The Haunted Hoard: Phantom Fighter (NES)
Jiangshi, also known as Chinese hopping vampires, are a particular type of undead who can suck the life energy from
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Consoles
The Haunted Hoard: Clive Barker’s Undying (PC)
Clive Barker, the mind behind the Hellraiser films and initiator of the Candyman franchise, feels like he’d be a natural
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The Haunted Hoard: My Friendly Neighborhood (PC)
The mascot horror subgenre is all about taking innocent and friendly images and twisting them into macabre and terrifying versions
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The Haunted Hoard: Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (NES)
While Frankenstein’s monster is often seen alongside supernatural fiends like vampires and werewolves, he’s actually meant to represent the idea
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The Haunted Hoard: Gargoyle’s Quest II (NES)
If you look at Gargoyle’s Quest on the Game Boy and then it’s sequel for the NES, it would be
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The Haunted Hoard: Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 is a mess of a name that doesn’t do it any favors. The Beast Buster
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The Haunted Hoard: Gargoyle’s Quest (Game Boy)
There is perhaps no creature greater feared in the arcade game Ghosts ‘n Goblins than the Red Arremer. Standing out
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The Haunted Hoard: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow released in 2003 with a story set in the far off future of 2035, and in
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The Haunted Hoard: Haunted House (Atari 2600)
It’s seen time and time again in cartoons: the lights go out, and the characters are now only represented by
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Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (PS5)
Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is both a 3D brawler and a rogue-like, the punchy action seeking greater depth through randomized
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World of Goo 2 (Switch)
World of Goo getting a sequel was not a thought that ever really crossed my mind. The game about building
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (Xbox One)
In 2006, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz released on the Wii, and it’s not too hard to understand why the
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Lion (Game & Watch)
For most Game & Watch games, you can count on Game B to be the mode worth playing. Game A
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Penny’s Big Breakaway (Switch)
Crafting a satisfying movement system is a solid way of starting work on a 3D platformer. If you can make
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Cacoma Knight in Bizyland (SNES)
Cacoma Knight in Bizyland’s title and cover aren’t really doing it many favors when it comes to telling you what
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Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (Wii)
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love takes place in 1920s New York City where a group of Broadway starlets moonlight
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Towering Inferno (Atari 2600)
The 1974 film The Towering Inferno saw a 138 story skyscraper go up in flames, and while the Atari 2600
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Anthem (PS4)
“Play to your strengths” goes a common piece of advice, and for good reason. Even though as a creative it
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Sips and Sonnets (PC)
With old age can come more freedom. The children have left the nest, retirement means you don’t need to work
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Aztec Adventure (Master System)
Aztec Adventure, known originally as Nazca ’88 in Japan, isn’t too concerned with which Pre-Columbian culture its areas are meant
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Batman: The Video Game (NES)
As an adaptation of Tim Burton’s Batman film, Batman: The Video Game on NES didn’t have too many characters it
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