Tom
@thepixelempire.net
Editor of thepixelempire.net
I review anything and everything on a website that's a (hopefully inviting) throwback to the games magazines of the 80s and 90s.
#gaming #gamersunite #retrogaming
I review anything and everything on a website that's a (hopefully inviting) throwback to the games magazines of the 80s and 90s.
#gaming #gamersunite #retrogaming
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50 platforms now covered, and the big thread finally finished.
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
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2025 was about lighting up prototypes…
2026 will be about lighting up over 5,000 Vectrex Minis around the world. 🕹️❤️
👉 The Vectrex Mini adventure is on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
2026 will be about lighting up over 5,000 Vectrex Minis around the world. 🕹️❤️
👉 The Vectrex Mini adventure is on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
2025 was about lighting up prototypes…
2026 will be about lighting up over 5,000 Vectrex Minis around the world. 🕹️❤️
👉 The Vectrex Mini adventure is on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
2026 will be about lighting up over 5,000 Vectrex Minis around the world. 🕹️❤️
👉 The Vectrex Mini adventure is on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
Thanks as ever to @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social for his incredible contributions to thepixelempire.net over the last 12 months. We managed a whopping 105 reviews: only 2013 has seen us write more (112) in a calendar year! 😊
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks as ever to @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social for his incredible contributions to thepixelempire.net over the last 12 months. We managed a whopping 105 reviews: only 2013 has seen us write more (112) in a calendar year! 😊
🟡 FINDING TOP GEAR?
🟢 Gear. Club Unlimited (2017, Switch)
REVIEW: One last review to wrap up 2025: I check out the console version of Eden Games' mobile racer, which included 4-player split-screen and hundreds of events #gaming #nintendo #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/gearclub-unl...
🟢 Gear. Club Unlimited (2017, Switch)
REVIEW: One last review to wrap up 2025: I check out the console version of Eden Games' mobile racer, which included 4-player split-screen and hundreds of events #gaming #nintendo #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/gearclub-unl...
Gear.Club Unlimited (SWI) review | Switch
Gear.Club Unlimited Nintendo Switch review: A simcade racer with online and local multiplayer options, plus hundreds of races and a customisable garage.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🟡 FINDING TOP GEAR?
🟢 Gear. Club Unlimited (2017, Switch)
REVIEW: One last review to wrap up 2025: I check out the console version of Eden Games' mobile racer, which included 4-player split-screen and hundreds of events #gaming #nintendo #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/gearclub-unl...
🟢 Gear. Club Unlimited (2017, Switch)
REVIEW: One last review to wrap up 2025: I check out the console version of Eden Games' mobile racer, which included 4-player split-screen and hundreds of events #gaming #nintendo #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/gearclub-unl...
Check out My Year On PlayStation via @TrueTrophies www.truetrophies.com/MyYearOnPlay...
smirkenorff's #MyYearOnPlayStation
Check out smirkenorff's 2025 PlayStation stats
www.truetrophies.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Check out My Year On PlayStation via @TrueTrophies www.truetrophies.com/MyYearOnPlay...
🟡 BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS
🟢 Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (2022, PC)
REVIEW: A third helping of Breakout & Arkanoid for December sees us looking at Pastagames' retro revival of the eighties arcade classic ☺️👇 #retrogaming #gaming #pc #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/arkanoid-ete...
🟢 Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (2022, PC)
REVIEW: A third helping of Breakout & Arkanoid for December sees us looking at Pastagames' retro revival of the eighties arcade classic ☺️👇 #retrogaming #gaming #pc #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/arkanoid-ete...
Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (PC) review | Windows
Arkanoid Eternal Battle PC review: Pastagames' retro revival of the iconic eighties arcade game, with online features and throwback modes.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🟡 BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS
🟢 Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (2022, PC)
REVIEW: A third helping of Breakout & Arkanoid for December sees us looking at Pastagames' retro revival of the eighties arcade classic ☺️👇 #retrogaming #gaming #pc #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/arkanoid-ete...
