Games - Retro Roundup

Sam’s Journey for NES makes public appearance

September 25, 2021 PROTOVISION

We love Sam’s Journey for the C64 and the NES port is getting closer to completion. Our friends over at poly.play recently gave visitors to the Classic Computing 2021 event a sneak preview of the port and it is looking great! If you haven’t had a chance to play Sam’s …

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1943 Kai (PC Engine): More Than Your Run of the Mill Arcade Conversion – Beyond The Scanlines #063

September 24, 2021 hellfire64

Capcom’s 19xx series of shmups has always been highly regarded for the frantic action it brought into arcades. Though many home ports of games in the series failed to live up to the expectations of fans, Naxat’s conversion of 1943 Kai doesn’t just meet them, it exceeds them! Thanks for …

The first year of … the Sega Game Gear (1991) – on my MiSTer FPGA

September 24, 2021 Amigos Retro Gaming

FrodoNL this time takes a look at games from the first year of the Sega Game Gear – 1991. This was recorded from a live stream on Frodo’s Twitch channel – https://www.twitch.tv/frodonl on 2021-09-17. The following games are seen: Batter Up Clutch Hitter Columns Devilish Factory Panic G-LOC: Air …

Blasto on TI99/4a / Have Everdrive, sell off carts?

September 24, 2021 Steve Benway

Gameplay and commentary from Blasto, being played (badly) on the Texas Instruments TI99/4a vintage computer. Today’s question for Q&A is from Mr Know Nothing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJ4PWFz1a10J-EM8imNhuQ ‘If you ever had the money to buy everdrives for all your consoles that support it, would you sell your games to save space? Might …

Video Game Collecting Tips for 2021 – Don’t get discouraged!

September 24, 2021 Metal Jesus

Advice for video game collectors in 2021. Patreon: http://www.Patreon.com/MetalJesusRocks Twitter: http://twitter.com/MetalJesusRocks Facebook: http://facebook.com/MetalJesusRocks Facebook marketplace Trading is more important than ever Offer up and other forums and sites Garage sales – You can often haggle on price at garage sales. Is eBay dead? Retro Gaming Expos – They will come …

Quake Remastered with Modern Vintage Gamer – The Retro Hour EP294

September 23, 2021 The Retro Hour

Dimitris from Modern Vintage Gamer joins us to talk about his game development background, updating classics like Shantae and the new 2021 remaster of Quake! MVG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFaPUcJU1vwk193mnW_w1w Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ We need your help to ensure the future of …

Puzlet 2 for the NEC PC-88

September 23, 2021 Highretrogamelord89

Came also out for: Game description: Puzlet 2 is a doujin puzzle game where the player has to push certain blocks into their respective spots. So it is somewhat similar to Sokoban. The blocks have a plus or a minus on it, standing for positive or negative respectively. Plus-blocks …

Puzlet 2 for the NEC PC-88

September 23, 2021 Highretrogamelord89

Came also out for: Game description: Puzlet 2 is a doujin puzzle game where the player has to push certain blocks into their respective spots. So it is somewhat similar to Sokoban. The blocks have a plus or a minus on it, standing for positive or negative respectively. Plus-blocks …

Punch Ball Mario Bros. (パンチボールマリオブラザーズ) for the NEC PC-88

September 22, 2021 Highretrogamelord89

Came also out for: FM-7 PC-600 PC-8000 Sharp X1 Game description: Punch Ball Mario Bros. is a single-screen action game adapted from the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros.. Visually and structurally, the game is quite similar: enemies emerge from pipes at the top of the screen, and must be knocked …

Sir Lancelot by Xonox

September 22, 2021 2600 Game by Game

Good morrow gentle Swain! Alright, enough of that. This week we are looking at Sir Lancelot by Xonox, maybe a Joust tipoff but it’s a lot of fun! Next month is October already, sheesh. We’ll be celebrating all month with S C A R Y games! First up will be …