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With Ys IX finally out in English and for the masses willing to fork over a bit of extra money for a niche RPG game, it's high time we made a quick feature about the long-running Falcom series a sliver of people know about. So let's break it down into a buttload of questions people would ask about this seemingly alien series. We won't go into fu...
Platform: PC Genre: 2D Zelda Clone If you need an early 2021 retro gaming fix, you should give the indie title Ocean's Heart a go. This action-adventure title plays like you would a 2D Legend of Zelda title: you explore the islands and continents you're in, solve puzzles, kill bad guys, and gain power-ups that make you progress through dunge...
Happy Halloween 2020, everyone! To pay tribute to this lovely haunting week, here's a mixtape and retrospective of Silent Hill's music maker & ambience/rock/industrial video game music king Akira Yamaoka. https://youtu.be/Orus_-QwH28 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - The 90s (16-bit era with the SNES and Sega Megadrive) 11:52 - Late 90s...
Originally published in 1st November 2019. It's the week of Halloween, everybody! So it's only inevitable that we have to bring up the video game that was inspired by the festive spooky season and Universal Monster movies: Castlevania. Before Konami became "#F*** Konami", the company was publishing and developing sequels, spin-offs, and what-...
Rare and Dlala Studio's Battletoads sequel/remake for the PC and Xbox One may not be for everyone, but it definitely delivers on the thrills of a 2D multi-genre action game. And also will curb-stomp your hopes and dreams. We've prepared this "no commentary" walkthrough for most of the tough segments in the game, as well as how to get all the art...
Platform(s): PC, Xbox One Genre: 2D beat-em-up with a LOT of racing and minigame bits spliced in Throwbacks to 90s games can be tricky to design. You don't want to alienate your fanbase with your recreation of a wayback title, yet you kinda want to accommodate newbies who are curious at best. Some titles do it well like this year's Streets of Rag...
If you want to play the original Shantae game on Game Boy Color, you may need to fork out US$4,000 for a boxed copy. Assuming you still have a working Game Boy Color, of course. Short of using emulators, there isn't much else you can do if you want a physical copy of the first-ever WayForward genie Metroidvania series. That is until now, thanks to...
Sega recently announced its latest mini retro console: the Astro City Mini. It's obviously based after one of the best arcade cabinets that support ST-V and Naomi JAMMA boards, but in mini form. if you've played an awesome Sega arcade game or fighting game in the late 90s and early 2000s, it's definitely on an Astro City. The Astro City Mini a mor...
Studio Zenovia will release their tribute to early 90s 16-bit platforming and Bionic Commando-esque action in the form of Steel Assault. The PC Steam retro-tailored title will be out in 2020. It features the following: Fast-paced 2D platforming where your main character Taro Takahashi punches, whips, and ziplines his way through a ton of linear ...
Originally posted on 31st July 2019. This feature is brought forward to celebrate the release of Command & Conquer Remastered. Check out this special SoundScape discography video on Frank Klepacki, the composer responsible for the kick-ass sounds of the Command & Conquer franchise. Find out about his old and recent sound works here. h...
Hell yeah, THIS is what I'm talking about. Dotemu just announced that in the upcoming fourth game, you can unlock and play as characters in past Streets of Rage games in their 16-bit pixelated glory. These include SOR1's Axel, Blaze, and Adam, SOR2's Axel, Blaze, Skate, and Max, and SOR 3's Dr. Zan, Skate, Axel, and Blaze. Yes, it's going to look ...
Dotemu recently published a few tracks from its upcoming beat-em-up Streets of Rage 4. Here's a video where we talk a bit about it, followed by some comparisons with the old games. You don't want to miss this, retro gamers! https://youtu.be/dGenJ4JgCCk Like what you saw & heard? Subscribe to us on our YouTube channel, or follow us on Facebook...
Whenever a new game's trophies are revealed, it means we might be getting the game within a month or so. I'm guessing that's the case with Dotemu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games' sequel to Streets of Rage (or Bare Knuckle for you Japanese Megadrive gamers out there), because we have trophies! Website Exophase just listed down the PlayStation tr...
Here's a video about an SNK 1996 gem that didn't get the recognition it deserved. It's time to change that. It's called Twinkle Star Sprites; we've talked about it before, but this is the first time we've done a video on it. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/lWVbV-xcIKE...
Back in 2002, Inti Creates cemented their reputation as the go-to 2D platformer-with-a-challenge creators with the Mega Man Zero series. For so many years, they've created arguably the best Mega Man successors on the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS with four Mega Man Zero titles and two Mega Man ZX entries. Each of these entries significantly...
The name Kazuhisa Hashimoto may be lost to some folks, but a majority of old-school gamers may know of his landmark contribution: the Konami Code. The person behind the world's most famous cheat code has passed away recently. He was 79. This announcement was made by his friend Yuji Takenouchi, a veteran sound designer for games. https://twitter.c...
10 years. A ton of games. You know where we're going with this. To celebrate our long-standing hobby and because it's been a decade, let's celebrate and feature all the noteworthy games that have cropped up throughout the years from 2010 to 2019. https://youtu.be/FnGKEqmi8Hc That's awesome. But what about the most influential games of all time? We...
The Sonic The Hedgehog movie is out this week. Seeing the blue furball in action did trigger some unpleasant memories. No, we're not talking about the first draft Sonic we saw with the human teeth. This turn of events reminded me of the number of video game clones made to cash in on the success of Sega's first-ever Sonic The Hedgehog game. Yes,...
Remember VVVVVV? The 2D gravity-flipping platformer made by one Terry Cavanagh with the awesome soundtrack? Here's a quick reminder. Keep in mind: you can't jump in this game. You have to rely on flipping gravity whenever. Fun! And brutally difficult on your first few tries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJvwxb7KuGk To celebrate this awesome p...
In case you couldn't tell byour recent Facebook cover page updates, we REALLY dig the pixel artwork of the PS1. It's funny: despite the console having limited capabilities in doing 2D sprites when compared to the Sega Saturn in the same era, somehow or other it came out as the better console in the long-run when it comes to overall graphics. Simp...
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