Kill the Plumber is a Mario-style platformer where players actually play as the enemies instead of the Italian plumber. However, one thing you can see in Kill the Plumber is the heavy influence it has taken from Mario games in regards to level design, enemies, pretty much every aspect. Another game called Kill the Maliao is basically a rip-off of Kill the Plumber, which could technically be considered a rip-off of Mario games.
Tag: retro
The latest Humble Mobile Bundle arrived yesterday after a couple of weeks off, and to kick things back off this new Humble Mobile Bundle is a themed one based around Neo Geo games. That means plenty of SNK Playmore titles are now available for whatever you want to pay for them.
SNK Playmore releases some classic SNK games for Android, many of which were found on Neo Geo arcade machines, in the 1990s. For anyone looking for some retro, side scrolling action games or retro fighting games, or an arcade shooter, they’ve listed several of them on sale for $0.99.
Usually Kemco releases retro-style RPGs onto Android but on occasion they tend to throw a curve ball out there with either a 3D games, or something that is a bit different than their norm. Tears Revolude is the company’s newest release and it falls into that category of a curve ball, mainly regarding the visual style of the game.
Sokoban fans have a new game to check out called The Nodus from Stuart’s Pixel Games. Like most Sokoban style games, players will need to move around colored blocks in The Nodus in order to find the solution for that particular stage. Once you find that, you can move on to the next puzzle.
In a nod to the forebears of modern computing, two entrepreneurs based in Italy (named Massimo Canigiani and Carlo Scattolini) have designed an Android smarthphone that manages to pay homage to the Commodore systems of yore. As part of their throwback, there are a few things they have included with this device.
OrangePixel’s upcoming roguelike game Space Grunts gets a new gameplay video and more details released
We’ve covered OrangePixel’s latest endeavor called Space Grunts which will be coming soon to mobile devices. However there has always been a few details we haven’t been able to fill in each time we write about this game. Things like launch date, pricing, platforms it will be on (besides the obvious), and a few other tidbits of information have all been missing until now.
If you haven’t played Hammerwatch on Steam then you’re missing out. It’s a hack ‘n slash action adventure inspired by the old Gauntlet games, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. A mix of puzzle solving, tactical action movement, precision timing and the best part is playing it co-op with friends.
Hools Run is a new runner that has arrived onto Google Play and features a bit of a unique theme. Hools we are guessing is short for Hooligans and you’ll be taking control of one at a football stadium. You will be running from the police for some reason and you obviously don’t want to get caught. It’s more of a hobby running from the police for Hooligans.
Big Shiny Games today announced that they will be releasing their upcoming Sci-Fi themed game Retro Assault onto Android later this Summer. For those of you not familiar with this game, Retro Assault is a top-down action-shooter where players assume control of a futuristic state-of-the-art Starfighter Chassis which also happens to be equipped with interchangeable Combat Wing weapons platforms.









