This new 2D Platformer turns the tables on traditional Mario games — this time Princess Peach has to save Mario and Luigi. US Release Date: February 27, 2006 Preorder At Amazon.com Preview tidbits: “This is the best old school Mario style game since Yoshi’s island and it will keep me happy until the new Mario […]
As I progress into my 2nd year of blogging, I wanted to set a few solid goals for the site. I’ve already committed myself to post more frequently, and I think it has helped this past month or so. Here’s my goals for 2006: Post Meta-Reviews of every retro-themed release Review Previous-Gen Games on a […]
This past weekend I picked up the Dr. Mario/Puzzle League combo for the Gameboy Advance. It just came out last week and retails for $30, but I scored it for $12.98 at Meijer. Anyway, I’ve been waiting for this release for quite a while since the Japanese Gamecube version looked so good. This cartridge offers […]
The C4 Saturn Homebrew Contest is over, results are determined and the C4CD is out, too. You can find all entries, screenshots, judge comments, and the resulting CD at the C4 results page For reference and prize info, check out the C4 main website Congratulations to vreuzon who one the Saturn Modchip I donated to […]
In Japan at least, that is. Sega will supposedly be selling Dreamcasts again in Japan. There was a German site that had more information, but it was recently taken down. Engadget has this to say Sega’s not flapping their yapper so far as we can tell, but German gaming site Gamefront.de is claiming they’re going […]
Games based on children’s cartoon shows haven’t always sucked. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, Capcom produced a great deal of entertaining games with licensed Disney themes for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Many of them were quite challenging, but Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers is one of the titles that I feel had […]
I want to thanks the thousands upon thousands of readers that checked out my latest piece, “Top 20 Games That Nobody Played — But You Should“. I spent 3 full days piecing the thing together — painfully adding and subtracting titles I believed in. I find it funny to pour through the hundreds of comments […]
Ever since I bought Advance Wars for the GBA, I’ve been facinated by strategy games. It’s a shame I didn’t get into the genre earlier. But over the last few years I’ve tried to make up for lost time and dive into some of the older titles that built up to the titles such as […]
There are hundreds of excellent games that have been released over the last two decades that never quite got the attention and sales they deserved. Many times it is because of lousy marketing, but at least some of these games find an afterlife as a cult classic. While not all of these titles are “retro”, […]
The Mushroom Kingdom posts: Deep within Super Mario Bros. 3 lie hidden, unused levels. Some of them seem polished, with working goals and plenty of enemies, while others are devoid of enemies, lacking exits, or too short to be full levels. Whether they evolved into other levels, or were merely used for testing, the “lost […]
The original Power Stone was one of the most exciting launch titles on the Dreamcast. It built on many of the arena fighting concepts established by Poy Poy on the Playstation. Power Stone was also Capcom’s first successful attempt at bringing their quirky by killer style of fighting to the third dimension. Power Stone 2 […]
Those of you that frequent my site are probably familiar with this topic, but I thought I would write a guide for new readers that are looking to play backups on the Saturn. The Sega Saturn is possibly one of the best systems for 2D gaming and has a number of enjoyble 3D titles as […]
One of the main requests I have recieved over the last year is to start a message board forum. So, now that I have a full hosting plan, I have opened one up. I have a few topics posted to get the discussion started. Feel free to join and make your presence known. RetroGaming with […]
marshallh at the benheck.com forums is playing around with a way to get more power out of the SuperFX chip. The chip is the extra power behind SNES 3D classics such as Starfox, Stunt Race FX, and Doom. Read the thread for more details and pictures.
I’ve found yet another interesting front-end for your collection of emulators. Maximus Arcade offers more of a full-screen kiosk interface and offers a bit of eye candy. However, for you cheapskates, it only offers a limited time demo for free. After the demo runs out, you need to pay up $20 to register it. It […]
