Hi Guys, A few people already know that I’m taking a break from Amiga coding and selling my gear (a few items will be appearing on AmiBay soon). I thought it would be nice to list all of the ports that I’ve been working on over the past few years since I got my first […]
Archive: November, 2015
The Umihara Kawase Trilogy of Tough Fishing Rope Platformers Now Available on Steam
With the release of the PS1 installment today, all three of the Umihara Kawase games- platformers built around swinging about on a fishing line- are available in English on Steam in a bundle-pack. Experience the agony of bungee-based defeat today! Released in 1995 on the SNES but only in Japan, Umihara Kawase is the highly-relateable tale […]
Hey, You! Take the Sonic 2sday Challenge
In case you’ve not noticed, it’s a Tuesday. Besides it being M. Bison’s favorite day of the week, this is a particularly special Tuesday: it’s Sonic 2sday. Sonic 2 was released on this day 23 years ago. Fairly exciting stuff considering all that it packed after the Blue Blur’s first outing. It even brought along […]
Take A Look Inside Retro Gamer 149!
The latest issue of Retro Gamer has arrived from the printers, and we’ve created a video to give you your first look inside the mag! Inside you’ll find a huge celebration of Star Wars, featuring an Ultimate Guide to Atari’s arcade game as well as a top ten Star Wars games list – all just in […]
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library Book Hits Kickstarter
Pat Contri (of Pat the NES Punk fame) has compiled a new all in one guide to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring reviews of every single NES game made, the Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library is a must have for all Ninty enthusiasts. Although the book is predominantly based on the 750+ NTSC library […]
Discussion: The Games We Just Can’t Beat…
As gamers we’ve all played the hero countless times and defeated many enemies. We’ve gone on adventures to rescue a princess or to save a kingdom. But there’s always one nemesis that the hero has trouble defeating. No matter how many times he gets hit the enemy just laughs in our face. The enemy i’m […]
Getsu Fuma Den
We all deal with hard times in our own way. But when stress got the better of me a few years ago I turned to the Nintendo Famicom for help and my request for salvation was met by a game that has never made its way outside of Japan called Getsu Fuma Den. Released in […]
Kikstart 2
Given that Retro Gamer shares an office with GamesTM and Play, it’s no surprise that lunchtime gaming is a popular activity here. In recent times, Sensible Soccer, Mortal Kombat X and Rocket League have all been brief obsessions, but there’s one particular colleague that keeps going back to the Trials series – and I can’t […]