August 2020

August 19, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Election Year Knockout

Election Year Knockout is the most 2016 game you can play in 2020. With four-year-old jokes that center around the last election, this Punch-Out clone has no interest in being biting or relevant. It's...
August 17, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Crossed Swords 1 & 2 (Neo Geo CD)

Episode #103 - Long before gamers tossed a coin to their Witchers, there was the Crossed Swords franchise. This short-lived series from the early 1990s was one of the Neo Geo's more ambitious games, offering an epic...
August 16, 2020 DG News

DG NEWS: Neo Geo Arcade Cabinet for $500?!?

Episode #12 - If it's Sunday, it's Defunct Games News. Host Lorne Riseley takes you through a week filled with some of the glitchiest stories he could uncover. This week he'll talk about an affordable new Neo Geo a...
August 14, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Escape From Tethys

At a mere five dollars, I could see how Escape From Tethys might be tempting. It has a throwback look and plays like a cross between Metroid and Mega Man, what could possibly go wrong? As it turn...
August 12, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Metamorphosis

With a great set-up that involves a man quite literally turning into a cockroach, Metamorphosis attempts to bring a Kafkaesque nightmare to modern consoles. Unfortunately, by singularly focusing on 3D...
August 11, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Cruel Bands Career

Although punishingly difficult, Cruel Bands Career offers a unique take on the tower defense genre. This weird and often baffling game is all about dealing with the audience members, no matter if they...
August 10, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Philosoma (PlayStation)

Episode #102 - A couple weeks ago, I reviewed a game called Rigid Force Redux, which was a fairly standard side-scrolling shoot 'em up that was clearly inspired by Irem's long-running R-Type franchise. But what stoo...
August 09, 2020 DG News

DG NEWS: Halo Infinite Changes & Next Generation Controllers...

Episode #11 - If it's Sunday, then it's Defunct Games News! Host Lorne Riseley is here to pour one out for the inventor of the computer mouse, all while talking about the many, many, MANY updates regarding Halo Inf...
August 05, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Destroy All Humans!

If you have strong nostalgia for Destroy All Humans, then you're going to like a lot of the changes and upgrades made to this loving remake. This new version takes everything you love about the 2005 o...
August 03, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: On the Ball & Cameltry (Super NES & Arcade)...

Episode #101 - When we last checked in with Game Over, we spent more than an hour recapping the story and ending of Snatcher, a convoluted adventure game with one of the longest (and craziest) 16-bit conclusions you...
August 02, 2020 DG News

DG NEWS: Nintendo's Gigaleak & the Ultimate Portable System

Episode #10 - If it's Sunday, it's Defunct Games News. Join host Lorne Riseley as he uncovers Nintendo's massive gigaleak, featuring must-hear information about all of your favorite old school games. This week's ot...