April 2010
33 posts
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KOF '95 on Wii VC, Sonic's ring obsession,...
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Today on Wii’s Virtual Console, we see the release of King of Fighters ‘95 on the Neo Geo for 900 points. Classic fighter!
For a Friday night giggle, here’s a comic to do with poor Sonic and his obsession with his rings.
Lost that manual for that video game? Fret not, head on over to replacementdocs.com. A new site dedicated to archive video game manuals...
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Street Fighter 2 Anime reviewed, Tecmo Bowl...
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Hope you all went out to get your copies of Super Street Fighter IV. I know it’s not technically retro, but definitely a great homage of the classic Street Fighter games we’ve all grown up to love and hate.
If not? Well have a look at our review of the Street Fighter 2 Anime. So no Kylie Minogue or Van Damme’s in this one! Thanks for the write-up Paul :)
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Retrospekt Review: Street Fighter 2 The Animated...
Written by Paul Monopoli
Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie
Released 1994
By: Manga Video
Note: Before we begin, this review is written with the assumption that the reader has prior knowledge of the Street Fighter series & it’s characters. With that out of the way, on with the review…
Back in the early 90s Street Fighter 2 was a phenomenon. The original “World...
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Famicom/WiiMote hack, Tardis MAME cabinet, New...
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Oh dear goodness, I’m not sure if this is considered to be epic-retro or epic-monstrosity..
One crazy Japanese bloke decided to hack up a Wii Mote using pieces from a Famicom controller..
There seems to be a fair few Dr Who fans around isn’t there? At least we have one at Retrospekt who also is a fan of retrogaming.. And then there’s this guy:
He made a...
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Play Virtual Boy on a TV for $50k, New game for...
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Are you lucky enough to own one of these?
Well then you probably want to get one of THESE:
On eBay now for only US$50,000. A rare device which lets you play Virtual Boy on a television.
One dedicated fan has made a new Neo Geo MVS (aka the Arcade cabinet) game called Fast Striker. Here’s a trailer they’ve uploaded:
Official Website
Got an iPad yet?...
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Chiptune of the week, SEGA lays off 70+ staff,...
So I hope you all enjoyed the review of Final Fight Double Impact that Dave submitted today. So onto today’s post:
For Music Monday chiptune of the week, goes to FXLP by Mr. Spastic
Punchy, chippy fast-paced beat. Check the YouTube video for the tune.
Some sad news actually, SEGA has laid off over 70 staff for restructure to focus more on digital and downloadable games/content....
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Retrospekt Review: Final Fight Double Impact...
Written by David Kudrev
If I was to ask you to name at least one side-scrolling beat’em up from the arcades that you can recall off the top of your head from the late 80’s to early 90’s, the more well-known titles would include Double Dragon and Golden Axe, and then there’s Final Fight.
Capcom (in junction with Proper Games), have recently released Final Fight...
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Indiana Jones (SNES) on Wii VC, Octane 120...
No this isn’t what I’m going as for AvCon. Not sure if I should cosplay it up or not. I have 3 months to decide either way.
So this week on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console Store is of course Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures on the SNES (800 points). A fun game which uses the Super Star Wars engine pretty much, heck even Indy has the same animations as Han Solo (besides the...
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Retrospekt Review: Bomberman World (Arcade)
Written by Paul Monopoli
Released: 1992 By: Irem System: JAMMA/Arcade
Now I’ve said in the past that Super Bomberman 4 is the greatest game in the series. It’s a pretty bold claim considering the amount of Bomberman games out there today. Now, we all know about the home conversions, but it’s a little known fact that there were arcade releases. Neo Bomberman that was...
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Happy 21st Birthday GameBoy, $1000 NES on eBay,...
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First off I would like to say Happy 21st birthday to the Game Boy. A robust device which has survived a long stint in the market as a gaming device, which now continues to thrive as a music-making device.
This NES was sold on eBay for US$1000. What’s so significant about it one would ask? Well it was autographed by none other than Shigeru Miyamoto.
Call it what you...
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Portable N64, Robot plays Tetris, Outcast on...
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I’m a big fan of his work. I even have the book! If you’re into quirky and dry-humor comics, then do yourself a favour.
Over on the ModRetro.com forums, one dedicated fan, has made a portable Nintendo 64. The post includes gruelling videos and photos of him soldering/modifying his way through an N64 to a size which is perfect for the hands.
