Neilie Johnson reports:
''Like movie remakes of 80's TV shows, legwarmer-wearing teenage girls and synth-pop emo bands, games have jumped on the retro-trend bandwagon. It seems these days nothing's harder to come by than a good idea, so lots of companies are trotting out their old stuff, tarted up for the new millennium. Sometimes remakes are a bad idea (anyone see the Dukes of Hazzard movie?), but in the case of classic Taito arcade game Arkanoid, the idea couldn't be better.''
TGH writes
2009 wasn't just the year of big name releases; there was also a very obvious attempt to revive some of gaming's longest running franchises. While that's not necessarily a new idea, it seemed like in this past year developers actually attempted to keep the feeling of the original games instead of just taking the name of a franchise and slapping it on something completely new. Take a look at some of the classics that received some nostalgic love this year, and reminisce about the good old days as you cross your fingers that 2010 holds the same retro...
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doing my best Jonny.
btw - stop fcking about and do some new content on Snappy Gamer, man.
also - this site is terrifying. PEOWW gave Killzone 2 a seven and I had to bat away retards for days.
Holy crap I haven't heard the name Arkanoid since the 80s. Classic 80s gameplay, I encourage everyone who loves classic gaming to get this.
Arkanoids is legendary, I'm glad SE continue to make the classic Taito titles like this and Space Invaders. Simple and fun works a charm.
