Retro of the Week Logo
New Features
Posted by Billy
Posted on 27 November, 2012 at 02:11AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
New Features

Billy here, maintainer/coder for this site. If you hadn't noticed there's a sidebar on the left now. Why did I do this? Well, a lot of our content is pretty hidden, but now more of it stands out. I actually planned a major re-design of the site, but all the tests I made turned out... less than optimal. As per usual, please let me know if there's any errors on your end. Also, please feel free to suggest (reasonable) features that you'd like to see. I programmed this site from scratch for a reason, damn it!

Also, we might add the newest post by our authors on the sidebar. Let me know what you'd think about that.

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Guest Retro: Vagrant Story
Posted by Gilgamesh
Posted on 26 November, 2012 at 07:33AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Guest Retro: Vagrant Story

"The body is but a vessel for the soul, a puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny. And lo, the body is not eternal, for it must feed on the flesh of others, lest it return to the dust from whence it came.Therefore must the soul deceive, despise and murder men."

This here is just about my favourite game of all time. I mean, I'm not very good at picking favourites but this is probably it. That said, I'm well aware of the fact that this game isn't for everyone and so for those of you who haven't played it I'm going to try to give you a good idea of whether or not it's worth hunting down/downloading.

Released by Squaresoft in 2000 for the Playstation Vagrant Story is a game unlike many others. It's essentially a dungeon crawler with a unusually complex combat system. This is backed with a well told story with top notch presentation and great audio and visuals. Whether or not you appreciate (or even understand) the combat system will determine if you find the game to be a tedious chore or a rewarding challenge so I'm going to go into a fair bit of detail on it but first! Let's talk about the rest of it.

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Top 10: Sonic and Knuckles
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 25 November, 2012 at 8:02PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Top 10: Yeah, the Genesis is a'ight.
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 25 November, 2012 at 00:25AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Top 1: Super Metroid
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 11:49PM ↑ 2 ↓ 0
Top 2: Final Fantasy VI
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 09:44AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Top 5, 4 and 3: Actraiser, Gun Hazard and Kirby Superstar
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 1:09PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Top 6: Contra III: The Alien Wars
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 18 November, 2012 at 10:09PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0