Just in time for all the lucky people who got a Wii for Christmas, Nintendo has updated the Virtual Console’s library with a number of top-notch titles. The most anticipated addition to Nintendo’s download service is none other than the NES version of Super Mario Bros. I’m sure this classic will be an obvious best-seller […]
Even though VG Cats would have you believe otherwise, the Nintendo Gamecube is not yet dead. The Gamecube seems to be taking a page from the Dreamcast’s book of survival by bring 2D shooters in at the last moment to satisfy hardcore gamers. In fact, as reported a while back, the Dreamcast shmup, Radirgy (which […]
One of the great things about the Playstation 2 at launch was the ability to not only play a huge library of PS1 games on the new console, but the graphics also had some slight enhancements. Nearly everything was compatible and looked great. Unfortunately, that has not been the case with the new Playstation 3. […]
It’s Monday again and Nintendo is treating Wii owners to some additional retro selections on the Virtual Console. The headlining title this week is Military Madness from the Turbografx 16. This precursor to strategy games like Advance Wars was one of the TG16 games that has aged the best and has inspired sequels/spinoffs on the […]
It’s a tragedy that the Sega Dreamcast was killed off so early. Not only did the console have some much potential, but Sega also had a number of games that were ready for retail, but just never got released. Propeller Arena is one of the most famous of the unreleased Dreamcast games as it used […]
Remember all those rumors about a new handheld gaming system from Sega? Well, it turns out that they weren’t completely false. As I suspected, the new handheld is basically a portable version of those TV Games devices. The Coleco Sonic handheld (also known as the Play Pal in Canada) features 20 classic SEGA titles from […]
We begin our journey in a cave with our ambidexterous quadruplet orphans, unless you are playing the DS version and you have a “well thought out†party of heroes… Head the only way you can, looting as you go, until you are met with your first boss. The land turtle should be a fairly easy […]
 You begin in a fight with four darkknights. This fight is ofcourse a loosing battle and soon after you loose Firion will wake up in a room with two white mages. They ofcourse state the obvious in their cliché phrases: “You are lucky to be alive†and what not. Soon after you begin to […]
We begin with the party of Light Warriors outside of the providence of Coneria. All the towns are the same, so no reason to go to each of them (this applies throughout the game). In the original game you did not have to go talk to the king and you could just head out on […]
I’ve known about AtariAge and their excellent resources for classic Atari fans, but I had no idea that they sold homebrew game cartridges on their site until this recent Kotaku post. Anyway, the AtariAge community has put together a homebrew compilation of Pac-Man games and created a spiffy little package that is playable on the […]
Classic-gaming XBox 360 owners can now do another little happy dance in celebration of more titles becoming playable on their polygon-pumping XBox 360s. Fans of the Dreamcast series, Shenmue will enjoy the fact that the XBox version of Shenmue II is now compatible with the 360. Now they just need to port the original Shenmue […]
Thanks to the great people over at gp2xstore.com, I have a new gadget to play with (and I will be playing with it a LOT). The GP2X is basically a Dreamcast (with its great homebrew scene) in a PSP shell. I have known about the GP2X (and its predecessor, the GP32) and its emulation/media capabilities […]
The side-scrolling beat-em-up is still alive. However, you better keep your fingers crossed if you want it to be worth your time. Even though we were never treated to a Streets of Rage 4, the Sega Saturn was privileged to have an excellent port of Die Hard Arcade (aka Dynamite Deka in Japan) and the […]
If you haven’t learned this by now, the Sega Saturn is filled with beautiful 2D games. And who better to create a unique 2D game than the cult-classic machine known as Treasure. Treasure once again, pushed the 2D envelope to the max on both the Saturn and PSX with a little-known game by the name […]
Sometimes it can be a challenge to find high-quality gaming artwork that you don’t have to import from Japan and/or doesn’t look like something a 12-year-old would have in their bedroom. So far ,the most original and more affordable (but mostly unknown) way to accomplish a modern and sophisticated look with gaming artwork is a […]
