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Retro Game Night: Putty Squad and Gameboy Mortal Kombat
This week we finally got our hands on Mortal Kombat for the Gameboy to complete the circle and supplement the original Mortal Kombat Versions Video. Additionally the PS4 title Putty Squad is apparently pretty terrible, however the game was originally released on the SNES and we’ve got a copy to try out.
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.
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.
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.
Sega CD Marathon-athon, Part 1
User/listener Mark E. on Facebook recently put that he wants more Sega CD as a reward for hitting some fantastic numbers for the podcast in March. How could I say no to a bunch of content on my favorite console? As a result I’m pulling all the games from my Sega CD collection (over 100 strong) and playing them all in alphabetical sequence in a new video series I call the “Sega CD Marathon-athon”. In part 1 we kick off the beginning of the alphabet with 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Adventures of Batman & Robin, Afterburner III, The Animals! (Presented by the San Diego Zoo), and finally B.C. Racers. I did have to skip over Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder and for some reason Adventures of Willy Bemish was hidden in the Ws instead of the As, so watch for longer solo videos and write-ups of those soon. As it stands I’m not doing review/retrospective write-ups on any of these games because, well, you’ll see.
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.
Gaming History 101 