Nothing like fresh and original content on the PSP. (Ok, that’s my poke at the PSP for the day) Anyway, Sega is bring the Crazy Taxi franchise to the PSP. The new Crazy Taxi title is not a direct port or anything new. Instead it is a freshly developed version that implements the maps from […]
While the XBox 360 doesn’t try to keep up with the pace of the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console, it makes up for it in quality and value. This Week: Ms. Pac-Man January 10 400 Microsoft Points Official XBLA Page Screenshots Additional XBLA Developments: XBLA Gameplay Video of Castlevania: SOTN Next Week: Heavy Weapon Geometry Wars […]
Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the “Hidden Gems” come in. Read More About My Criteria For Hidden Gems See All The Hidden Gems Articles Platformers Obvious Choices: Sonic […]
It’s been an exciting week for fans of Sega’s trademark side-scrolling braweler, Streets of Rage. First of all, an ambitious homebrew effort has been started to revive Streets of Rage with added visuals, moves, and feautures. Of course, a Dreamcast port is anticipated, but some of the community is devoted to keeping it strictly PC. […]
With so many unique and interesting games from the past out there, I obviously don’t have time to review them all myself. This time around we have racketboy.com contributer, Gungriffon reviewing his namesake game… Introduction I am a fan of everything robot-related. Whether it be a fighting, action, strategy, or RPG, if it has robots, […]
This past September we got word that Treasure was developing a sequel to its famed shooters, Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. At that point, the rumor was simply riding on a reputable writer from PLAY magazine. The rumor is alive again thanks to one of my favorite gaming sites, insertcredit, who spotted an XBox 360 Radiant […]
It’s pretty easy to find a list of “The Top 10 Sega Saturn Games†or some similar ranking, but most of them were written back when the console was still on the retail scene and almost all of them only compare the games against other Saturn games.  (Digg This Guide) This is all fine if […]
After all the complaining about how Sega has screwed up Sonic the Hedgehog, I was pleased to see a sweet Sonic ROM hack featured on Siliconera. Sonic 1 Megamix is a ROM hack that essentially takes the levels of the first Sonic game, but throws in characters, physics and moves of the later games (including […]
Going on its ninth year of being on the retail scene (at least in Japan), the Sega Dreamcast still has three new anticipated games coming out in 2007. While I have already covered each announcement on its own, I wanted to do a recap of them as a whole along with release information, screenshots, and […]
Happy 2007 Everyone! I want to thank you all for another great year at racketboy.com, whether it be forum members and their great conversations, customers at the stores, or those subscribing to the RSS feed or reading the site every day. You have all made this place successful and made the classic gaming community so […]
After watching this series of well-produced tutorial clips from David Sirlin (Game designer and producer at Digital Eclipse), I realized I didn’t know nearly as much about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo as I thought I did. I have never considered myself an expert at the game even though I have be playing it since […]
Racing games have come a long way over the years in terms of graphical realism, but there is still a lot of room to grow in terms of enhancing the authentic feel of driving a car. Unfortunately, most of the solutions range from either the relatively cheap $50 steering wheel to a full setup that […]
Every week I will try to choose one home entertainment room/game room that I think is interesting and may give a bit of inspiration to those looking to spruce up their rooms. This week’s room grabbed my attention with its modern retro flair with some industrial touches. You’ll notice, the owner was selective in choosing […]
Every week I will try to choose one home entertainment room/game room that I think is interesting and may give a bit of inspiration to those looking to spruce up their rooms. After mentioning the XBox 360 car in my Portable XBox 360 post, I thought it would be cool to feature a more modest […]
With all the praise we give the Dreamcast for staying alive with new commercial releases, we sometimes forget about other older systems that have a new game released. In this case, racketboy.com contributer, retrogamer, shares his review of the recent Sega Genesis release of Beggar Prince. Introduction: Beggar Prince is a rare and obscure title […]
