Presented by: Fastbilly1 & Racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club In carnivals there are few games that are as compelling the young and old alike and of those few the Shooting Gallery is always the biggest draw. With history back to the early 1800s, the Shooting Gallery has been […]
Presented by Ack See also: Survival Horror 101 and Survival Horror Games and Franchises That Defined the Genre The success of Resident Evil for the PlayStation really brought horror games to the forefront of gaming, finally giving them a genre name to call their own. Unfortunately, much like the success of Street Fighter during the […]
My goal with this little site it to provide a place that is as useful and practical as possible for anyone that is looking to build upon or maximize their classic gaming collection.  However, since we have such a diverse readership here, I thought it might be a good idea to run a poll every […]
Note from racketboy: A special thanks goes out to Ack from this roundup of the N64 fighting library. Â You may remember his journey through the SNES fighting collection (both the good and the ugly) in addition to a number of other wonderful contributions. Â I hope you enjoy this guide! When people think of the Nintendo […]
Note from racketboy: Special thanks goes to Ack for putting most of this guide together! The RetroGaming 101 series is aimed at gamers who are just starting out in the classic gaming scene or are curious about an older console that they don’t know much about yet. Originally designed to be a peripheral for the […]
Note from racketboy: Following up on his epic Saturn Shmups Guide, BulletMagnet, walks us through the original Playstation’s well-rounded shooter lineup. It’s difficulty to declare a solid winner in the 32-bit 2D shooter wars, but the PS1 puts up an awesome fight against the Saturn. This guide will take us on a journey through the […]
Note from racketboy: I’d like to thanks our newest contributor, Zen Albatross, for his personal, yet entertaining look into one of the most influential games in his life, Mario Paint. I’m guessing he is not the only one that was impacted by this gem from the 16-bit era, so I hope you all enjoy reading […]
Presented by: Fastbilly1 & Racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club “You look like a dairy farmer” “How appropriate you fight like a cow” Secret of Monkey Island: Sword Fighting Quote Monkey Island is hands down one of the best series in gaming. It is funny, good for playing as […]
As another year winds down, it’s time to take a look back at some of the retro/old-school releases that 2008 has brought us. Overall, we’ve seen a great deal of variety on a number of different platforms and distribution models. We’ve seen a number of old franchises returning — both in remastered form and brand […]
Note from racketboy: Special thanks goes to Chrono for putting most of this guide together! The RetroGaming 101 series is aimed at gamers who are just starting out in the classic gaming scene or are curious about an older console that they don’t know much about yet. Before Sega made wave with the Genesis/Megadrive in the 16-bit […]
If you’ve played all the blockbuster games on the PS2 (or PS3) already and need to dig into the lesser-known-but-equally-exciting games, this is the guide for you. Â I’ve had long discussions with many experienced PS2 owners in order to determine a list of all the best PS2 games that most people haven’t played (or possibly […]
Note from racketboy: Forum regular, Nickfil recently shared his research on the different Neo-Geo options for mere mortals like us that would love to have the real SNK hardware, but aren’t loaded with all the cash to go with the purely expensive AES route. Â He was kind enough to let me share it here. Â Enjoy! […]
Even though we just started playing the original Castlevania for the Together Retro game club less than a week ago, some of our members have already completed it. And since there are so many other great games in the series on an array of different platforms, I wanted to ask the racketboy community about which […]
Note from racketboy: As a suplement to the already monumental Playstation Shmups Guide, BulletMagnet, thought it would be interesting to take a look at some shooter-stlyle minigames that are included in other PS1 games. Aside from the huge amount of stand-alone shooter releases, a handful of non-shmup Playstation games included “mini-shmups†hidden in distant corners […]
If you enjoy this guide, check out the rest of our Defining Games of Retro Gaming series The Sony PlayStation essentially came out of nowhere in the mid 1990’s to take on both Nintendo and Sega in the heated console wars. With some impressive technology, ease of development and a heavy marketing budget behind them, […]
