Retro Video Game Curation
As I wait to complete the game 100%, and gather enough screenshots to make an article vibrant in appearance, I find myself unable to contain my excitement: I must give my initial impression of Streets of Rage 4.
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As I have mentioned in an earlier post, “My Introduction to Gaming”, my interest in the wonderful hobby of playing video games, began very early in my life. I was just two-years-old when my cousin, who was 12 years old at the time, showed me his SEGA Genesis and a rather impressive collection of games. In this collection, he had a brand new game he had just purchased, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, which absolutely blew my mind and set me up for a life long passion for gaming.
My previous article inspired me to re-visit this spectacular game for the umpteenth time. Despite, having played it so many times in my life, I had not made the pilgrimage to destroy the Death Egg in over 5 years. That is a hell of a long time for a game that I had otherwise re-played at least once per year for most of my life. This yearly ritual was interrupted both by interference from my real-life responsibilities, developing strategies to combat my backlog, and my interest in pursuing games I have never beaten before.
In starting this site however, I have learned to strike an acceptable balance between revisiting the classics that defined my youth, and creating new memories via experimentation with new games and genres. Sonic the Hedgehog 2, is probably one of the most influential of these games that defined my childhood, primarily because it is the game that started it all, the culprit responsible for initiating my life long love affair with gaming.
Continue reading “The Culprit: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) Resource”
Being born in early 1990, I came into this world on the cusp of the 16-bit era’s explosion on to the scene. Following Nintendo’s dominance of the 80’s, other companies sought to compete by simply overpowering the aging, but ubiquitous NES. Rather than futilely compete in the 8-bit marketplace monopolized by Nintendo, other companies moved on. NEC and Hudson released their Turbografx-16, and SEGA their Genesis; both 16-bit machines that outclassed the NES’ technical specs in all categories. This critical point in gaming occurred mere months before my birth, perhaps making me one of the luckiest bastards on the planet.
Continue reading “Gaming Memories # 1: My Introduction to Gaming.”
In honor of Super Bowl LII, and my NFC Championship Philadelphia Eagles, I am reviewing a classic 16-bit sports title this week. Instead of picking a conventional football title, such as an entry in the Madden or Super Tecmo Bowl series, I opted for a much more chaotic and deliciously violent title: Mutant League Football for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive.
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I just wanted to give an update for what is going on with the site. I am very busy with work during the holidays, but managed to finish 70-80% of two different articles. The review portion of one is 100% complete, and I considered releasing it, but it is not a complete resource.
This means I will be resuming my regular release schedule of every Friday, starting next week.
I also received a Nintendo Switch with Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as a Christmas present from my wife. With that said here is a list of games I am playing at the moment:
All four of these games are legitimately incredible and I would suggest picking up or emulating them as soon as possible. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and made some great game pick ups. I look forward to a busy 2018, with hopes of growing the site exponentially.
On December 19th Retro-Bit announced a Partnership with SEGA to produce hardware for the dreamcast SEGA Saturn and SEGA Genesis. This first round of releases will be revealed at CES 2018 and is set to include:
“several accessories that feature the same great quality as their original Sega counterparts like the original console port, but also with modern upgrades such as a USB® port for PC compatibility and Bluetooth®wireless technology.”
The article also states that these 3 consoles are not the only SEGA systems Retro-Bit would be permitted to create hardware for. What could this mean for the future, a Dreamcast and Saturn Classic Editions? Fingers crossed.
Special thanks to the YouTuber RGT 85 for making this well publicized.
Thank him by watching his episode on his channel; I like his speculation.
Easily my favorite beat em’ up series of all time, Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle is an essential for any retro gamer. The gameplay in this series is timeless, setting standards in the genre that have rarely been surpassed. The music is the best in the genre bar none, and can be included in talks for best video game soundtracks of all time.
In addition to the objective greatness of the series, the games have been central to many of my childhood memories and are so universally appealing that even my wife, who has only a mild interest in video games, adores the games.
Below is a link to a hub pages article I wrote that includes an overview of the entire series as well as fan projects. The article was written before I created this blog, but it contains a tremendous amount of useful information.
https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/streets-of-rage-series-resource