Tom
@thepixelempire
Editor of 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've been playing some fairly involved RPGs and investigative games so far in 2026. Happily enjoying a change of pace at the moment in the form of some arcadey shoot 'em ups ☺️
🟡🟢🔴 We're on the cusp of reaching a host of review milestones over the next few months 😊 Our tiny team has now written full review coverages for 400 PlayStation games! www.thepixelempire.net/sony.html To celebrate, here's a thread: one review for each system 🧵
🟡 LUNAR: ETERNAL BLUE (Mega-CD) www.thepixelempire.net/lunar-eterna... 🔵 OCTOPATH TRAVELER (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/octopath-tra...
🟢 CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 (Xbox Series X) www.thepixelempire.net/clair-obscur... 🟢 SOUTH PARK: THE FRACTURED BUT WHOLE (Xbox One) www.thepixelempire.net/south-park-t...
Today marks 14 years of The Pixel Empire! 🥳🟡🟢🔴 Thank you @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social for your brilliant articles 😀 Here's a screen from 2012, and one from today. We've tidied up a few bits over the years, but the layout remains familiar. Continuity for the win! ☺️ #gaming www.thepixelempire.net
...Got there in the end @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social 😁 #gaming #retrogaming
March and beyond on thepixelempire.net sees the spotlight shifting to role-playing games. A classic of the 16-bit era. A modern masterpiece. A couple of the gems that never made it to European shores. Lots to discover! 😊 #gaming #retrogaming
🔴 ESCAPE PLAN (PlayStation Vita) www.thepixelempire.net/escape-plan-... 🔵 Orb (Commodore 64) www.thepixelempire.net/orb-c64-revi...
🔵 THE STARSHIP DAMREY (3DS) www.thepixelempire.net/the-starship... 🟣 EARTH MUST DIE (PC) www.thepixelempire.net/earth-must-d... 🟡 WATER FLOW (Playdate) www.thepixelempire.net/water-flow-p...
🟡 Escape Plan (2012, PS Vita) 🟢 REVIEW: Every system launch has a game to show off the new tech ☺️ For the Vita, that meant motion controls & a fiendish puzzle-platformer, as covered by @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social in his review ☺️ #gaming #playstation #review 🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/escape-plan-...
It's not just the mainstream platforms we love to cover on thepixelempire.net, leftfield systems matter just as much 💛💚❤️ Check out our review indexes: 🟡 PLAYDATE www.thepixelempire.net/mega-duck-re... 🟢 MEGA DUCK www.thepixelempire.net/mega-duck-re... 🔴 PC-FX www.thepixelempire.net/pc-fx-review...
🔴 EXIT (PlayStation Portable) www.thepixelempire.net/exit-psp-rev... ⚫ NOVA (Commodore 64) www.thepixelempire.net/nova-c64-rev... 🔵 PARANORMASIGHT: THE SEVEN MYSTERIES OF HONJO (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/paranormasig...
🔴 DANGANRONPA 2 (PS Vita) www.thepixelempire.net/danganronpa-... 🔵 MYSTIC ACADEMY - ESCAPE ROOM (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/mystic-acade... 🔵 PERSONA 5 TACTICA (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/persona-5-ta...
A handy thread of puzzlers, logic games, and all-round cerebral endeavours that we're covering on The Pixel Empire from January to March 🧵👇 #gaming #retrogaming #reviews
New site banners, new theme! Sometimes we like a good mental workout from our gaming. For the next few months, we'll be celebrating a range of puzzlers and cerebral games... As well as our usual mix of everything 😉😊 www.thepixelempire.net 🟡🟢🔴
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! 😊
🟡 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...
50 platforms now covered, and the big thread finally finished. See if you can discover some interesting curios 😊👇 🟡🟢🔴 #gaming #retrogaming
For December's theme, we've a classic throwback: Breakout & Arkanoid! In addition to our usual mix, we've four reviews celebrating the block-busting lineage across PS5, PC, Amstrad CPC, and Atari Jaguar! #gaming #retrogaming #atari www.thepixelempire.net 🟡🟢🔴
🔴 Die Hard Trilogy (PlayStation) 🔫 www.thepixelempire.net/die-hard-tri... 🔴 Owlboy (PlayStation 4) www.thepixelempire.net/owlboy-ps4-r... 🔵 Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS) www.thepixelempire.net/resident-evi...
🟡 Deep Fear (Saturn) www.thepixelempire.net/deep-fear-sa... 🟢 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Xbox Series X) www.thepixelempire.net/indiana-jone... 🔵 Jenny LeClue: Detectivu (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/jenny-leclue...
🔵 Golf Story (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/golf-story-s... 🔵 Super Bomberman R (Switch) www.thepixelempire.net/super-bomber... 🟡 Lethal Enforcers (Mega-CD) 🔫 www.thepixelempire.net/lethal-enfor...
🟡 FORTUNE AND GLORY 🟢 Indiana Jones the Great Circle (2024, Xbox Series) REVIEW: @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers the return to gaming of Indiana Jones, in the capable hands of modern Wolfenstein developer MachineGames. Read/watch below! ☺️👇 #gaming #xbox 🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/indiana-jone...
🟡 JUSTIFIED 🟢 Lethal Enforcers (1993, Mega-CD) REVIEW: The first game to utilise Konami's Justifier lightgun would make its way to the Mega-CD in 1993. Its presentation may be somewhat austere, but the gameplay is a lot of fun, especially with a friend ☺️🙂 🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/lethal-enfor...
A couple of small review notes: 🔵 Super Bomberman (SWI) www.thepixelempire.net/super-bomber... (this was missing the 'verdict' text) 🟣 Sunblaze (PC) www.thepixelempire.net/sunblaze-pc-... (originally, inexplicably flagged as 'suggestive': the character bares her UPPER ARMS on the game's cover!) 😁
🟡 Star Wars: Demolition (Dreamcast) www.thepixelempire.net/star-wars-de... 🟣 Sunblaze (PC) www.thepixelempire.net/sunblaze-pc-... 🔴 Mechwarrior 2 (PS) www.thepixelempire.net/mechwarrior-...
🟡 Ax Battler (Game Gear) www.thepixelempire.net/ax-battler-a... 🔵 RoboCop: Rogue City (PS5) www.thepixelempire.net/robocop-rogu... 🔵 Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) www.thepixelempire.net/sonic-advanc...
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood.
🔵 Batman: The Bold and the Brave (DS) www.thepixelempire.net/batman-the-b... 🟡 The Lucky Dime Caper (Master System) www.thepixelempire.net/the-lucky-di... 🔴 Tony Hawk's Skateboarding (PlayStation) www.thepixelempire.net/tony-hawks-s...