Archive for the ‘Retro Game Night’ Category
Retro Game Night: Sega Master System Brawl, Streets of Rage 2 hack, and Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic!
This week we’re covering a lot of ground in a little bit of time. Not to be outdone by the upcoming Wii U Smash Bros, Sega fans made a Genesis/Mega Drive homebrew of classic Master System characters and levels duking it out entitled Sega Master System Brawl and we check it out. Then we move on to a color enhancing hack on Streets of Rage 2 that is said to bring it closer to SNES quality (and we put the original’s gameplay in the corner for comparison). Finally we play the Famicom Disk System (FDS) title Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic! which you all probably know better as it released in the US as Super Mario Bros 2 on the NES. Like Streets of Rage, we put the original gameplay in the corner for comparison. This was played on original hardware with either original games or a flash cart for homebrew/hacks, no emulation.
Retro Game Night: Shadow of Rome
This week’s Retro Game Night is all about the Romans. For July’s game club we are playing Shadow of Rome for the Playstation 2 and we give it the usual first glance and initial impressions. For load time optimization I have placed a graphic instead of an embedded video. Click on it to watch.
Video: Retro Game Night with Dino Crisis 2 and Dead Rising 3 DLC
This week for Retro Game Night we are playing Dino Crisis 2 to wrap up the game club for June and trying out the fan service that is Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Edition Ex Plus Alpha (Dash).
Video: Retro Game Night – Dino Crisis
One of this week’s Retro Game Night titles kicks off the June game club with 1999’s Dino Crisis. Click on the box art above to view the video. From Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, this game was simply put as Resident Evil meets Jurassic Park, even at the admission of the game’s characters. In this video we play the first hour with commentary and get you set up for an interesting take on the survival horror genre. We are doing both the first and second game for June, so watch for the sequel coming in two weeks.
Video: Retro Game Night – Zillion
It’s taken a bit to get uploaded but this first part of Retro Game Night is going to be the “Metroid-like” (MetroidVania) title Zillion for the Sega Master System. Click on the image above to be taken to the video.
Retro Game Night: Yakuza (PS2)
This week for the May game club we are taking a first look at the PS2 title Yakuza. Although the Sega series garnered more attention in its PS3 ventures, the PS2 original is said to be great.
May the Fourth Be With You: Super Star Wars (SNES)
For part one of this week’s Retro Friday we are celebrating May the Fourth with the SNES title Super Star Wars. Known for its impressive graphics and sound, this title was also revered for its punishing difficulty. We handle it the best way we can: with swearing and mockery. Check out the video and stay tuned for the remaining members of the Super Star Wars Trilogy later this weekend! Click on the graphic above to be taken to the video.
Retro Game Night: MSX Antiques Collection
This week’s Retro Game Night features games from the short but sweet library of the MSX Japanese microcomputer. We delve into a few of the known and unknown flagship titles. This was captured from the Konami MSX Antiques Collection on the Sega Saturn console.
Retro Game Night: Einhander
This week for Retro Friday we are playing the PS1 shmup Einhander from Squaresoft. Released in 1997 this was an oddity because Square was better known for a slew of great RPGs, including Final Fantasy VII.
Retro Fridays: Unreleased Games
This week for Retro Fridays we are playing unreleased games. The Sunsoft canceled NES title Sunman, which was really a re-skin of a Superman game. An ultra violent PS1 game that was deemed too violent to release named Thrill Kill. And finally the stolen never released SNES sequel to StarFox, StarFox 2 (of which most of the gameplay was integrated into StarFox 64). All of these games were captured on actual hardware, no emulation (and we tell you how to do it too).
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