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Gameboys are tough, Amiga 500 iPhone app demo'd,...
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I’m sure we’ve all felt that way at least once in our lives. So okay, lets get onto today’s post, you folks have waited long enough (slight delay from the usual time I post this, so lets get to it!)
Doobybrain.com has this photo and an article about this gameboy and generally about how Game Boys are highly durable and robust pieces of machinery, like this one...
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Truth about Sonic & Mario's rivalry, Live drumming...
Lovely weekend I hope? I hope you all get a chance to check out my review of Duke Nukem 3D for the iPhone as soon as you can, in case you decide to get it for your iDevice or not.
I haven’t thought about the rivalry as of late, I mean as many of you would recall, back in the early 90’s the rivalry was thick, luckily it’s not so bad nowadays.. right?
Adelaide’s...
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Retrospekt Review: Duke Nukem 3D (iPhone/iPod...
Written by David Kudrev
I’ll never forget the first time I got my copy of this game.. From a friend in high school back in 1996, in the form of 10 floppy disks with .rar files on each one. Very exciting times, even though it was a shareware version..
After that I had to go purchase the Atomic edition, which I still have a copy of. (And here’s a random fact, Duke Nukem 3D...
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Mega Man 4 on Wii VC, Syndicate remake CONFIRMED,...
Illustration by “Hookbill the Goomba”.
Friday is finally here, and the weekend is ahead of us!
Today on Wii Virtual Console, Mega Man 4 is out for the NES and is 500 points. Again it’s been a week of Mega Man bibs and bobs for some reason. A release date for one of the older Mega Man titles? Perhaps.
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Remember the game Syndicate? One of the classic...
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Descent coming to WiiWare, MegaMan Mosiac, Zero-G...
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So I hope everyone had a productive day one way or another, now lets get onto today’s news and posts!
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We just got word that Interplay’s classic 360-degree shooter Descent is coming to WiiWare! Looking forward to that since I’ve been neglecting the Wii a lot lately.. I still need to finish New Mario Brothers quick smart. Cheers goes to Neil...
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X-Com being remade, Final Fight/Magic Sword out on...
Wow, there was a couple of sweet-ass announcements made just this arvo (according to my sources). First off, 2K Games have announced that they’re re-making the DOS Classic X-COM for Windows as well as the Xbox 360.
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Although it will be a first person shooter as opposed to how many of us remember it, as an isometric team-based strategy, so we’ll see how that pans out...
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In Retrospekt: Christmas in April (Japan Yahoo...
Written by Paul Monopoli
A few months ago we talked about using Japan Yahoo Auctions & some of the bargains you can find in that mystical eastern land. I’ve been ordering a bit of stuff & it all came in today thanks to the good people at Celga. Let’s have a look:
There was a lot of stuff so it came in 3 boxes. I wasn’t aware they’d be doing this until I got 3...
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Arcade artwork, Joystick coat hangers, 10 rarest...
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Facebook fan Adrian has mentioned of a couple of sites with some amazing artwork here and here. It’s great to see how so many people get inspired by art from their past (or even present) experiences of playing video games, be it at home, or in the arcades.
I should buy a few and decorate my bare walls in the house with some of these…. Marvelous! As well as that, I...
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MegaMan Lego, R-Type vs Space Invaders,...
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I wish I knew what magazine that was from.. Oh well, I hope everyone had a great time at Ultracade last thursday, and to top that off, a great weekend as well! So to start the week for you all:
Ben Rosenthal has submitted for us his top 10 list of best games to embrace Nintendo systems from the past. Cheers, there’s a few there I have to agree with!
So the Monday...
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In Retrospekt: Top 10 BESTEST Games to appear on...
Written by Ben Rosenthal
A few weeks back I posted what I considerd to be the Top 10 WORSE games to appear on any Nintendo system. These ranged from 3rd party games such as Home Improvement and Wayne’s World, to abominations that came from the land of Nintendo itself - I’m looking at you Mario in Time and Donkey Kong 64 (great, now I have that damn DK Rap in my head...
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Post-Ultracade hangovers, This week on Wii VC...
Well, I hope not all of you who came out last night, are suffering major hangovers today. Hope you enjoy our write-up of the SNES edition of Ultracade!
