Experience Amazing Arcade Action with Ex-Zodiac in Early Access
In this week’s Save State, Vincent enjoys some low-poly retro gaming goodness with Ex-Zodiac, a game that is still in early access on Steam but shows worlds of promise as you fight to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System from their oppressors in intense early-1990s arcade action.
Vincent Mahoney’s Save State: Eight Bits of Glory Featuring Vampire Survivors and Panzer Paladin
Vincent is taking a break from all of his 16-bit gaming this week, but only because he is going even farther back into the retro tunnel. He breaks out 8-bit masterpieces in Vampire Survivors and Panzer Paladin.
Vincent Mahoney’s Save State: Going Hog Wild with Sonic the Hedgehog Series
Save State Columnist Vincent Mahony is a self-proclaimed Sonic the Hedgehog maniac. So being able to get four remastered Sonic games in the Sonic Origins package has got him spinning through loops, jumping across chasms and grabbing more gold rings than he has fingers to put them on.
The Return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Our Save State columnist used to dump rolls of quarters into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, so he was overjoyed to learn that the pizza-loving reptiles were back in the new Shredder’s Revenge game. Grab a slice and see how these heroes in a half shell have aged so well.
Pixel Perfection Meets Film Noir in Point and Click Adventure Game Lacuna
This week our intrepid Save State columnist goes into full detective mode in Lacuna, a delightful sci-fi mystery point and click adventure with a great story and some of the most impressive pixel graphics that we have ever seen.
Visual Novel Sakura Wars Brings Mech Combat, Substance and Style
The visual novel Sakura Wars has demons roaming around Tokyo, and it’s up to a group of colorful heroes piloting giant robots to come to the rescue.
Checking into the FMV Game Death Come True
Created by the acclaimed team behind the Danganronpa series, Death Come True is an interactive movie and a thrill ride about a man who wakes up with no memory, and a whole lot of problems.
Getting Lost in the Lost Kingdoms on GameCube
This week Vincent dives deep into the distant video game past to relive a treasured childhood memory. We are talking about Lost Kingdoms on the Nintendo Gamecube, an RPG that was both ahead and behind its time.
Danganronpa Decadence Collection: 4 Games in 1 Fun for the Nintendo Switch
This week our intrepid Save State columnist goes deep down the RPG rabbit hole by diving into the entire Danganronpa series. The new Danganronpa Decadence Nintendo Switch pack contains all four games from the series, so we hope you have lot of time.
They Can’t Stop the Gaming
This week our Save State Columnist battles water main breaks, power failures and rogue city tree cutters to try and get some gaming in. It was almost as difficult as an Elden Ring boss, but he finally got to play Steel Assault and Rune Factory 5.