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Arcus Odyssey and Psycho Dream are getting Retro-Bit reproductions
Retro-Bit has announced that the next games in their line of collector’s reproductions are 1992’s Psycho Dream for SFC/SNES and 1991’s Arcus Odyssey for Genesis/Mega Drive. Pre-orders for them open today until May 24. I cover Retro-bit’s releases routinely (full disclosure: they send me copies), but if you’re not familiar, they have been releasing rather lavish reproductions of retro games,…
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Review – P-47II MD
Ooo. Forbidden shoot-'em-up. F-47II MD was cancelled back in the '90s, but Retro-Bit and City Connection are making sure it sees the light of day exactly how it was intended: on Genesis.
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Review – Farming Simulator 16-Bit Edition
New games on old consoles will probably always be exciting to me. Old consoles all have their unique strengths and weaknesses, and seeing developers navigate them is interesting. I wish the big, veteran publishers would get in on it. New Nintendo games on old Nintendo consoles? Gimme. Farming Simulator 16-Bit Edition is interesting to me now that it’s actually on…
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No way! Farming Simulator 16-bit Edition is getting a legit Genesis port
Do you know Farming Simulator? The surprisingly popular series about running a modern farm with massive farming equipment? Not the Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon brand of farming; the real industrialized sort. The series that has dedicated peripherals to use with steering wheel controllers so you can work your harvester or whatever? The one that has been going strong since 2008? Yeah,…
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Preview – ZPF
I love a good nouveau retro release. ZPF is a horizontal shooter by the devs of Tanzer and is published by Mega Cat Studios. It bills itself as a Future Metal Fantasy and comes loaded with more colours than you can count (64 probably). Here's an early look at its demo.
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Review – Streets of Rage
My household as a child was ruled by the Super Nintendo. That is to say, my childhood console was an SNES. But I had a cousin who lived nearby with a Sega Genesis. He didn’t have many games, but we rented a lot when we spent time together. However, he also had the Sega 6-Pak. It had games like Sonic…
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Review – ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
I have to stop taking the phrase “not as good as the first one” as meaning “not worth playing.” I have had Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron for about as long as I’ve owned my Genesis, but I don’t think I ever completed a single level. I just wasn’t sure it was worth it, especially when just playing…
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Review – Sparkster (Genesis)
Rocket Knight Adventures has long stood as my favourite game on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The sequels... exist. They're... fine. The Genesis and Super Nintendo versions are completely distinct from each other, but neither of them really capture the magic of the original. Within is the reasons why.
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Review – Clay Fighter
The impact that Street Fighter II had on the industry can’t be understated. It jump started a genre, and soon, the pretenders started crowding in. The market was swamped with 1v1 fighting games, and it became difficult to stand apart from the rest. Some used licensed characters, others went the more violent route, and then there was Clay Fighter To…
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Review – Sonic the Hedgehog
My relationship with Sonic the Hedgehog is… complicated. I was an SNES child, so my mentor growing up was Mario, but my cousin had a Genesis, and I spent many mornings over there diving into his games. It was the 90’s, and we were told that Sonic was cool, so I was, of course, obediently enamoured. I don’t recall when…
