RetroHate

Metroid Jump & Air Control

Greetings Retro Ladies and Old-School Gents and welcome to another RetroHate. Today’s title may sound like some kind of old-school rock band but I assure you has everything to do with retro gaming. Though I won’t be tearing apart s single game, there are two games that I will be using to illustrate my point: Super Metroid and Comix Zone. Bear in mind that I love both of these games but there’s a certain aspect of the gameplay that I find utterly annoying and continually frustrating. Something I have dubbed, The Metroid Jump.
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The Retro Critic

King Neptune’s Adventure

I’ve played a lot of bad games in my day.

A lot of bad Color Dreams games, in fact.

But King Neptune’s Adventure is… pretty bad.

I’ve been predominantly looking at decent enough games lately so I thought I’d mix it up a bit but I forgot that this meant playing something really not very good.

An unlicenced Color Dreams game for the NES, King Neptune’s Adventure is, as the title suggests, an adventure game in which you play as King Neptune and go around killing starfish and clams, among other things.
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1 More Countdown

Top 10 Game Over Screens

Let’s face it, none of us are perfect. No matter how good you think you are at video games, you will eventually die. If you die often enough, you’re bound to see a game over screen or two… or perhaps even thousands.  This is especially true in retro games where a game over was actually possible, not like today with infinite continues and checkpoints.

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Mascot Mania

Ardy Lightfoot

For this month’s Mascot Mania I decided to head to Twitter for suggestions. I received some interesting responses along with the usual Bubsy or Awesome Possum. Trust me, those guys will have their spotlight here on Mascot Mania some day. I was searching for something I’ve never played before. A good friend recommended I give Ardy Lightfoot a go. Having never heard of this before I became intrigued so I asked him what it was. I wasn’t sure if that was the name of the game or just the name of some character from a game. He then directed me to a Wikipedia page so I decided sure, what the heck!

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Raspberry Pi’s $10,000 Quake 3 Bounty

Having successfully sold over 2.5 million units of their versatile little computer, the creators of the Raspberry Pi have set forth a $10,000 prize to the first person to get Quake 3 running on the device.

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Masterpiece Microscope

Kirby’s Adventure Jump Animation

Masterpiece Microscope is a series in which I choose one great video game, then focus intensely on a single specific feature of its gameplay. Upon close examination, we may gain new insight as to just how great the game is, along with a better appreciation for the quality work that went into every little detail.

Behold:

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Snatcher remaster for Dreamcast

Though the Dreamcast came to market some 15 years ago in North America, the system still amazingly receives releases to this day. The newly announced homebrew remaster of Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher aims to continue Sega’s console legacy.

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N64 Connoisseur

N64 Review #9 – Goldeneye 007

Welcome to the very first of my N64 reviews here on 1 More Castle! In the event that you missed my announcements over the weekend, I am moving this series of reviews over here where they belong. I’m not quite sure yet how I will give everyone access to the first 8 reviews, but I’m crafty. I’ll come up with something. Anyhow, the idea is to review all 296 North American N64 games. Making it a part of the N64 Connoisseur series will help me do that quicker. That is not to say that the other fun N64 related pieces I like to do here are going away, but they will now share the spotlight with the reviews. So, with the explanation out of the way, on to the show!
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GMZ

GMZ #10 – Hip-Hop, Suicide, and Shadows of the (Asian) Empire

[ Editor’s Note: Typically, GMZ posts on Mondays. This edition is posting on a Tuesday, which makes it late. This is entirely my fault, and I apologize to our readers.

But in my defense, I was actually preparing GMZ’s latest edition for publication when one of their office cats got loose. They made me, of all people, go chase after it. “We’re all too busy! But you’re the editor,” they sneered, “You don’t actually do any real work!” Jerks.

And, seriously, you have no idea what a stupid, worthless, soul-sucking exercise it is, spending all afternoon and night hunting down a dumb cat. I was not only questioning the direction my life has taken me, but whether or not that life was worth living anyway.

So, whatever. Call me a good-for-nothing editor all you want, guys, but this is what you get when you make the editor play gopher for your feline hellspawn. Go ahead, see if I go after the next animal you let loose, see what happens, I dare ya. — Bailey. ]

The Mighty Have Fallen

By B. Byrd

Former video game and TV star and current indie musician “Mighty” Max Schelzi was found dead with two stab wounds in his chest, one with the knife still stuck in it.

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ZeldaVR ports NES Original to the Oculus Rift

Zelda is one of those properties that fans love to port, remake, and create homebrew sequels for. Heck, we’ve even seen other games hacked into being a Zelda game. It should then come to no surprise, of course, that the NES original has found its way to the Oculus Rift.

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It Came From Japan

Holy Diver

こんにちは everyone! Today I’m bringing out the big guns, it’s about time that I tell you about one of the Famicom games that I would consider to be on my top 5 list of exclusive Famicom titles. So needless to say you should definitely check out if you have a chance. It’s called Holy Diver, and amazingly enough it actually is based on the song by Dio or the cover by Killswitch Engage.
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RetroHate

Sonic’s “Special” Stages Pt 2

Welcome once again, Retro Ladies and Old School Gents, to RetroHate. I wasn’t expecting this to become a series but once I started writing the first part, I realized the scope was just too big for a single article. So here we are again, the part where I recount the dreadful atrocities that Sonic calls his “Special” Stages.

Previously, on RetroHate: “When you are dropped into a Special Stage in Sonic the Hedgehog, your first reaction will likely be one of sheer confusion. Where am I? What is this? Why am I falling? What is that in the background? Birds-no-fish-no-turtles-no-WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?! AM I ON ACID?!?”
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