May 2010
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Retrospekt Competition: Two tickets to AVcon!
Alright folks, the moment you’ve all been waiting for!
AVcon 2010 is Adelaide’s own Anime and Video Game Convention which is on from the 23rd to the 25th of July at Adelaide Convention Centre in the city. To celebrate our contribution to the event with a retrogaming panel, we will be giving away two weekend passes to the lucky winner of the competition.
So.. to enter, all you have...
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This week's Chiptunes, Videogame burlesque, Sesame...
Good morning eveybody, to get you all psyched up for the competition announcement (in a couple of hours) for two tickets to AVcon, here’s Monday’s post!
Lets get the sad news out of the way first, as we see a terrible loss loss of two great actors, Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper. Both have contributed not only to the film industry a lot, but also to the gaming industry. Gary...
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Kirby's Fun Pak on Wii VC Store, Steve Weibe to...
Kirby’s Fun Pak, or Kirby Super Star as it was called in the states (SNES) is out for the Wii Virtual Console today at 800 points.
Okay now this is cool, Steve Weibe (of the world championships score-busting of Donkey Kong) will be participating in a Marathon in a couple of weeks, where a group of people will go through every game of a series for a charity! This year it’s...
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Want a free pass to AVcon 2010?
Any of you want a free pass to AVcon 2010? Adelaide’s Anime and Video Games Convention at Adelaide Convention Centre from July 23rd to the 25th!
If you want to win, be sure to check this site Monday the 31st 9:00AM ACST for the competition details.
and be sure to check http://www.avcon.org.au for convention details!
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Mario theme on Stepper motors, Many faces of...
Of couuuuurse…
Well when something this cool pops up on the web, like how someone makes a tune out of 3 Stepper motors.. it always has to be demonstrated with the Mario theme song doesn’t it? Mario Mario Mario!
The many faces of Pac-Man Ghosts.. From Flickr user CMYBacon
Ever confused about what is 8-bit or what is 16-bit? This fantastic doco should give you folks...
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Scorpion doormat, this week's Game Room games,...
Welcome, please wipe your feet before coming in to reading today’s post. You can buy that mat HERE!
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Paul’s review of Tails Adventures on the SEGA Game Gear as well!
So today or later tonight I should say, we should see a barrage of games coming to the Game Room, like the following:
River Raid (Activision)
Boxing...
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Retrospekt Review: Tails Adventures (Game Gear)
Written by Paul Monopoli
System: Game Gear Released: 1995 By: Sega
Tail’s Adventures is one of the lesser known games in the Sonic series. It was one of 2 Tails only games on the Game Gear & unlike the previous game “Tails’ Sky Patrol” this one wasn’t a Japanese exclusive. This particular game is a prequel to Sonic 2, & Tails hasn’t met Sonic at...
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reminiscing Galaxy Force 2 arcade, Spectre3D and...
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Alright, I’m sure a large chunk of the internet is aggitated still from the series finale of Lost, right? Well.. Never fear, change of subject!
Doesn’t that remind you of something? Ever played Galaxy Force 2 in the arcades?
That freaked the crap out of me when I played on that thing all them years ago, like when I was 9. Speaking of things that I do...
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New Sonic 4 Trailer, buildings shaped like...
Hope everyone had a lovely weekend, also commemorating Pac-Man’s 30th Birthday too no doubt.. Alright moving right along…
This is a new trailer for Sonic 4, which SEGA recently has announced will be delayed, and will be released sometime in the 2nd half of this year. Looking good! Also it is officially coming to the iPhone platform as well as the usual XBLA/PSN/WiiWare.
I...
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Happy 30th birthday Pac-Man!
It was on May 22nd 1980 when the yellow critter popped up on the video arcade screens.. and my first exposure to the classic was 4 years after that. Today we celebrate it’s 30th year. Games still come out for it, as well as homages left right and centre.
Why, even google have changed their logo on the home page.. but the hidden bonus, is that you can play that mini game of pacman!...
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BLAH is on Wii VC Store, Adam Sandler buys rights...
