If you’re like me, then you love classic side scrollers like Mega Man, Contra and Castlevania. Yacht Club Games is making a love letter to the days of 8-bit side scrollers with their game, Shovel Knight. Retro looking side scrollers are indeed a dime a dozen these days, but what I like about this one is how it looks like it’s sticking true to the 8-bit graphical … [ Read More... ]
Category Archives: Retro Games
Hori releasing new & improved Wireless Arcade Stick
With the fighting game renaissance of the past few years, arcade sticks have made a comeback. Mad Catz revamped it’s product line introducing high end arcade sticks, a territory previously dominated by Japanese controller maker, Hori.
Hori is back now with a wireless arcade stick. It uses Bluetooth and provides about 40 hours of gameplay via it’s rechargeable battery. You can also plug it in to recharge the stick … [ Read More... ]
Cover Art: Hyper Zone (SNES)
Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Hyper Zone is rail shooter developed by HAL Laboratory. It was released for the Super Nintendo in 1991. Although it’s considered a shallow derivative title, I came to appreciate it thanks to an old friend.
To the average Nintendo gamer, Hyper Zone… [ Read More... ]
Nintendo is bringing more Zelda games coming to the 3DS
The critically acclaimed The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages & Oracle Of Seasons are coming out on the Nintendo 3DS says Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. The 2 Zelda titles were individually released on the Gameboy Color 12 years ago. They were both celebrated for their graphics on the aging handheld and for their gameplay fun. Furthermore, you could trade passwords between the 2 games which allowed gamers to … [ Read More... ]