Dead Island Retro Revenge

Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! Hell-bent on saving his cat, Max must carve a bloody path through a zombie-infested California, tearing his way through hordes of the undead, battalions of corrupt soldiers…

60 1 June 2016 ESRB M

Arcade Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Horror

Dead Island Retro Revenge is an arcade developed by Empty Clip Studios, released 1 June 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dead Island Retro Revenge is

Dead Island Retro Revenge is an arcade game developed by Empty Clip Studios and released in 2016. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! Hell-bent on saving his cat, Max must carve a bloody path through a zombie-infested California, tearing his way through hordes of the undead, battalions of corrupt soldiers, and a slew of evil-minded ex-cons. Pull off crazy combos, collect power-ups, wield super weapons, and unleash insane magic attacks as you fight to become the amazing 16-bit side-scrolling hero you've always believed yourself to be!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dead Island Retro Revenge holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2,2Ghz, 2 GB RAM and 6th Generation Intel HD graphics. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Dead Island Retro Revenge launched on 1 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom and DOOM (2016). All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom, DOOM (2016).

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Dead Island Retro Revenge gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Dead Island Retro Revenge — frequently asked questions

When did Dead Island Retro Revenge come out?

Dead Island Retro Revenge was released on 1 June 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Dead Island Retro Revenge?

At minimum, Dead Island Retro Revenge needs Intel Core 2 Duo 2,2Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 6th Generation Intel HD graphics graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Dead Island Retro Revenge?

The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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