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I don’t know about you folks, but I’m a fan of Lost. Followed it from the beginning. Now it’s sad to see it end in some ways.
So on the Wii VC Store this morning, we see blah… Nothing new.. Nothing released this week.. Oh well!
Remember that independent short film “Pixels”? Well, Adam Sandler saw it, and has bought the movie rights to...
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This week's Game Room titles, Prince of Persia...
This week’s titles on Game Room include:
Asteroids (Atari)
Time Pilot (Konami)
Demons to Diamonds (Atari)
Grand Prix (Activision)
Space Duel (Atari)
Shark! Shark! (Intellivision)
and Stampede (Activision)
Well this is unexpected, yet expected to happen on such a platform. Ubisoft have announced Prince of Persia: Retro for the iPhone and iPad. I’m glad to see that this...
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DotEmu re-releases Mega Race trilogy, Starcraft on...
I haven’t played Final Fantasy 7 to the end, is this even in the game? If so let us know on retrospektmail[at]gmail.com.
Alright… so DotEmu have announced that they’ve released the Sci-Fi racer/shooter (which was on PC and 3DO) called Mega Race! Mega Race 2 and 3 will be out later in the week!
This is amazing, IF it’s true.. But if it isn’t, then an...
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TurboGrafx16/TV Hybrid, More craziness from Hudson...
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Ever seen one of these? Well.. that there my friends, is a Turbo Grafx 16 embedded into a NEC TV. If you want one, it’s on eBay for under a measly US$900!
Oh dear.. Coming soon on DVD it’s the Master Higgins hour! No it’s actually called Bug-tte Honey. starring Master Higgins, and all the rest of the characters from Wonderboy Adventure Island. Classic games...
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In Retrospekt: Super Street Fighter IV national...
Written by David Kudrev
Saturday mornings.. Be it the extremities of the Australian summer or winter, they were the mentally active days of my youth, when it SHOULD HAVE been during the week at school, studying.
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The memories of either racing out of bed to get my money’s worth from the two games I would hire (on friday after school) from the local games store at the...
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Retro propaganda shirts, Bayonetta done 8-bit,...
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What’s this? The daily posts coming earlier? We’re going to try a new time slot to post, early in the morning this time. So without further ado….
Over on Zazzle, artist Steve Thomas has some of those really cool propaganda posters of video games, available now as T-shirts.
Platinum games, the talented folk behind the hit game Bayonetta, have made a video...
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In Retrospekt: On the retro-gaming trail: Hong...
Written by Mel Portolesi
I recently had the pleasure of spending 5 incredible days in Hong Kong. I’m not sure what makes this place so amazing, but when something compels me to keep on walking and exploring no matter how tired and aching my feet are, I know I’m on to a good thing. Hong Kong is modern yet retains traditional elements. The city is vibrant and fast-paced. To put it simply…it...
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Ghoul Patrol on Wii VC, Play GB games on NES,...
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Ghoul Patrol is now on the Wii Virtual Console store today for 800 points. Ghoul Patrol of course is the sequel to Zombies ate my Neighbours (and here’s our review).
So you know about the Super Game Boy (which we covered in a previous article), well somebody over on the Nintendo Age forums has posted something they’ve developed for the NES. Same process, it lets you...
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Games4Kids, Metroid quilt + rom hack, upcoming...
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Sorry.. I laughed.. Okay onto something a bit serious:
Now here’s a good cause if I didn’t see one! Games4Kids is a foundation for providing video game consoles for kids who are in hospitals. A worthy cause that many of you should follow/help out with.
So to all of you who have played Metroid on the NES would probably know of the secret code “Justin...
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Game Room games for this week, Fantastic Dizzy...
Ahhhh good to see Mike Tyson still got it ;) (click on the image for the animated GIF
Well it looks like Krome studios are going to be releasing Game Room packs every week or so, and you’ll know about it here around this time every week.. so Game Pack 4 includes the following:
Battlezone (Atari)
Keystone Kapers (Activision)
Soccer (Atari)
Canyon Bomber (Atari)
Night Driver (Atari)
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Imaginary Famicom game art, MegaMan beanie,...
