©2009 Michael Dawes

Zombie Holiday Prologue is quite entertaining and definitely embroils the core of what retro 2D games are all about: limited lives!

Seriously though, the artwork, animation and level design are very good in this action platformer. The game is set in a moody and creepy (yet colorful) environment. The scope and range of the game grows as you progress, as well as your arsenal of weaponry.

Zombie Holiday Prologue is enjoyable, challenging, and oh, did I mention, free. This Mac-exclusive game can be downloaded from the developer’s website.

This game was made using Sawblade Software’s Power Game Factory game development application.

©2008 Capcom

If you haven’t heard about Mega Man 9 for Wii and Xbox, please come out of your cave and get this game. Through the development process the developers made many passes at this game to instill a historic and true retro feel.

They purposely limited animation and graphics. They also didn’t shy away from making the game difficult even in this new culture of “easy casual gaming.” It’s just as hard (if not harder) when compared to the original Mega Man released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) over 20 years ago.

If you retro gaming “old timers” (like myself) still have some hair on your head, expect to lose some playing this great game ;D