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Episode Nine – Jurassic Park (NES)
In an episode 65 million years in the making, Joe introduces you to the oft-forgotten member of the Jurassic Park video game family.
In an episode 65 million years in the making, Joe introduces you to the oft-forgotten member of the Jurassic Park video game family.
Do you like space ships? Lasers? Genocidal Earth? Xevious? Then does David have the game for you!
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I keep a document on my phone that lists every game I have an interest in talking about on the show, and it grows by the day as I learn about new games and think “hey that looks neat!” Tinhead for the Sega Genesis was on my list and I found a copy for sale at PAX East, and after spending time with it I can confirm that it is indeed quite awesome. It gets crazy difficult in the later levels, but it’s still a really fun game starring a super charming robotic hero.
In this episode Joe introduces you to Space Raiders, Taito’s doofy spiritual successor to Space Invaders that doesn’t look like much, but is a great time when shared with friends.
The story is bad, the voice acting is laughable and the gameplay is simple and repetitive, but Space Raiders is still worth a look if you love chasing high scores and still prefer your co-op partners to be on the same couch with you rather than online. The asking price isn’t much, so Space Raiders is definitely worth a look if you can play it under optimal circumstances.
David digs into the divisive Sonic racing title, Sonic R. While David is nostalgic for the time he spent with this game years ago, he doesn’t pull any punches in this review.
Everybody loves SimCity 2000! But does everybody love it on the SNES? Alex explores the port of (almost) everyone’s favourite city building game.
David reviews the Saturn port of the Manx TT Superbike. While not the most featured game in the world. the Saturn edition is definitely worth a spin.
Happy Halloween 1MoreCastlers!
How about we once again turn to the Game Boy and check out a truly electrifying, terrifying retro game?
Dr Franken, you’re up ;)
Space Harrier is awesome, and the best port of the insane arcade game was for the Sega Saturn. Check out the latest episode of Saturnology just after the break!
Take a trip into the best and worst of the world of game porting with D-Ported, our newest video series! Alex starts the series off with Chex Quest: a Doom total conversion mod distributed as a pack-in with Chex cereal.
Some games have great arcade ports. Gale Racer is not one of those games.
Watch David dissect this frustrating racer, or just be mesmerized for 6 minutes by the little Sonic swinging from the ceiling of the car.
Criminals run rampant in our streets. It’s time to grab your metal pipe and beefy martial arts friend and go clean up the city! Or, watch this Streets of Rage episode of Retrocity.
Whether it’s European, Japanese, double thickness, filled with foam, or just paper, all Sega Saturn games came in a case. David walks us through the various game cases throughout the history of the Saturn. Watch the latest episode of Saturnology past the break!
Not every one of Shigeru Miyamoto’s classic titles turned out to be hits. This week on Retro Lookback, Chris takes a look at Mole Mania, Miyamoto’s quirky but largely ignored Game Boy puzzle game.
Get ready for a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis retrospective with purpose. Alan Williamson of Split-Screen.net brings us the best and worst of Sega’s fourth generation console. We’ve embedded the first two episodes past the break.
The London 2012 Olympics are in full swing, and rather than navigate the shark-infested waters of olympic trademark law, we bring you a review of Decathlete, the Sega Saturn pseudo-athletic button masher!