By the mid-Nineties, regular athletics games were no longer enough for gamers – or at least, that was Namco’s perspective. Eschewing the charms of real-world athletes like Daley Thompson, Numan Athletics was a cult hit featuring superhuman athletes achieving extraordinary feats. Namco was pleased enough with its performance that it quickly put a sequel into […]
Towards the back-end of 2014 Super Nintendo gamers were given their chance to sample Manfred Trenz’s spiritual successor to Turrican. Although seeing release in Japan under the name Rendering Ranger R2, the localised equivalent known as Targa remained an unreleased obscurity. With a bunch of well known prototype collectors securing the title, the game has […]
Here’s all the best bits from Sega’s superb Dreamcast conversion. How many do you remember? Leaping lizards… Er Sailfins We love Sega Marine Fishing and it’s not just because it looks beautiful with Sega blue skies and an amazingly jolly soundtrack. No, we love it because it delivers a number of heart-stopping moments that you […]
Good afternoon everyone! We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you a social media update. Over the past two and three quarter years that we at RGN have been around, we always took our social media extensions very seriously. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We know what your first question is going to be, but we can’t answer it – we’ve got no clue what Borench means either. What we can tell you is that it’s a reasonably decent puzzler, in which your goal is to guide a ball across a treacherous course filled with pits. You’re given a […]
A while back, we at Retro Game Network were very much involved with the release of the RetroN 5, which had a lot of hype back when it was first coming out. For those unaware of the device, the RetroN […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As seasoned RPG gamers will tell you, one of the most frustrating aspects of the earlier Final Fantasy titles is the limit on how much damage can be dealt to enemies. No matter how much effort you’ve placed into leveling up your party, you’ll never be able to beat more than 9999 hit points out […]
If you grew up in the United Kingdom during the home computer boom you’ll no doubt remember the eggscellent 8-bt hero, Dizzy. Providing gamers with screens-upon-screens of platforming puzzles, Codemasters’ classic is one that many of us hold close to our hearts. As of today though there’s a real lack of titles drawing inspiration from […]
Konami isn’t a big name in the fighting game business. Despite having done so much to develop the genre with Yie Ar Kung Fu, the company’s efforts to capitalise on the post-Street Fighter II popularity of the genre fell flat. So it’s with some surprise that we recall Dragoon Might being not only being pretty […]
Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be an Emergency Response Health Worker, or if you could have survived an epidemic like Measles or Ebola? Do you think you know all there is to know about West Africa? We’ve teamed up with Save the Children to support their No Child Born To Die […]