This is from an art exhibition online dedicated to imaginary games made for the Nintendo Famicom (Japanese NES). There’s that one and plenty more on the official site http://famicase.com
Over on the spritestitch forums, somebody made some crafty knitted work, I’d buy a Mega Man beanie just in time for winter :D
For anyone that reads the Retro-Gamer magazine and website,...
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Retrospekt hosting the Retro-Games panel at AVcon...
Yes folks, the tweets are true. Retrospekt will be at Adelaide’s own Anime and Videogames convention. We’ll be there in full force, hosting an hour-long presentation on retro video games and consoles!
Stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, follow Team AVcon on Twitter (follow hashtags #AVcon and #AVcon2010), Facebook, our Discussion Forums, and of course all the details of...
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Retrospekt Review: Section Z (NES)
Written by Dan McGuiness
Every week my girlfriend and I go food shopping at a nearby shopping centre. Within the complex is a Gametraders and each week I look for bargains to review. This week I came across a NES game called Section Z. Even though I didn’t really recognise the game, for some reason something in the back of my mind tweaked over the cover art and title. This feeling of...
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MegaMan fan-made motion picture, AVcon 2010, video...
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Alright, it’s Monday, so lets get to it!
Starting with this fan-made film about Mega Man on Vimeo but note of warning (on your download quotas), as it does go for over 90 minutes. Downloading now :)
Monday’s chiptune music of the week goes to Rushjet1. The YouTube video above is from one of my many favourites off one of the...
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Final Fantasy 1 on Wii VC, new Game Room pack out,...
They’re confectionary.. Why the Sonic though?
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This week on the Wii Virtual Console Store, we see Final Fantasy 1 on the NES for 600 points.
Also the Game Room update that I wrote about yesterday is now available. The latest pack includes the following:
Basketball (Intellivision) Megamania (Atari/Activision) Night Stalker (Intellivision) Pitfall (Atari/Activision) Rack...
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Retrospekt as guest on Ganatomy podcast #6
That’s right folks, I (Dave) am on the 6th Ganatomy podcast as a guest, I had a lot of fun, was quite tired from a long day, but nevertheless had a lot of fun talking retro with Neil, Troy and Spiro.
Spoke a lot about remakes, favourite games, and other topics on current-gen gaming as well.
Running time: 79 Minutes
Direct download HERE
Subscribe and download episode 6 and many of the...
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Super Mario Bros. in 2010, Club Nintendo Japan...
… I’m sorry, what? Oh right! Today’s post!!!
So this is what Mario Bros. would be like if it was designed and released in 2010 I guess? Or at least a pretty accurate rendition of it..
If you’re lucky to be a member of Club Nintendo Japan, then you probably know that you’re getting one of these in the mail soon!
Retrojunk have a list of underrated NES games,...
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Radio SEGA, Chiptunes at Mana Bar, Atari news,...
If you’re in Brisbane, Australia tomorrow, then you should definitely drop by The Mana Bar. Australia’s first video game bar. Every month they have chiptune artists and DJ’s playing live.
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Some good news for many fans of Atari as a whole, co-founder Nolan Bushnell returns to the company as a member of the board of directors. Looking forward to seeing the...
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Box art from around the world, retro-looking...
Ahhh now here’s a shirt we all can agree on. On Threadless.com, designed by Matt Chapman (not of Homestarrunner.com fame).
There’s a website with an enormous archive of box art (as in over 140 and how they differentiate around the world (due to different regions, remembering that there are three for games, in particular Nintendo games: Japan, USA, and Europe) Lets take a look at...
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VW Pokéball, Mario Cowboy, Torus, new AVGN, and...
Whoops, posting slightly later than the usual time, apologies for that! I’ve been hooked on that bastard in the photo as soon as I got home tonight! My love for the Street Fighter franchise has come back, and it looks like I have a long way to go to get good at it again.. So lets get to the retro news folks!
For starters for any car lovers, or in particular Volkswagen lovers, well, you...
