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Since you probably never thought you would see me bother to review a Spyro game, let me cut to the point — Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night on the Gameboy Advance ROCKS.  I can honestly say that this game can easily be put in the same league as Metroid Fusion, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and […]

Pioneering games like Double Dragon and Final Fight really got the side-scrolling brawler genre off to a solid start, but Konami had a number of excellent beatemups in the early 1990’s that became some of the most popular quarter-collectors of the era. While their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade games were some of the […]

It Should Be Worth The Wait
You may have noticed over the last few months, that I’m being a bit more selective when I hype up a new or upcoming retro-styled release. And if you have been a racketboy.com reader long, you would also notice that Castle Crashers is one of the games I have […]

As a victim of Acclaim’s financial problems, The Red Star was delayed many times and been cancelled at least once. However, XS Games took over the project as it’s publisher and released this shmups/beatemup hybrid game as a budget title for the PS2.
Ever since I first laid eyes on The Red Star back when […]

As one of my all-time favorite games of my childhood, I was glad to see the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game come to the XBox Live Arcade. It isn’t a deep game by any means, but it is filled with nostalgia and is loads of fun when whacking Foot Soldiers with a […]

Between the fact that I have been waiting years for a new game like Guardian Heroes and my love for The Behemoth’s artistic style, Castle Crashers is the most highly-anticipated XBox Live Arcade game in my book. (see my initial Castle Crashers post)
I didn’t have many doubts about the game after seeing early versions […]

As a child of the 1980’s, I was all but obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was a kid. (Fortunately, it didn’t make this much of an impact on me) So imagine the nostalgic thrill I’m having with the new wave of Ninja Turtles goodies resurfacing to coincide with the […]

The side-scrolling beat-em-up is still alive. However, you better keep your fingers crossed if you want it to be worth your time.
Even though we were never treated to a Streets of Rage 4, the Sega Saturn was privileged to have an excellent port of Die Hard Arcade (aka Dynamite Deka in Japan) and the […]

As a young gamer, I grew up in the arcades. And in those early years I lived primarily on the grand-daddy of all beatemups, Double Dragon.
So I was more than pleased to hear that Double Dragon will officially be making its way to the XBox Live Arcade in the near future.
The original was the […]

Here’s some decent YouTube clips to give you a taste of X-Men Arcade. The boss battle videos with the 4 players probably give you the best idea of some of the character’s Mutant Powers.

Intro & First Level

Boss Battle: Wendigo

Boss Battle: Nimrod

Entire X-Men Arcade Speedrun:

In the past I have professed my love for Alien Hominid, experienced many a laugh from Dad N Me, but I have been eagerly anticipating a new multiplayer game from the indie geniuses at The Behemoth.
We heard some small details about their newest project, now known as Castle Crashers, a year ago, but we have […]

Over the last decade or two, we have seen a wide variety of gaming hardware — each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Personally, I would love to be able to play with just about every unique piece of hardware at least once. However, some of the most interesting gaming machines are both difficult to […]

It’s always fun to go back and read old articles that make predictions and see how acurate they are. I pulled this article out from the GameSpy archive. It’s an enjoyable read concerning the gaming genres that are dying in the modern gaming industry.
Here’s the list:
10. Space Shooter (Shmups)
9. Puzzle
8. Light Gun
7. Text Adventure
6. […]

Yesterday afternoon was quite an adventure for me. I was in the middle of running errands around town (stopping at Blockbuster, sending some mail, grocery shopping) when I got a flat tire. I got the spare tire on and headed to Wal-Mart for get a new tire. (I have their protection plan so I get […]