I was alerted that the recent Shmups 101 guide didn’t show up in the RSS feed, so I wanted to make sure you all didn’t miss it.
I was really happy with how it turned out and it might be our most epic post ever. So here’s a link if you haven’t seen it.
Shmups 101: A Beginner’s Guide to 2D Shooters
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if the worlds of hip hop and Nintendo were to ever collide, then allow us to direct you to the following link: http://heathmcnease.bandcamp.com, which gives you a pretty good idea of what sort of sound might echo from the impact.
Here you’ll find ‘Straight Outta Console’, a free hip hop mixtape comprising 19 tracks featuring music samples taken from a number of … [ Read More... ]
Some of you may be aware that I’m a big fan of board games. Well the other week my managing director was kind enough to give me the following awesome little present, for which I’m very grateful.
As you can see it’s an awesome Star Wars game from the late Seventies that has you attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. I used to have … [ Read More... ]
Presented by Flake, Opethfan, Beak, and Racketboy
Check out other Guides in the Retro Gaming 101 Series
After Sony helped finish off Sega’s career in the hardware business, Nintendo knew it needed to come up with some solid hardware to follow up the N64 (and finally make the jump into optical media). The Gamecube hardware was actually quite impressive when compared to the Dreamcast and PS2, but it also came … [ Read More... ]
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