🟢 Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (2022, PC)
REVIEW: A third helping of Breakout & Arkanoid for December sees us looking at Pastagames' retro revival of the eighties arcade classic ☺️👇 #retrogaming #gaming #pc #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/arkanoid-ete...
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After finally capturing the spirit of the controversial long running show with The Stick of Truth in 2014, South Park would return with another RPG with The Fractured but Whole in 2017. Was it another fun time?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/KeDaHjKqGE8
#southpark #xbox
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/KeDaHjKqGE8
#southpark #xbox
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (XBOX ONE) - Review
YouTube video by SteadySphere - Pixel Empire Video Reviews
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
After finally capturing the spirit of the controversial long running show with The Stick of Truth in 2014, South Park would return with another RPG with The Fractured but Whole in 2017. Was it another fun time?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/KeDaHjKqGE8
#southpark #xbox
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/KeDaHjKqGE8
#southpark #xbox
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Every one of these games is great and well worth playing.
Unavowed and Technobabylon have particularly awesome stories, and Old Skies was one of my favorite games of 2025!
Unavowed and Technobabylon have particularly awesome stories, and Old Skies was one of my favorite games of 2025!
The Steam Winter Sale is STILL ON!
Nab all our games from 20-70% off until January 5th!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...
Nab all our games from 20-70% off until January 5th!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...
December 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Every one of these games is great and well worth playing.
Unavowed and Technobabylon have particularly awesome stories, and Old Skies was one of my favorite games of 2025!
Unavowed and Technobabylon have particularly awesome stories, and Old Skies was one of my favorite games of 2025!
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Reposted by Tom
collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2025/12/chri...
It's time to get wicked on Day 10 of the festive countdown. We're off to see the Yellow Brick Road (1995 Synergy, Inc.), an obscure adventure-RPG hybrid from Japan based on The Wizard of Oz.
It's time to get wicked on Day 10 of the festive countdown. We're off to see the Yellow Brick Road (1995 Synergy, Inc.), an obscure adventure-RPG hybrid from Japan based on The Wizard of Oz.
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2025/12/chri...
It's time to get wicked on Day 10 of the festive countdown. We're off to see the Yellow Brick Road (1995 Synergy, Inc.), an obscure adventure-RPG hybrid from Japan based on The Wizard of Oz.
It's time to get wicked on Day 10 of the festive countdown. We're off to see the Yellow Brick Road (1995 Synergy, Inc.), an obscure adventure-RPG hybrid from Japan based on The Wizard of Oz.
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This classic Oil Frey CRASH cover from 1986 is its very own hidden puzzle games, with all sorts of period gaming and cultural references. Just a terrific piece, showing that Oli was just as good with pen and ink as he was with an air brush.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This classic Oil Frey CRASH cover from 1986 is its very own hidden puzzle games, with all sorts of period gaming and cultural references. Just a terrific piece, showing that Oli was just as good with pen and ink as he was with an air brush.
🟡 KWEH OR MEH?
🟢 Chocobo GP (2022, Switch)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers the return of the Final Fantasy spin-off racer, to see if Square Enix could turn around a troubled launch. Read or watch his coverage at the link! ☺️👇 #gaming #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/chocobo-gp-s...
🟢 Chocobo GP (2022, Switch)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers the return of the Final Fantasy spin-off racer, to see if Square Enix could turn around a troubled launch. Read or watch his coverage at the link! ☺️👇 #gaming #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/chocobo-gp-s...
Chocobo GP (SWI) review | Switch
Chocobo GP Nintendo Switch review: A colourful kart racer with Final Fantasy characters, fun power-ups, fast-paced multiplayer chaos, and 64-player tournaments.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🟡 KWEH OR MEH?
🟢 Chocobo GP (2022, Switch)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers the return of the Final Fantasy spin-off racer, to see if Square Enix could turn around a troubled launch. Read or watch his coverage at the link! ☺️👇 #gaming #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/chocobo-gp-s...
