Retro by Matt S. Given that I’ve already written three articles about strategy games this week, I figured I might as well continue the theme going, and take a look back at a real time strategy game that would be just about forgotten to history, but I remember it so…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. One of the best things about shopping for otaku stuff in Japan is the retro gaming scene. There are shops everywhere – particularly in Akihabara and Nakano Broadway – that carry a massive range of really retro games, all the way back to the NES. As…
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Retro reflections by Matt S. One of my favourite genres is the dungeon crawler. Forming a party of heroes, and then inching my way around a labyrinth of of death, filled with monsters, traps, and, of course, loot, really appealed to the Dungeons & Dragons player in me. The dungeon…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S For Australians, it wasn’t always easy being a fan of JRPGs. In fact, it was almost impossible, without resorting to doing certain dodgy things with emulators and the like. So many JRPGs were never released in Australia. So many more of them, if they were…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. With the latest Nintendo handheld, the Nintendo Switch, now on the market (yes, I know it streams to home televisions too, but it’s totally a handheld), I thought for this week’s retro reflections I’d take a bit of a personal look back at my history…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. A couple of years ago my brother gave me the ultimate retro Christmas present: a Super Nintendo. To make a long story brief, back in my youth my brothers and I did the crazy thing of trading in our Super Nintendo and a dozen or…
Read MoreGame & Watch Gallery is still one of the best value downloads on the 3DS Virtual Console. Perfect for short bursts of play and backed by some especially strong Mario-themed remakes of the classic LCD minigames it’s a game that has remained high on my rotation. The sequel feels like…
Read MoreI recently rediscovered my old Game Boy Color. It was in a forgotten cupboard in a bathroom (don’t ask me how it got there), so with all the humidity it must have gone through, I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be working as I slotted a few batteries into the…
Read MoreI recently rediscovered my old Game Boy Color. It was in a forgotten cupboard in a bathroom (don’t ask me how it got there), so with all the humidity it must have gone through, I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be working as I slotted a few batteries into the…
Read MoreWe don’t often link over to competitions, but when it’s this awesome, we want to get the word out. Australian independant retailer, The Gamesmen, is offering an original Game Boy as a Facebook competition prize. All you need to do is tell them the first game you ever played. To…
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