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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).
Retro Game Night: Super Metroid
In honor of the April game club, Fred’s giving Super Metroid a try for the first time ever. Regarded as easily one of the strongest titles on the SNES, if not of all time, I get started to see what all the fuss is about with the title that is responsible for the “Metroid” in “MetroidVania“.
Retro Game Challenge: Radiant Silvergun
For those of you gearing up for this week’s Gaming History 101 shmup game club, we’ve got the Radiant Silvergun campaign through to completion on a video here. Don’t expect the best playing in the world, I’m okay but I’m no match for the one-lifers who take this game on. It was more like 50 lives in my case, but nonetheless, I managed to complete the game despite some self destructing bosses.
Version: Resident Evil Intro Movies
In this episode of Version, we dissect the different intro movies found in the original Resident Evil. It was heavily altered in the US versions so we hunted down a Japanese version to compare the difference and even included the Gamecube remake for posterity.
Podcast: Guardian Heroes Game Club
This week we are joined by Horseplay podcast’s Yogi Lopez (@Yogizilla) and freelance retro writer Jam (@Jamalais) to discuss Sega’s gem for the Saturn Guardian Heroes. A surprisingly deep hack-and-slash with RPG elements and even a fully controlled NPC, this title ushered out 2D sprites and a genre that was much beloved in the early-to-mid 1990s.
Let’s Play Michigan: Report from Hell
Here’s our complete Let’s Play of the PS2 Japan/Europe exclusive by Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51, Michigan: Report from Hell.
Retro Game Challenge: Daze Before Christmas
Merry Christmas fellow readers. Today we are looking at one of the only true Christmas themed games, which is also one of the most rare 16-bit titles released. Originally developed by then newcomer Funcom, Daze Before Christmas took a whopping year to develop (most games took 4-6 months back then) and was really just a conversion of the developer’s other game We’re Back: A Dinosaur Tale. It eventually wrapped up and publisher Sunsoft decided to release it exclusively to Australia (a PAL region) in 1994, which is why the title is expensive and hard to find. Near the end of the summer of release (most games came out in the summer to prepare for word-of-mouth advertising in the holiday season) an SNES port released in Europe, but only in Germany, which again explains its rarity on that platform. Sunsoft USA had begun work on a US version for both consoles but it was canceled as Sunsoft USA was nearing its closing in late 1994.
It’s really too bad because aside from being super easy, the game is a solid Christmas themed platformer with Santa as the playable character, bright colorful graphics, and a synth Christmas soundtrack. While a legitimate copy will cost you on the upwards of $100+ today (not to mention the mods needed to a Genesis/SNES to actually fit the cart in your console), reproduction carts like the one I got are much more affordable around $30-$40 online. For a game that can be completed by almost any seasoned gamer in about an hour and a very narrow theme that may seem like a hefty price tag, but I’ve seen people pay more than that for a copy of fellow holiday game Christmas Nights so supply does justify the purchase. Either way, Merry Christmas and enjoy Daze Before Christmas. Friendly warning: I get too close to the mic for portions of the playthrough so I apologize for the jet engine breathing.
Retro Game Night: RE Gun Survivor 2 and Michigan
For this week’s video and Retro Game Night we are playing requested titles Biohazard (Resident Evil) Gun Survivor 2 (Japanese Version) and Michigan: Report from Hell (European English Version). Both titles only released in Japan and Europe so here they are in all your viewing glory. Michigan is a complete let’s play series. Due to language and violence both of the games and the commentary, viewer discretion is advised.
Video: Happy Friday the 13th
In honor of our favorite Fridays of the year we play a little Friday the 13th for the NES. Feel free to check out our review of it as well.
First Timers: Shinobi (PS2)
Per a request by listener Yuri (@JamesFortengard), Fred plays the Playstation 2 title Shinobi. In First Timers we play a movie for roughly 30-60 minutes and decide whether or not we want to continue. This opinion can be approved or vetoed by the audience with comments here or on the video as well as thumbs up on YouTube or likes on this article.
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