Retro of the Week

Posted by Billy
Posted on 2 July, 2013 at 10:03PM

Multiplatform releases were somewhat of a rarity back in the 16-bit days. Game consoles were just too different from each-other, so it wasn't an easy thing to do. Which brings me to another game from my childhood -- Pitfall the Mayan Adventure, which was on fucking everything. Sure you had the occasional game that came out on the Genesis and Super Nintendo ala Bubsy, but this game was on almost any machine you can name back on the day: SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Atari Jaguar, PC, and even got a port later on for the Gameboy Advance. For the sake of this review I'll be focusing on the Genesis/Sega CD version (they're very similar minus a few differences, more on that later).

4 comment(s) | Tags: Retro, Review, Pitfall, Pitfall: the mayan adventure, snes, genesis, sega cd, 32x, 1994, activision

RotW is Back!

Posted by Billy
Posted on 2 July, 2013 at 8:42PM

3 comment(s) | Tags: other, site news, news, back, downtime

Retroid

Posted by Metal_Kitty666
Posted on 25 May, 2013 at 04:13AM

6 comment(s) | Tags: metroid, animation, ROTW, video

Retro: Valkyrie Profile

Posted by Gilgamesh
Posted on 29 April, 2013 at 9:54PM

I think the best word to describe Valkyrie Profile is "unique." You're unlikely to play another RPG like it and both sequels to the game (arguably both prequels) don't play anything like it or each other.

0 comment(s) | Tags: RPG, Playstation, PS1, Retro, Enix, tri-Ace, TO MY SIDE MY NOBLE EINHERJAR

Modern: Crimson Shroud

Posted by Gilgamesh
Posted on 16 April, 2013 at 06:15AM

Released initially for the 3DS as part of the Guild01 project in Japan Crimson Shroud has since been released on its own in both Japan and abroad. Directed by Yasumi Matsuno (Director of Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together and Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen) it is a somewhat traditional RPG that pays great homage to tabletop RPGs such as Dungeon and Dragons or Shadowrun.

6 comment(s) | Tags: RPG, 3DS, Modern, Writing, Dungeons and Dragons, Crimson Shroud, Level-5, Guild01

Modern: Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

Posted by Gilgamesh
Posted on 1 April, 2013 at 08:32AM