From Haunted House to Halloween, we count down the top 10 horror video games from the second generation of consoles — Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Bally Astrocade and more. Happy Halloween!
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Abbott and Costello return to comics in Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters, a horror-comedy crowdfunding comic on Kickstarter. The classic comedy duo faces Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and more classic movie monsters in their first new comic book adventure in 50 years.
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Liz left the cage doors open at Site-19… again. Stupid Liz… Indian indie (*snick!*) development studio Zatun recently dropped a launch trailer for SCP: Project Pneuma, its first-person, psychological survival horror game built on the SCP Foundation (Special Containment Procedures) mythos. The full game is landing on October 25 via Steam Early Access. Yes, that would be this coming Sunday.
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iDiOSLAB’s Delve Survivors turns the survivors-like formula turn-based. Its expanded demo hits Steam Next Fest with 4 dungeons, 3 classes and hundreds of items.
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“RPGs have lost their identity.” No argument there. Deck13 Spotlight recently announced Lair of the Leviathan, an old-school turn-based RPG for PC and consoles in 2027. The game is being made by just two solo developers, David of Nostalgic Realms and Oliver Joyce of Whiskybarrel Studios, who joined forces to build the game of their dreams because, in their words,
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Acclaim’s Re-Volt is back, and it’s better than ever! Join the excitement of this iconic RC racer on PS5 and Switch, and relive the fun of a bygone era. With a limited edition H2 Edition, you can enjoy the game with a stylish box and soundtrack.
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Josh Howard’s indie horror comic book Dead at 17: Revival returns to for issue #2.
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Hamster has released the 1998 business simulation game The Drug Store for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 as part of the digital Console Archives series.
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“A game is only late until it ships, a bad game is bad forever” – Somebody said once. In that case, Moto X is now a ripe (over-ripe?) thirty-two years past due. It’s not just old enough to drink and get killed in battle, but it’s pretty much “hit the wall” and is finally ready to settle down… That’s enough
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Thirty-four years after it first shambled onto NEC’s PC-98, FairyTale’s zombie horror adventure game Dead of the Brain is getting a second life on Steam PC thanks to Fakku.
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There is a special kind of terror that only comes from a job where nothing happens for hours and hours on end, then, suddenly, something does. VCR83, a newly announced psychological surveillance horror game from Galactic Crows (Psychopathy Assessment) and developer Tarba Paul Cornel, wants you to clock in for exactly that kind of a shift, but in a fun
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If you are a DC Comics fan, you have to have been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks few decades to not hear about the ultimate fate of Hal Jordan, the greatest of all the Green Lanterns. For the rest of us, even years later, it hit like a shot to the face. A gunshot. Like
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*snap* *snap* Hey! That’s fun! *snap* *snap* Did anybody else snap to the theme of the old TV show? *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* Ahhhh! That was satisfying! So, starting up The Addams Family for Super Nintendo (SNES) for the umpteenth time seeing as how there is a new movie for my favorite,
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Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things 80s… except for you, 1983. You know what you did…. Before enjoying the breakout success of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, Archie Comics attempted to embrace another fledgling video game franchise in The Adventures of Bayou Billy, written by Rich (RPM) Margopoulos (Vampirella) and penciled by Amanda Conner (yes,
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Welcome to yet another review celebrating Attack Helicopter Week here at The Splintering! Today we’re picking apart another retro arcade game port, this time it’s Steel Talons for the SEGA Genesis. Before we get going, however, I have to note that this game is ROUGH. I couldn’t play it through in a normal state, so the only solution was to
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Welcome back to Monochrome May, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of everything blanc and noir… kind of. While not his very first feature film, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog marks the renowned director’s first foray into suspense, and it also sets the scene for the themes and trademark visual flourishes that would become defining elements of his life’s work.
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Welcome back to The Splintering’s Monochrome May event! Today we’re introducing what may become a new feature: Greatest Levels in Gaming, starting with one of the Nintendo Entertainment System’s last, but most cherished games. Before we kick this off, if you have any concerns about spoiling a 30-year old game, then you might want to avoid this retrospective. Then again,
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There was a time not too long ago when the future of baseball in Taiwan was in doubt. The sport was rife with game-fixing scandals, and public trust—both with the in-person crowds and the home viewing audience—had dropped to a level where the business of the game was no longer sound. From the late 1990s through the early 2010s, the
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Comic book artist Brent Peeples and his wife Brittany have launched a crowdfunding campaign for Found One, a line of “luxury Christian streetwear.” The project is already fully funded, having raised roughly $2 thousand at the time of this writing. Taking inspiration from the Biblical parable of the shepherd who leaves his 99 sheep to find 1 who is lost
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Publisher Hamster has announced that the colorful stacking puzzle game Senkyu is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in Japanese arcades by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1995, this is the first time that Senkyu is seeing an official release in the West. In Senkyu, players connect four or more balls
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Earlier this week, Japanese game publisher Tatsujin released Amusement Arcade Toaplan for iOS and Android mobile platforms. Founded by Masahiro Yuge, one of the original founders of Toaplan, Tatsujin takes its name from the Japanese version of Truxton. With that little knowledge nugget out of the way, Amusement Arcade Toaplan is a free-to-download collection of classic arcade games, which includes
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Popeye the Sailor Man is officially in the public domain, and it’s time to celebrate the spinach-powered legend’s entry into the creative commons! After 95 years of being tied up in copyright, the original 1929 Popeye comic strips and classic animations are now free to use, offering fresh opportunities for creative reinterpretation. the iconic one-eyed sailor, his lovable Olive Oyl,
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Taito’s Rastan never reached great heights in the barbarian-crowded zeitgeist of the 1980s. Few remember that his first game received a sequel in Rastan Saga II, and even fewer (myself included) are aware that the Rastan series received a third installment in the early 90s. More than three decades later, publisher Hamster has finally brought Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga III
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Welcome back to The Splintering’s Jolly Jinglings holiday event! Today we’re going to celebrate by taking a look at possibly the Christmasiest of all Christmas games! It’s difficult to believe that the classic playground war of “Nintendo vs. SEGA” was officially decided nearly 2 decades ago! I mean, seriously! 2020 is RIGHT around the corner! Making me feel old over
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Get your head out of the gutter, ya’ dink! In an example of remarkably good timing following Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight last week, publisher Hamster has announced that Final Blow is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in arcades by Taito in 1989 and later ported to the Amiga,
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No, it’s not about Hangman’s Joke Crowfire Studios recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for a first look at The Band of the Crow, a 30-page preview comic intended as an affordable proof-of-concept for the full book which is planned for a later date. The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $2 thousand at the time of this writing.
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From Pong to Virtua Tennis, there is a rich history of arcade-style tennis games that are way more fun than they have any right to be. One of the quirkier parts of that tradition is Konami’s Table Tennis, which is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of Hamster’s digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in Japanese arcades
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Before Bloody Roar, before Animorphs, but not before Altered Beast, there was Metamorphic Force! Publisher Hamster has announced that Metamorphic Force is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in Japanese arcades by Konami in 1993, this is the first time that Metamorphic Force is seeing an official release in
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How well can you swim? Renowned comic book creator and Compass Comics founder Graham Nolan recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for Escape From Monster Island, a 64+ page action-horror graphic novel. The project is already fully funded, having raised nearly $40 thousand at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by Nolan, Escape From Monster Island is the third
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The worst, and yet the best title ever. Publisher Hamster has announced that Violence Fight is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in arcades by Taito in 1989, Violence Fight is a one of the first one-on-one arcade fighters just before Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat took the
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