A Critical Hit!
Investigating forgotten gaming history, especially where it involves playable female protagonists.
- Created by Critical Kate Willaert
- Located in United States - Minnesota
- January 2011
- Free
Recent posts
May 11, 2026
In the 12 years since the video was uploaded, it’s only received a little over 300 views. But this short film contains 12 minutes of slides and Super 8 footage documenting the creation of an unfinished game from legendary ‘80s publisher Palace Software, that released a string of critical and…
April 10, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7bFe4oddy0 Released in the UK by Palace Software three months before Metroid , Cauldron II was a sequel to a platform collect-em-up inspired by Jet Set Willy . But the initial seeds for the project actually grew out of an attempt to do a computer game adaptation of…
February 11, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orrewVQYqzc Released in the UK by Mirrorsoft one month before Metroid , Dynamite Dan II was a sequel to a platform collect-em-up inspired by Jet Set Willy . The original Dynamite Dan was the first big hit for Mirrorsoft — the software arm of UK newspaper The Daily…
