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Cute Hedgehog T-shirt, Atari Games at Taco Bell, Nethack “remake”?, and retro characters in new SEGA game!
Well I’m tempted to get this device actually, props to Paul for submitting the review for us so promptly! He only got that thing in the mail yesterday!
So I was reading up the other day about this new game that SEGA released, called Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, which fascinates me due to the amount of characters in the game, especially the fact they went into detail to include the likes of Alex Kidd and the Bonanza Brothers! But where is Bin and Pin from Dynamite Dux? :(
Probably just as well as the main character from Altered Beast isn’t in it, right?
Who here has or is still playing Nethack? Then you might be in luck, as I think this is meant to be a remake of that game, free to download for OSX, Windows and Linux! Here’s some game footage:
Oh and it’s free!
Taco Bell in the states have a promotion where you buy a meal, and then get an Atari game at a price
Although I think that top left one isn’t meant to be Breakout.. Oh well! Still pretty cool, and they’re flash-based on CD.
Although I’d be pissed if I get any salsa allover this shirt..
Okay folks, I hope you have a great long weekend (if you live in South Australia), get a couple of hours in to play some video games, as it looks like the weather may not be on our side!
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100 SNES games in 10 minutes, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Space Invaders Jacket and Wonderboy VS Adventure Island
HAH! See how you like it! From Flickr user Seven_Hundred. So okay it’s that fortnightly Thursday, and that means I go to a store to buy one old game, I managed to get this untimely classic for the Super NES:
Bloody hard game, but a lot of fun nevertheless! Okay onto today’s posts: Another great Tumblr blogsite, this time from UK artist Forx. Covering a lot of great and geeky retro stuff as well as showcasing his own artwork. Bravo Tom :)
The adorable Rinry has posted a comparison of Adventure Island on the NES and Wonderboy on the SEGA Master System, as in they’re bloody identical! See for yourself:
Yeeaaaaaah :\ Another facet that has caused a bit of an argument, as I have heard in the past, is whether Mario hits the blocks with his head or his fist. Well this picture should clarify it for those who still think with their heads:
Okay now this is pretty awesome, from San Francisco, D-structure have for sale a jacket with back design resembling those pesky invaders:
Finally we all know how the SNES was a gorgeous console, and many can think of a few games off the top of their heads.. well how about 100? Here’s a video covering 100 titles in 10 minutes. Enjoy, and I’ll see you all tomorrow!
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Sonic 4 “leaked” Video, Neo Geo Love, Custom Game Boys, and kickass Earthworm Jim Posters
We got a lot to cover today, so lets get to it! Joystiq.com has gotten hold of a screenshot and a leaked video of Sonic 4:
I can’t wait for this, and yeah most likely will get this for the 360 on XBLA! As we talk about a retro-feeling title for a new-gen console, we better mention a new game on an old-gen console as spotted on Kotaku (Thanks Facebook fan Nik Newland), called Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril, by Sivak Games for the NES and here’s a video of the trailer:
Looks like a lot of fun, fresh looking retro platformer for sure, speaking of platformers, the artist Frenden made a great illustration/poster of Earthworm Jim and Psycrow. Check it out:
Very funky, kind of like this custom-made Game Boy made for Chiptune band Anamanaguchi, designed by Thretris.
Be sure to check out Anamanaguchi’s work as well HERE. Whilst on the topic of music, Facebook fan Adrian Ilsey has spotted this on Screwattack, a music video singing about Neo Geo arcade machines!
Thanks for that! :D Also my good friend Rachel Carger has spotted these cute Mushroom keychains on Dealextreme.
Props to everyone who have stumbled across these items, see you folks tomorrow!
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Pilotwings, Sonic 4 announced, Sonic 1-3 for DS, Activision on GOG, and Giana Sisters on DS!
Whew, late night shopping, fun stuff! I went to Gametraders Marion to score a few new games (Yes some of us are still current-gen gamers as well as retrogamers), like Mass Effect 1, and Bayonetta. But also scored Pilotwings for the SNES!
Folks take my advice, when shopping for old games at stores, it’s a hit and miss due to the fact that the carts may not work. But don’t fret! A clean-up on the pins and you’re good to go!
Although I luckily didn’t need to clean the pins on this one…
Okay, lets move onto today’s stories.. How can we not mention the recently-announced Sonic 4? It will be an episodic 2D game, yep that’s right, 2D! SEGA have gone for the classic style for this one, also I should mention that it will be a true sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Sonic 4 will be available around April-June (Summer in the US) on XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, and there are hints of it coming out on the iPhone as well! Time will tell folks :D
To tie things in until that comes out, another announcement made late last year, that the Sonic Classic Collection is (by now) out for the DS. Containing the first 3 Sonic titles (for the Mega Drive/Genesis no doubt), as well as Sonic & Knuckles.
I take it you folks have visited and even purchased some great tiles from GOG.com? Good Old Games. They deliver classic DOS/Windows titles to work on current versions of Windows (XP/Vista/7).
Well recently they’ve made an alliance with Activision to re-release a fair few classic titles, oh stuff like Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption. I cross my fingers in hope that they release Interstate 76 for it. Come on! Mechwarrior 2 with afros!
Over on the behance network, there is a great collection of art being submitted, in particular this one of a concept board game based on Super Mario Bros!
Finally a mate called me up today just to let me know that the C64 classic Giana Sisters is out on the Nintendo DS! So below are screenshots of the original, and then the DS version.
We hope you folks like the new layout of news we deliver to you on Retrospekt. If you have any feedback you’d like to give us, hit us on Facebook, Twitter, or even the email address on the side of the website. Cheers, and have a great weekend!
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Joystiq.com | If a Genesis (Mega Drive) and a Wii had a baby, it would be Sega Zone →
20 Mega Drive games
16 Original motion controlled games
And 14 New titles built in. All for £50 (so around AUD $150 give or take).
It’s just refreshing to see a somewhat-new SEGA console coming out in this millenium :P
More on Pocket-lint.com
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GeekStuff4U | Sega Mega Drive business card case →
So we’ve seen the PacMan one and the Famicom (Japanese NES) controller as well. Banpresto has once again shocked and awed us with this card case. I say KEEP ‘EM GOING!
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A very good article on how tough cartridge-based games are in comparison to discs nowadays.
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A drive with Paul across the northern suburbs.. here’s what I got
Not only speaking to just about every GameTraders store in the northern part of SA, and other notable stores like Amusementworx, Games 4 All and GameBizz. As well as handing out flyers and cards to really enthusiastic folk at said stores :) I also managed to score the following:
From GameTraders Parabanks
From Games 4 All:
Super Metroid
Stunt Race FX
From GameTraders Prospect:
Vortex
From GameTraders Norwood:
Bonanza Bros. (Master System)
From GameTraders Ingle Farm:
Super Punch Out
AV Cable for SNES/N64/GC
All in all a successful day of spreading the good word of Retrospekt and getting to chat to great folk who are into old-school gaming :) Merry Xmas y’all!
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