🟢 Chocobo GP (2022, Switch)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers the return of the Final Fantasy spin-off racer, to see if Square Enix could turn around a troubled launch. Read or watch his coverage at the link! ☺️👇 #gaming #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/chocobo-gp-s...
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Check out My Year On PlayStation via @TrueTrophies www.truetrophies.com/MyYearOnPlay...
SteadySphere's #MyYearOnPlayStation
Check out SteadySphere's 2025 PlayStation stats
www.truetrophies.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Check out My Year On PlayStation via @TrueTrophies www.truetrophies.com/MyYearOnPlay...
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Inspired by the quirky Mother series, Citizens of Earth would arrive in 2015 for Wii U. Does it prove a hit with the people?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/fbwdwk-BqcQ
#wiiu #nintendo #mother #rpg
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/fbwdwk-BqcQ
#wiiu #nintendo #mother #rpg
Citizens of Earth (Wii U) - Review
YouTube video by SteadySphere - Pixel Empire Video Reviews
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Inspired by the quirky Mother series, Citizens of Earth would arrive in 2015 for Wii U. Does it prove a hit with the people?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/fbwdwk-BqcQ
#wiiu #nintendo #mother #rpg
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/fbwdwk-BqcQ
#wiiu #nintendo #mother #rpg
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Time to continue my series on lesser-known games from large publishers.
Up today is Konami, which has published over 700 games in various editions.
Here are 10 to check out!
(A thread)
#gaming #videogames #retrogames
Up today is Konami, which has published over 700 games in various editions.
Here are 10 to check out!
(A thread)
#gaming #videogames #retrogames
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Time to continue my series on lesser-known games from large publishers.
Up today is Konami, which has published over 700 games in various editions.
Here are 10 to check out!
(A thread)
#gaming #videogames #retrogames
Up today is Konami, which has published over 700 games in various editions.
Here are 10 to check out!
(A thread)
#gaming #videogames #retrogames
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It could be the first AND last. With time travel, you can never know for sure.
Old Skies ( @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social )
Not the first point and click game about time travel, probably not the last, but the best? Undoubtedly!
store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
Not the first point and click game about time travel, probably not the last, but the best? Undoubtedly!
store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
Save 20% on Old Skies on Steam
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibitio...
store.steampowered.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It could be the first AND last. With time travel, you can never know for sure.
🟡 SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
🟢 Catherine (2012, PlayStation 3)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social tackles Atlus's unusual puzzle game, which mixes a surprisingly deep story with climactic gameplay. Read or watch the review below! 😊👇 #gaming #ps3 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/catherine-ps...
🟢 Catherine (2012, PlayStation 3)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social tackles Atlus's unusual puzzle game, which mixes a surprisingly deep story with climactic gameplay. Read or watch the review below! 😊👇 #gaming #ps3 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/catherine-ps...
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🟡 SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
🟢 Catherine (2012, PlayStation 3)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social tackles Atlus's unusual puzzle game, which mixes a surprisingly deep story with climactic gameplay. Read or watch the review below! 😊👇 #gaming #ps3 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/catherine-ps...
🟢 Catherine (2012, PlayStation 3)
REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social tackles Atlus's unusual puzzle game, which mixes a surprisingly deep story with climactic gameplay. Read or watch the review below! 😊👇 #gaming #ps3 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/catherine-ps...
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To celebrate @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social and myself having now covered 50 different platforms on The Pixel Empire, here's a big ol' thread:
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
To celebrate @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social and myself having now covered 50 different platforms on The Pixel Empire, here's a big ol' thread:
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
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As Microsoft looked to get a snowboarding game in their launch line-up for Xbox, Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding would ride in. Was it rad or just bad?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/WC-mxDaJahY
#xbox #amped
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/WC-mxDaJahY
#xbox #amped
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding (XBOX) - Review
YouTube video by SteadySphere - Pixel Empire Video Reviews
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As Microsoft looked to get a snowboarding game in their launch line-up for Xbox, Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding would ride in. Was it rad or just bad?
