Presented by Ack By 1992, Nintendo was crushing the competition in the handheld market with a piece of handheld hardware that was technically out of date when compared to its main sources of competition. But with a little ingenuity, great battery life, and some serious gameplay, the Game Boy continued to hold its own against […]
Now that the 360 has been on the market for a number years now, we’re starting to see some big name titles come down to single-digit prices. And as long as you willing to go digging around in the used-game market, you can starting building an impressive game library for much less than the […]
 Presented by Ivo New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club This month’s Together Retro title is a turn-based Strategy RPG, and part of the Shining series. Shining Force’s Legacy and What Made It Special The Shining series started as first-party Sega games with RPG elements (so Sega’s major RPG-based IP in addition […]
We do our best to keep our Rare & Valuable series updated and useful, but we have been missing some of the more obscure consoles from our guides.  Our first step to filling in the gaps is by tackling the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.  While there aren’t a lot of high-demand cult-classics on the 3DO like there is […]
Presented by Ack Let’s face it, there’s not a lot that Nintendo does that fans don’t notice. When a new game is discussed, mentioned, or even hinted at, the fans are there. When Nintendo holds a conference, fans set their schedules to make sure they won’t miss a word. And when Nintendo so much as […]
 Presented by Flake New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Welcome to Together Retropiece Theatre. For this month’s installment we look to a classic tale of love in the speculative dramatic feature “Splatterhouseâ€, a treatise on the lengths an academic beleaguered by paranormal antagonistic forces will go to in order to reunite […]
Presented by Dsheinem This past summer I decided to take a leap that a lot of retro gaming enthusiasts ponder, but far too few ever follow through with: I decided to add some kind of dedicated arcade experience to my gaming setup. I have long owned some very nice arcade-style fightsticks by companies like Hori, […]
Presented by Ack When people think survival horror, they tend to think of the classics: late night game sessions with Resident Evil or Silent Hill on the PlayStation, nightmares from Alone in the Dark on the 3DO, scaring themselves silly with Eternal Darkness on the Nintendo Gamecube. But the PlayStation 2 deserves some of the […]
Presented by retrosportsgamer and racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Since Together Retro’s inception back in March of 2008, there have been two sports titles spotlighted with the gaming club. Punch-Out!! and NBA Jam were golden choices as games that originated in the arcades before making their way to […]
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Presented by Ack Part of the Retro Gaming 101 Series USA, 1997. Nintendo had just proven with the Japanese Pokemon craze that its nearly 10-year-old Game Boy still had the ability to dominate the handheld market without even trying, keeping themselves afloat despite problems with their two most recent console releases, the Nintendo 64 and […]
Even though retro-styled games are making a comeback of sorts, important establishments that are part of retro gaming culture such as arcades and stores that stock retro games and gear are still on the decline. Since these establishments are becoming such a rarity, we need to keep retro gamers educated where existing places are located and […]
Presented by Ack This guide is part of the Defining Games Series Nintendo’s third major console release has had some interesting times. While some reviewers praised its 3D graphics, its quality platformers and solid first-, subsidiary, and second-party support, others blasted its use of cartridges, its lack of solid fighting games and RPGs, and its […]
Presented by fastbilly1 New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Imagine an RTS where you do not have dircet control individual troops but rather indirect control? Where you dont tell the workers to trade their plows for swords to go to war, but rather you must convince them to. That is what […]
I was alerted that the recent Shmups 101 guide didn’t show up in the RSS feed, so I wanted to make sure you all didn’t miss it. I was really happy with how it turned out and it might be our most epic post ever. So here’s a link if you haven’t seen it. Shmups […]
