Of every games console or computer I’ve ever owned, the Sega Mega Drive is probably my favourite. It was my first console, and the one I own most games for. It also saw me through most of university, despite the N64, Saturn and PS1 all having just come out – I obviously didn’t have any money to buy them. It wasn’t until the end of 1999 that I bought something newer, meaning I’d had a full 8 years of Megadriving. …
Been a while since I last played this, but the Street Fighter II table for it was released recently and, in an attempt to break free from the evil clutches of Fallout 3, I gave it a go. It’s a pretty good table, actually. Better than most of the others in Pinball FX, anyway. It’s difficult to light the lights above the top-left bumpers as they’re hidden, but aside from that it’s very nice. Except Trousers is already above me …
Play Asia started selling these recently. They look like a Megadrive variant of the many Famicom “famiclones” out there, but they’re not – they’re officially licenced by Sega! And they’re really cheap too, coming in at under ¬¨¬£20. You get 20 games built into the unit, but it also has a cartridge slot to play original (and forthcoming re-released) cartridges. I tested it with quite a few games of varying geographic origin, and aside from the UK version of Street …
Yes, time again to catch up on some demos that I’ve downloaded recently… Cyberball 2072Rubbish. Hated it on the Megadrive, and although this is a conversion of the superior arcade original, it’s still rubbish. American Football games are all crap, and this one adds crap robots to double how crap it is. Amazing. Fatal Fury SpecialHmm. It’s not awful, but with Street Fighter II and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 already available on XBLA, it isn’t really wanted. The Fatal Fury …
I know I have ten billion new games that arrived this week, and I also know Street Fighter II is being released on XBLA tomorrow, but I still decided to unlock the full version of this. And I love it. I can’t believe I’ve had access to it for months now, and haven’t even given it a try. It is written by Ninjabee, who also did Cloning Clyde, which is one of my reasons for buying it. Anyway. I’ve done …
I was slightly disappointed with this collection, especially after the excellent Taito one I got a few weeks ago. For starters, Street Fighter II actually makes up THREE of the 22 games listed, and there’s a load of vertically scrolling shooters (1942, 1943 and 1943 Kai – which itself is a remake of 1943 – are three of them), and even Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts and Super Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts, which are both essentially the same game. There are several “real” …
Decided to have a run through Arcade Mode on the hardest setting on this. It was, well, not too hard actually. I picked characters I don’t normally use (so that’s no Ken, Ryu, Iori, King, etc) and instead went for Athena, Eagle, Rolento and others (I died a few times, you see). This game is great, if played with the Street Fighter II pads, like I was. Standard PS2 pads are rubbish for everything. Came 7th on the score table. …
Just like last year, this year I took part in the RetroCollect 52 Game Challenge. The idea was to complete, uh, 52 games in a single year. Back in June, I successfully became the first person taking part to hit the 52 game barrier. But I wasn’t going to stop there. With the challenge over before the year was half done, I aimed for 104 games. The 104 Game Challenge, if you will. For the less mathematical of my readers, …
Fallout 4 (PS4 15/01/2016) Batman Returns (Lynx 24/01/2016) Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4/Vita 30/01/2016) Thomas Was Alone: Benjamin’s Flight (Vita 30/01/2016) Hatoful Boyfriend (Vita 31/01/2016) Nova-111 (PS4 15/02/2016) Bayonetta (Wii U 15/02/2016) Sonic the Hedgehog (MS 28/02/2016) Street Fighter Alpha (GBC 28/02/2016) Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush (Wii U 05/03/2016) Disney Infinity 3.0 (PS4 06/03/2016) ToeJam and Earl (MD 10/03/2016) Midnight Resistance (MD 12/03/2016) Mega-lo-Mania (MD 12/03/2016) Castle of Illusion (MS 12/03/2016) Midnight Resistance (Spec 15/03/2016) Land of Illusion (MS 16/03/2016) …
I have more thoughts about the actual games over on my Gaming Diary, but here are some more comments about the handheld itself. First of all, I love it. Everything about it. It’s such a lovely, lovely device. The screens are bright, the 3D adds loads to the games (and even just the menus and stuff), and the extras already installed are great. I’ve been playing through Super Street Fighter IV and logging which characters I’ve completed it as in …
Actually, it arrived yesterday. It’s very shiny. And very, very impressive. I’m amazed at the difference a bit of 3D makes to games – those on other consoles suddenly look very flat and “wrong”. Even just the subtly 3D menus, splash screens, and “screen furniture” make the games more alive. No doubt over the next few days I’ll post more of my thoughts, but here’s a brainjumble purge to be getting on with: The console Surprisingly small. It’s supposed to …
