May 2011
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May 29th
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No Weekly Retro Blog for this week
// ]]]]>]]> Sadly we won’t have the time to get a blogpost for you for this week as we need the time to migrate everything over to the new site. With that said, as of Monday the 6th of June, Retrospekt is going back to posting daily Retro Blogs from Dave!  So in the mean time, sit back and watch the count down, and don’t forget that if you’re in Adelaide, and free on Saturday...
May 25th
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Takahashi Meijin leaving Hudson Soft →
tinycartridge: While the recent dismantling of Hudson Soft into a source of cell-phone game IP was disheartening, it didn’t really feel like the death of the company. But now, the dream is unquestionably over. Takahashi Meijin is leaving the company on May 31. In a post on his 16Shot blog (which is also ending), he apologized for the abruptness of the announcement, and said that he doesn’t...
May 22nd
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Dave's Weekly Retro Blog - 20th May 2011
Source: Deviant Art user: NinjaInk Awww… That’s what happens when you combine one of the most graphic fighting game franchises ever made with one of the more underdog Mario games. I couldn’t resist posting that one up for this week’s blogpost.  Source: iPwncase.com Alrighty, do you have an iPhone or iPad? If so, then perhaps these cases might be for you? The iPad 2...
May 19th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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Paul interviews Kyle Hebert (voice of Ryu & Teen...
Retrospekt Podcast - Interview with Kyle Hebert by retrospektpodcast Paul aka Dizrythmia, interviews the voice of Ryu from Street Fighter 4, and Teen Gohan of Dragonball Z. Kyle Hebert joins him as he talks about his voice acting career in Video Games as well as Dragonball (amongst other well known Anime series). Massive props to Paul for an amazing interview, and a massive thanks to Kyle for...
May 14th
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Dave's Weekly Retro Blog - 13th May 2011
Source: Deviant Art user NinjaInk You know.. I haven’t even seen A Fistful of Dollars.. Yes yes, shame on me.. Retro films? I hardly touch, yet should! But games? oh forget about it, I’m allover retro games like Butter at a Corn Convention.. SPEAKING OF CONVENTIONS….. The first times on the AVCon 2011 timetable are now available on their website. It’s a simple one to...
May 12th
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Super 8: The Ultimate Downgrade Peripheral
Written by Paul Monopoli Console collecting… It can take up a lot of room can’t it? I love my SNES collection, but every now & again I feel like playing some Famicom or NES games. Trying to find the machines though & then dig them out of wherever they are means I normally can’t be bothered. For most people though, Famicom games aren’t even an option as they...
May 5th
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Dave's Weekly Retro Blog - 6th May 2011
Eeeeeeeee! Just under 1 month to go till we celebrate the launch of the new retrospekt.com.au website!!!! We have live visuals from none other than local VJ’s Hal Bird & BIG.DOS, with DJ Tr!p playing beat 8-bit beats, and of course we have some awesome local chiptune talent from Little-Scale and Xandox as well! It should be a lot of fun!  Whilst on the topic of Chiptunes, check...
May 5th
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