Retro Re-release Roundup, week of January 4, 2024
Another Nichibutsu barrel-scraper from Hamster.
, by GSK
Castlevania Requiem's alterations highlight the game preservation crisis
Konami's bare-bones port-of-a-port doesn't belong in this world
, by Diamond Feit
Retro Re-release Roundup, week of October 25, 2018
Mankind ill needed a... okay, that's enough.
, by GSK
Symphony of the Night and the near-death of Metroidvania games
Episode 137 of the podcast returns to the Metroidvania well... only to find it dried up in the '90s.
, by Jeremy Parish
Mailbag call: Symphony of the Night and the brief death of metroidvania
Why did exploratory platformers vanish in the '90s? We'd love to field your theories.
, by Jeremy Parish
How Can I Play It? Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night
How to kill vampires and influence people.
, by Jeremy Parish
The anatomy of Symphony of the Night's incidentals
On its 20th anniversary, a look at all the great little details that elevated a classic.
, by Jeremy Parish