So the other day we discovered that licensed games aren’t all rubbish, but are they actually any good? We’re not looking at games that simply avoided being turkeys, today only the best will do. Once again, I’ve opted to go for a single Read More …
Category: Games
Game related stuff
Context is Everything
So today I have two pieces of music for you. The first is the background music for “Ice Cap Zone” from Sonic 3 on the Megadrive:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24[/youtube] The second is an unreleased track called ‘Hard Times,’ written by obscure 80s New Wave act ‘The Jetzons’: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvnsriLZvL0[/youtube] Read More …
Fatnick’s Next Gen Choice – Big Picture Mode!
How exciting! Two brand new next gen consoles to choose from – but what do you go for? The Sony Brick Station 4 or the Microsoft Underpowered TV Box? Hmm. Sorry folks, but for the moment I’m going to have to plump for neither. This Read More …
Licensed Games: Are They Rubbish?
Today, I want to take an tentative look at the subject of licensed games. We all know the contradiction: Everyone has a number of favourite licensed games (be it Goldeneye on the N64, Robocop Vs Terminator on the Megadrive, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Read More …
This Zx Spectrum Thing is amazing
This video combines both the Spectrum AND twitter. I’ll just leave this here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ECnN7jdgA4[/youtube] Hat-tip to @Speecyjam – an event thats well worth a look.
The Megadrive is 25 years old. Let’s celebrate by Smashing a Cartridge.
Cor! The Sega Megadrive has reached the same age as a 25 year old person. That’s a quarter of a century! Do you feel old? I do. How do you celebrate such a momentous event? Well, I have vandalised a cartridge. A Virtua Racing cartirdge, Read More …
The Art of Porting: Strider
So today i want to talk about Strider on the Master System. Licensed by Sega but developed by Tiertex (they of HKM fame,) it’s a largely terrible conversion. This is a bit odd though. Tiertex also put together the Spectrum port, which was actually a Read More …
If we’re honest, Street Fighter 2 Was a bit poor.
The weird difficulty spikes, the jerky animations, the single playable character. what? You didn’t think we were talking about timeless classic “The World Warrior” did you? No, no, no! This is about the original sequel to Street Fighter, the computer-only title Human Killing Machine. This Read More …
Godzilla Generations: Review a Bad Game Day
So it turns out that today is Review a Bad Game Day. Hurrah! Now, what to pick? In some ways, the unending barrage of terrible games makes this harder than Review a Great Game Day. I’m supposed to pick something terrible, something that’s so flawed it Read More …
Night Trap:The Most Dangerous Game Of All
So the other day, 1morepodcastle host/Nintendo Legend author Eric Bailey posed an interesting question on twitter: What single video game has contributed more than any other to the public’s negative perception of gaming? — Eric Bailey (@Nintendo_Legend) July 2, 2013 Of course, a lot of Read More …
Outrun Europa
So the other day i popped down to RetroGameBase in Streatham ( absolutely amazing shop by the way – well, well, well worth a visit.) Despite an alarming amount of temptation sitting on every shelf, I managed to escape with just a couple of titles Read More …
First Sale Doctrine and Controlling Used Games
So a lot has been said about the Xbone, the PS4, and the possibility of controlling used game prices. This is an interesting one for me, as for once i’m able to wear both my musical and professional hats at the same time. As i’ve Read More …
Sega Pluto, anyone?
In 12 hours time, someone out there will be the proud owner of a Sega Pluto. What’s a Sega Pluto, i hear you ask? Well, it’s essentially a redesigned Saturn shell that combined both the Saturn console and the network peripheral in one device. Apparently Read More …
8th April: Review A Great Game Day
Right, so according to the nice chaps over at 1morecastle.com, today is review a great game day! Hurrah! But there are so many great games, how can you pick just one? should it be for the Megadrive? Saturn? What about the Snes, PS1 or N64? Read More …
Still got it
So over the Easter Break I liberated my old Master System 2 from my parent’s house. This is pretty exciting stuff: The Master System was my very first cartridge-based console. Woo hoo! Having got her home and booted her up, here’s a video of me Read More …
Wing War
The great thing about mucking around with old arcade games is that, sometimes, you stumble across half-remembered titles which you weren’t completely sure existed. One title, for me, is Sega’s 1994 title Wing War. I remember seeing this once, in Read More …
Sega Classic: Action Fighter
Because it’s taken me AGES (to be this good, etc) to find a decent MAME/front end combination for the mac, we might as well get our money’s worth – so here’s a review of forgotten Sega classic, Action Fighter. Hurrah! Ok so describing this one Read More …
Retro Review: Riot City
For anyone wondering (ok, so you probably weren’t) the vocal samples from Monkey Man come from an old Sega-published Brawler called ‘Riot City.’ Never Heard of it? Me neither, until i discovered the soundtrack over on this site. Lets load her up and have a Read More …
Procrastination Exercise Two: Jumping Flash
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Jumping Flash! I first encountered it on one of the demo disks (what a quaint concept!) originally bundled with the Playstation One (the disk also included demos of Wipeout, Ridge Racer Revolution and a nifty Read More …
Procrastination Exercise One: Sonic the Fighters
Creating Fatherhood required a surprising amount of mental discipline, thanks to a sudden and almost irresistible urge for PROCRASTINATION. Consequently, I thought I’d do a quick couple of posts on the things that have been distracting me over the last month. So then, for the Read More …