Indie Gamer Chick

10/11/2024

Just a quick update on when I'll be doing the Irem Collection releases, and I've chosen the last game I'll review before the flood of stuff I'm dying to play starts releasing.

You try coming up with fun names for these posts. The time for Tetris Forever is almost here, but I have enough time to squeeze in one more game, and I’m struggling to pick it. I can tell you…

09/11/2024

AtGames Legend Sea of Thieves is going to be sold separately as a Rare Pinball 3 pack, along with Battletoads and Killer Instinct pins from MagicPixel (Zaccaria Pinball).

09/11/2024

Wizards & Warriors isn't exactly an all-time classic, but I did enjoy it. The sequel? Well.. it's the latest review at IGC. Enjoy! Because I didn't :P

Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Released December, 1989 Designed by Ste Pickford & Steve Hughes Developed by Zippo Games via Rare Ltd. Published by …

08/11/2024

Indeed I have. This review is coming today. Princess Bride this weekend. And if anyone at Digital Eclipse or Atari is reading, nom nom.

I've had a sinus infection the last few days. I figured when I quit smoking those would go away. I'm now convinced it's my body resisting Ironsword.

07/11/2024

I pose this question to my learned fans: what 8-bit looks the BEST in screenshots and plays THE WORST in reality?

Because Ironsword has to rank up there.

06/11/2024

Well, since nothing else is happening in the world today, I figured I'd talk about Colecovision. Atari is celebrated, and it sure looks like Intellivision is up next to get a prestige retro compilation like Atari 50, but what about Colecovision? It'll probably never happen, but there IS a path to it. Plus, what is the next IGC review?

Need a giggle? Just imagine a person waking up from a coma since 2015. It kind of is funny to think about. Well, assuming they don’t have severe brain damage. So, what AM I playing? COLECO-EN…

06/11/2024

IGC News Projection: Princess Bride is okay.

You can feel a slight difference post patch. It still is pretty problematic thanks to grindy rules. This is a pretty telling table because just going off looks, it looks fantastic! Like, wow, this really does look like a colorful fairy tale of a table. But, it requires so many shots that there's nothing dynamic about it. It makes for a fascinating comparison with Camp Bloodbrook, also by Dolby, which I didn't think had a good rule sheet at all, so I figured "well, the layout carried it over the line." Obviously not. Princess Bride is inspiring me to go back and make notes in the Bloodbrook review "the rules are boring, but NO GRINDING, so at least it's not exhausting."

05/11/2024

I have ANOTHER Pinball M update. Jordi's ratings are in for the two tables he missed.

The Thing: Jordi rated it GOOD. This does not change the stamp, as The Thing remains "OKAY AT BEST" with a scoring average of 2.6.

He rates Camp Bloodbrook a MASTERPIECE, which brings the scoring average from 4.0 to 4.2, putting 0.2 above Texas Chainsaw to move it into the 2nd best Pinball M table.

05/11/2024

I'm almost certain I lost my mind with this one. My apology for.......... well, this whole review, frankly.

Campaign ’84Platform: ColecovisionReleased in 1983. See, campaigns starting early isn’t a new thing after all!Developed by Sunrise Software Inc.NEVER BEEN RE-RELEASED I’m Cather…

05/11/2024

Some pinball updates and I stress over burning out during the Tetris collection. What I'm Playing Right Now #17.

Sorry for the lack of updates over the weekend. I really don’t want to burn out, so I am going to stop the Contra marathon and just start picking other games. I will do Contra III, Contra For…

05/11/2024

The Pinball M Definitive Review has been updated to include the Camp Bloodbrook review! Sorry for the delay, everyone!

Our Pinball FX and Pinball M reviews took a lot of playtime and revisions. If you enjoy what you read, or even if you hate it, please consider making a donation to your local food bank. For my Amer…

05/11/2024

Looks like Magic Pixel (Zaccaria Pinball) and Rare Ltd are teaming up for a Sea of Thieves digital table. I didn't see this one coming at all. I'll talk more about this in the next What I'm Playing Right Now.

04/11/2024

This is right up there with seeing an albino tiger in the wild. A live catch in a Zen Studios pinball platform. We literally gasped!

Nothing special about this specifically. Just kind of shocked to see a live catch happen in Pinball M. We literally gasped.

03/11/2024

Angela took the Camp Bloodbrook Arcade Mode's World Record on Xbox, and 4th All-Time with 2,311,291,577. Camp Bloodbrook's scoring is "efficient but boring." Only one of the seven trillion modes crammed into it has progressive scoring, and it's Lake Multiball, aka the multiball that only involves two alternating targets, one of which is the easiest shot in the game (a low-mid power backhand off the right flipper gets it every time).

Sigh. So, I'm starting the review. It's positive overall and yes, it's Dolby's best pin, if not by acclimation then by scoring average. It's going to win a Certificate of Excellence. GREAT/GREAT/GREAT/GREAT/???? and I strongly doubt Jordi will give it THE PITS which would sink it. This review ONLY applies to the Pinball M version. We rate the Pinball FX build OUT OF ORDER. It does not work, and the Pinball M version proves it's not just a quirk of design that the mode start, which you MUST SHOOT, drops balls down the drain. Seriously like 1 minute of play testing should catch that. 1 minute.

Anyway, congratulations to Dolby for his first Certificate. (We don't count Certified Turds as an actual Certificate, because otherwise this would be Dolby's second Certificate as World War Z is the absolute f*cking pits.)

02/11/2024

Quick update for my pinball fans. Camp Bloodbrook on Pinball M doesn't seem to have the same problem as the Pinball FX version and is very likely to get, at minimum, a CLEAN SCORECARD from my team. The Pinball FX version we're officially ranking OUT OF ORDER pending patchwork. This is the second such table that's on both Pinball M and Pinball FX where the Pinball M version works and the Pinball FX version is broken.

The Pinball M version is rock solid. The first table by Dolby to get a Certificate of Excellence? It has a shot.

01/11/2024

Took me all night Halloween to finish this review. Hey, if the Simpsons can do Halloween in November, why can't I? I first played Dracula X in 2021 and I liked it. Do I stand by that, or did contemporary critics get it right? My review of Castlevania: Dracula X is up.

Castlevania: Dracula X aka Akumajo Dracula XX (Japan) aka Castlevania: Dracula’s Kiss (Europe) Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Released July 21, 1995 Directed by Kouki Yamash*ta…

01/11/2024

I'm running late on Dracula X, so here's a bonus review and a brief update. Happy Halloween, everyone!

So, I really wanted a bigger game than Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge up today, and if I do manage it, I’ll be cutting it close. This will be the final Castlevania game I do in 2024.…

31/10/2024

Needless to say, this is an improvement over Castlevania Adventure. It's Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.

Happy Halloween! I wanted to post this yesterday but I got hung-up on replaying it, plus watching the World Series. But at least one more review will hit today.

Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge Platform: Game Boy/Game Boy Color Released July 12, 1991. Missed my 2nd birthday by a day. Designed by Toru Hagihara & Yukari Hayano Developed by Konami …