Postal: Brain Damaged is a so-called “boomer shooter” (whatever that means), developed by HyperStrange, and first published in 2022. It’s a fast-moving, humorous and challenging First-Person Shooter with a Story Mode and a Survival Mode (but no multiplayer, that I could see).
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered, PC
The second Turok was again remastered by Nightdive Studios and re-published by Atari in 2017. The original Turok 2: Seeds of Evil was released in 1998 for N64 and Windows.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remastered, PC
Remastered by Nightdive Studios and published by Atari in 2015, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remastered is a good example of nostalgia versus reality.
U.N. Squadron, Super Nintendo
Capcom was one of the early masters of the Super Nintendo, releasing many great titles for it. This conversion of their arcade hit, U.N. Squadron, being one of them. It was first released in 1991.
Rick Dangerous, Commodore 64
Rick Dangerous is a well-known platform game that parodies the tomb-raiding adventures of Indiana Jones. It was developed by Core Design and first published by Firebird Software in 1989.
Land of the Dead: Road To Fiddler’s Green, XBox
This adaptation of George A. Romero‘s 2005 film, Land of the Dead, was developed by Brainbox Games and published by Groove Games.
Road To Fiddler’s Green was released not long after the film came out, and it utterly fails to capture any of the ‘fun’ of the film, or the visual style of it.
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Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop, Atari Lynx
This handheld run-and-gun/beat ’em up hybrid was obviously made to parody the character of Dirty Harry, as portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the films. It was developed by Knight Technologies and published for the Atari Lynx in North America and PAL regions in 1992.
Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax, ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum version of Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax was developed by M.C. Lothlorian and first published by Palace Software in 1988.
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Barbarian, ZX Spectrum
The Spectrum version of Barbarian is an okay fighting game, but it doesn’t quite have the satisfying decapitation animation of the original C64 version…
Black, PlayStation 2
Developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts in 2006, Black is a console-exclusive First-Person Shooter set in contemporary Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia. You play as a member of a CIA “Black Ops” unit, embarking on various missions.
The King of Grabs 