics feel that Space Invaders Extreme is a bright spot in the long-running series”
Posted by on June 19, 2008 at 9:15 am
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