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Tag: Arcade

  • Cataloguing The New Arcade: Glitchangels

    Sitting at the intersection of glitchgoth and cybergoth, Glitchangels is Berzerk reimagined as a Nuclear Throne-alike. Throw out the unending maze of the arcade classic, replace it with discreet rooms with tight corridors, clear the enemies to open the exits, paper it with Droid Assault inspired art – strip out the Paradroid elements, keep the…

  • Assault Android Cactus

    Originally posted January 2020 Look, I’m not sure how I managed to make it through to 2020 and have nothing on here about Assault Android Cactus before now but it’s clearly incredibly slack of me because Assault Android Cactus is wonderful. It’s been pretty wonderful for the near five years it’s been out there now…

  • Radio Squid

    Crikey. I can’t say I was prepared for quite how brutal Radio Squid was going to be. Its largely-in-vogue white on black with the merest hint of a colour cute graphics hide quite the vicious little videogame. I’m not complaining, I really have been rather enjoying myself with it and the unforgiving nature of it…