Gaming History 101

For Fred’s triumphant return to streaming with Retro Game Night with two games you’ve (probably) never played.

First up, in honor of horror and October, is Laplace no Ma (loosely translated to Laplace’s Demon) that is a hybrid survival horror and dungeon crawling RPG.  Developed by Group SNE and published by Vic Tokai on the Super Famicom, this is a unique 16-bit follow-up to the concept first started by Sweet Home.  Thanks to a fan translation, it is now playable in English.

To wrap up the show, Fred takes a look at the recently unearthed prototype cart of Shadowhawk, based off the Jim Valentino comic of the same name.  Originally planned to release on the SNES in the early 90s, this 2D side scrolling platformer was lost to time and lack of a publisher only to be discovered nearly two decades later.  You can find this ROM here and it is playable in emulators or on actual hardware via flash cart.