This week on the Wii Virtual Console, we have Sunsoft’s Blaster Master. Which I’m told by my NES-owning friends, that it is a LOT of fun. Available for 500 points. Nintendolife have a review for the game.
PIXELS by PATRICK...
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In Retrospekt: Ultracade - Super Nintendo Special...
Written by David Kudrev
Here I am, already at home, sipping some Jasmine Tea, and listening to the Chrono Trigger OST by Yasunori Mitsuda, typing this report up. I’m STILL buzzing from an extraordinary cavalcade of a night at the ever so cosy/friendly La Boheme cocktail lounge in the heart of the city of Adelaide. Every 3 months or so, there’s an event on called Ultracade, hosted...
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Ultracade TONIGHT, Goose Howard video, Asteroids...
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I’m going to make this brief, as I gotta head out tonight to
But on top of all that,
I hope you folks digged our review of the movie The Wizard, written up by Paul. Now to get a copy of the film again and watch the 90 minute Nintendo commercial :P
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You’ve got to hand it to people nowadays, with their efforts of lately of competing for high scores...
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Retrospekt Review: The Wizard (as in the movie)
Written by Paul Monopoli
Released 1989
By Universal
Starring Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, Luke Edwards
How do you sum up a movie that’s about a young boy who wants to go to California, & ends with becoming a Nintendo master? Well I guess I could say it’s about a young boy who wants to go to California, & ends with becoming a Nintendo...
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Ultracade TOMORROW, SNES emulator on...
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Ah yes, one of my favourite all-time games. Once again I get to play tomorrow night against random peeps and mates in a fun environment. I of course talk about Ultracade!
One more sleep to go! It’s a great venue, if you haven’t been there yet, it’s a small, cosy cocktail lounge bar with friendly staff (who really get into the event as much as us patrons...
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Ultracade reminder ;), Pac-Man wallet, Purple...
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Indeed.. Okay, so some of us are excited to be on holidays at the moment, some aren’t. Some of us are excited to be back at work, some aren’t. Well if you’re in Adelaide, make sure you still get a chance to drop by to Ultracade this Thursday:
Official Facebook event.
36 Grote Street (opposite Coles), City. Should be a lot of fun! It’ll be a SNES...
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Retrospekt Review: Hebereke's Popoitto (SNES)
Written by Andrew Gray
You may remember we previously covered Ufouria: The Saga, one of the few games Australians got that the yanks didn’t. What isn’t mentioned in that article is that the land down under also got two others games in the series (which, again, the yanks didn’t)… well, they’re more spin-offs, really. The first is called Hebereke’s Popoon and the other, which will be the focus...
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Dark side of the 8-bit Moon, Super Michael Jackson...
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I hope you all had a decent break (what, no break? then hopefully a decent weekend or time off somehow).
I also hope that my warning review where I go in-depth with Running Battle for the SEGA Master System, to be of use. I plan to do more Master System game reviews, especially since it reminds me of the good days of 8bit gaming.. Or at least the music-side of things, which...
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Retrospekt Review: Running Battle (SEGA Master...
Written by David Kudrev
The SEGA Master System 2 was the first home console I’ve had. It was a new experience in gaming for me as I was used to the arcades and Game & Watch games prior. I still don’t remember why we went for the Master System over the NES at the time. Might be the cost factor, as I did enjoy the games on the NES at the department stores when trying out which...
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NBA Jam 2010 trailer, Pac-Man the movie, iCade,...
Well, it’s Saturday morning, the birds are chirping, the sky is blue and the sun is bright. What better weather to stay indoors with! Boomshakalaka!
A little while back we did mention that EA had a bit on their blogsite about it, then got pulled down. Now it looks like reality! And only on the Wii by the looks of it.. so far..
Although something which won’t come out as a film,...
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No update for Friday
It’s been a long day folks, check out the site tomorrow for our daily posts, of course to cover some of the April fools jokes surrounding the wonderful world of retrogaming, amongst other oddities that we tend to find ;)
March 2010
41 posts
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NES car engine cover, Bob's house of Video Games,...
Very nice mod there, thanks for that Facebook user Justin :)
Okay there’s a new site dedicated to funnies/captions in videogame screenshots, called Bob’s House of Video Games which is part of the Cheezburger network of funnies. Worth a suss!
Alongside that, for all you Victorians (especially those that live in Shepparton), check out Freakshow Collectibles.
181 Corio Street...