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/WC-mxDaJahY
#xbox #amped
VIDEO REVIEW👉 youtu.be/WC-mxDaJahY
#xbox #amped
😂😂😂
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
😂😂😂
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Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
50 platforms now covered, and the big thread finally finished.
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
50 platforms now covered, and the big thread finally finished.
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇
🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
To celebrate @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social and myself having now covered 50 different platforms on The Pixel Empire, here's a big ol' thread:
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
To celebrate @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social and myself having now covered 50 different platforms on The Pixel Empire, here's a big ol' thread:
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
One review per system, with formats getting progressively more obscure! *Sales are best estimates, and positions won't be accurate long-term 😊🧵🟡🟢🔴
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BREAKOUT 2000 thepixelempire.net/breakout-2000-ja… via @thepixelempire.net #gaming #retrogaming #GamersUnite
Breakout 2000 (JAG) review | Jaguar
Breakout 2000 Jaguar review: Classic brick-busting gameplay rebooted with aspects of Arkanoid, explosive power-ups, a sci-fi space setting, and a 3D perspective to aid the scoring fun.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
BREAKOUT 2000 thepixelempire.net/breakout-2000-ja… via @thepixelempire.net #gaming #retrogaming #GamersUnite
🟡 CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS
🟢 Breakout 2000 (1996, Jaguar)
REVIEW: A strong reboot or a final nail in the Jaguar's coffin? I look back at MP Games' effort, which brought elements of Arkanoid and sci-fi to the venerable brick-busting arcade classic ☺️👇 #gaming
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/breakout-200...
🟢 Breakout 2000 (1996, Jaguar)
REVIEW: A strong reboot or a final nail in the Jaguar's coffin? I look back at MP Games' effort, which brought elements of Arkanoid and sci-fi to the venerable brick-busting arcade classic ☺️👇 #gaming
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/breakout-200...
Breakout 2000 (JAG) review | Jaguar
Breakout 2000 Jaguar review: Classic brick-busting gameplay rebooted with aspects of Arkanoid, explosive power-ups, a sci-fi space setting, and a 3D perspective to aid the scoring fun.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🟡 CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS
🟢 Breakout 2000 (1996, Jaguar)
REVIEW: A strong reboot or a final nail in the Jaguar's coffin? I look back at MP Games' effort, which brought elements of Arkanoid and sci-fi to the venerable brick-busting arcade classic ☺️👇 #gaming
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/breakout-200...
🟢 Breakout 2000 (1996, Jaguar)
REVIEW: A strong reboot or a final nail in the Jaguar's coffin? I look back at MP Games' effort, which brought elements of Arkanoid and sci-fi to the venerable brick-busting arcade classic ☺️👇 #gaming
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/breakout-200...
🟡 REVIEW #100 OF 2025! 🥳
🟢 Ball x Pit (2025, PlayStation 5)
What better way to bring up a century of reviews on The Pixel Empire this year, than by covering one of the best surprises from the indie scene: a Breakout-roguelike #gaming #ps5 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/ball-x-pit-p...
🟢 Ball x Pit (2025, PlayStation 5)
What better way to bring up a century of reviews on The Pixel Empire this year, than by covering one of the best surprises from the indie scene: a Breakout-roguelike #gaming #ps5 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/ball-x-pit-p...
Ball x Pit (PS5) review | PlayStation 5
Ball x Pit PS5 review: A chaotic mix of roguelikes, management and RPGs where players enter Breakout-style ballpits.
www.thepixelempire.net
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🟡 REVIEW #100 OF 2025! 🥳
🟢 Ball x Pit (2025, PlayStation 5)
What better way to bring up a century of reviews on The Pixel Empire this year, than by covering one of the best surprises from the indie scene: a Breakout-roguelike #gaming #ps5 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/ball-x-pit-p...
🟢 Ball x Pit (2025, PlayStation 5)
What better way to bring up a century of reviews on The Pixel Empire this year, than by covering one of the best surprises from the indie scene: a Breakout-roguelike #gaming #ps5 #review
🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/ball-x-pit-p...