Its rare for me to review, but I feel compelled to reward developers who really have something special. Developers like Jeff Minter and his unbelievable minotron2112, deflex, and Caverns of Minos stand out as being revolutionary on this platform. I am very faithful to developers who show me something special.This developer has now taken a place in that upper echelon of my personal collection. There are so many appealing and addictive little touches in this game. Like Minter, this dev seems to understand what makes gamers tick: great controls, lots of gameplay, achievements and things to earn, and plenty of diversity. Each new level has a new look, with new enemies, and part of the appeal comes from playing to see what comes next. The gameplay itself is a blast, and the Engrish just feels perfect to me. Very colorful, and definitely HARD to put down. Thanks again xionchannel! I'll be back for more!

This one took me by surprise. I normally dislike pixel art retro graphics, but it had regular line art cutscenes that introduced the two main characters, who both have snarky personalities and some very funny lines if you can recognize the anime pop culture references. The default control scheme is definitely NOT retro, it takes full advantage of the ability to swipe and lets you target enemies with ease. But if you'd rather switch to a virtual button control scheme, various options are available to you. Other than the graphics, which are pretty basic outside of the cutscenes, the production values are quite high. The 16-bit console era style music is very catchy and the sound effects are crisp. Really fun app, this will be on my device for a while.

I loved the first game ElectroMaster by XionChannel! It combined great, colorful 8-bit visuals; a creative approach to touch controls; cool unlockables; a lengthy campaign; and blasting cute monsters to rack up high scores proved addictive! Now the sequel HungryMaster is even better! Now the game has beautiful artwork stills between levels, brief voice blips, a new touch control method, and a very Japanese and funny sense of humor. You can tell the localization was done by non-English speakers but you'll understand it and none of the humor was lost in translation. If you liked ElectroMaster, you'll love HungryMaster! Great job, XionChannel!

I feel as if I should remember this from the arcades circa 1987 or so, but no! This captures the retro feel and most importantly the FUN of old games, with a great use of touchscreen to boot, although on iPad it can get a bit burdensome touching the entire screen at once. Despite the sparkles, this game is all action, and you're surrounded so quickly that later on it's nearly impossible to get those mega-combos, but it's impossible to quit trying. High score depends on it!If it was in a cabinet, it would be a quarter-eater for sure.