Before there was Halo, there was Marathon. Bungie Software‘s first successful FPS series, Marathon is availible for a free download and is playable on the Sega Dreamcast. The downloadable game image contains Marathon and it’s two sequels Marathon 2: Durandal, and Marathon: Infinity. Bungie Software released the source code of the Mac OS version of […]
Over in the forums, alonzobots brought up the topic of an installment in the Bubble Bobble series that I was unaware of. Bubble Memories: The Story of Bubble Bobble III is a rare arcade game from Taito that plays like the original Bubble Bobble but this time huge bubbles can be blown into which multiple […]
You can now purchase your own official Retro Gamer t-shirt. With the help of CafePress, I was able to design a slick new shirt and offer it to you are a very reasonable price — only $8.99. The design is a combination of the RetroGaming logo and the Sega Genesis logo font. I thought it […]
X-Men vs. Street Fighter was Capcom’s first crossover fighting game and it caused quite a stir during the time of its release. As a child of the 80’s, I was raised playing Street Fighter 2 in the arcades during my early teen years and later moved onto the Street Fighter Alpha series and X-Men: Children […]
Just when you were getting over the fact that you could play Sonic the Hedgehog games on Nintendo platforms, you can now play an original Super Mario game on a Sony PSP. While it is not made by Nintendo, Super Mario Mini is a beautiful hombrew effort by Arguru. This is by far the best […]
Jet Grind Radio (known as Jet Set Radio outside of North America) is one of my favorite games of all time, but as I realized my Dreamcast has been getting neglected as of late, I thought I would pull out this unique title and give it another whirl. Since I haven’t played the game in […]
One of my first impressions of this game was “Mechs meets Metal Slug”. It’s an impressive but very tough 2D Mech shooter with some spectacular graphics and gameplay. It never made it over to the US, but it is definitely worth looking into if you are a shooter fan. The original Assault Suit Leynos, renamed […]
Advance Guardian Heroes brings back the original Saturn game’s style of gameplay, but its unbelievably irritating technical problems and underwhelming art style doesn’t bring back the magic fans might be expecting. Graphics/Presentation: 5 When you first start up Advance Guardian Heroes, you can tell right away that this isn’t going to be as good as […]
Just wanted to let everybody know that I’m not planning on selling Saturn Chips, RAM Carts, and other related goodies for too much longer. It’s been fun while it lasted, but I’m finding that with increased costs and my limited time (I have a full-time job now), its just not worth it for me anymore. […]
Sega-16 has a exceptional article about the history of Sega’s Shining Force series. It goes into depth about various aspects of these tactical RPG games. From the article’s intro: “Very few RPG series stand the test of time. Sure, a few sequels might spring up here and there over the course of a few years, […]
Benjamin Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) is one of the greatest console hackers the gaming community has ever known. Not only does Ben have the amazing technical knowledge and great design sense, but he is also a riot to converse with. In case you are not familiar with his work, Ben basically takes full game systems […]
Both the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS are getting their “new versions” of Bubble Bobble (Evolution and Revolution, respectfully), but they aren’t looking too spiffy right now. I will cover these titles more in depth soon, but for now, I decided to cover a more deserving Bubble Bobble title that received a bit less […]
Back in July of ’05, I mentioned that Sega was working on a graphically enhanced version of the first Panzer Dragoon game (originally for the Saturn) for the PS2. Since the original was a great game, but had rough graphics, I was very interested in this upgrade. Today, Famitsu magazine released some new screens of […]
I have just finished reading one of the most interesting gaming articles I’ve read in the last month or so. Siliconera’s “The Business of Reprints” discusses a new company that legally reprints rare games. It involves a hot topic among game collectors as it benefits gamers that missed out on some high-quality, rare games, but […]
Do you remember that feeling you get when you first turn on the game? That thrill of something new and exciting. Remember when you had got your N64, you turned it on for the first time with Mario inside. BLING! It’s A Me, A Mario! It screamed at you. Do you remember that enchantement followed […]
