I must admit, I was a tad skeptical about this title when it was first announced, but I heard good things about it, played the demo, and then played the full game. Now I have to say this is actually a very well-crafted effort by Nintendo and will be welcomed addition to any retro-gamer’s portable […]
I’ve always been a big fan of gaming history. I also love 2D fighters. So imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this nice article about the History of The King of Fighters series. While the article is about 2 years old, it does round up the series up until KOF 2002. I also appreciate […]
During the Microsoft CES keynote, Peter Moore announced that Street Fighter 2 is coming the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade. That’s right, the game that re-ignited the arcade scene a decade ago will be making its way to every XBox 360. SFII along with more than 20 other titles would be available on […]
Combining elements of real-time strategy and resource management into a shmup, Herzog Zwei (“Duke 2†in German) is possibly one of the best games on Sega’s 16-bit powerhouse. Herzog Zwei is a two-player game in which the object is to destroy the enemy’s base. To accomplish this, the player was able to construct an assortment […]
I was wondering how long it would take somebody to take one of those “TV Games” and hack it to play other classics… Silver and Kotomi have taken the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive TV Game (like this one on Amazon.com) which originally only had a handful of games built into it and turned it into what appears […]
Although it may not mean a whole lot, Sonic CD is definitely one of the top 5 games on the Sega CD. If you owned a Sega CD, you probably bought Sonic CD. It is a traditional Sonic game featuring colorful graphics, a quality soundtrack, smooth control, a vicious sense of speed, and wicked-cool level […]
I just stumbled across what appears to be a French blog that has an array of modified consoles. Each post showcases consoles that either have functional modications performed or custom painjobs. I’m not sure if the author does them all himself, but they are very beautiful and I will be subscribing to his feed in […]
Just wanted to share a quick link to a mainstream article about retro gaming: reviewjournal.com: Appreciating the classic arcade games
Die Hard Arcade (aka Dynamite Deka in Japan) is, of course, loosely based on the first Die Hard movie, with some major character and plot changes thrown in to fit the video game medium. In DHA, you start on the roof of the Nakatomi Building and work your way up and down the building in […]
There has been quite a buzz from the Sega’s USB Saturn controllers. Even though they are very cool products, there are a number of people that would like to take their exisiting Saturn controllers and hack into their own USB controller. There is an excellent guide at GameSX.com that walks you through the entire process […]
I just noticed this magazine cover from a new issue of Game Developer. Derek Yu, the artist behind this creative and beautiful piece of art, posted it on his blog and I just happened to stumble upon it. I might just have to hunt down a copy just for the cover. Althought I would really […]
Ben Heck just doesn’t stop. The master of all consoles portable has just unvieled his new portable Colecovision. This classic system is another addition to his long line of portable accomplishments. On his page, Ben mentions, “This was a custom job I did by request, the second of the year (First being the Neo Geo […]
This colorful beat-em-up was released near the end of the life of the Sega Genesis (and came in those cruddy cardboard boxes). Instead of featuring a hero that simply walked down a city street and beat people up, Comix Zone had the game’s hero sucked into his own comic book creation and battle his own […]
As just about every gamer has noticed, the gaming market has been flooded with sequel upon sequel (Tony Hawk, anyone?) — many of which aren’t a great improvement over the last increment. You can’t blame the publishers too much as they wouldn’t be putting them out if gamers weren’t buying them in droves. But wouldn’t […]
There’s a new petition online to try and convince Sega to continue making the 2D Sonic games we all loved. Actually, it’s asking for a 16-bit game, but, as you can tell from my recent “Sega, I Dare You” post, I support taking full advantage of the newer systems’ power — as long as they […]
