Fri, 8 December 2017
It's here: The first true Game Boy collector's grail piece (and just in time for our recent "collector's bubble" episode of Retronauts - https://retronauts.com/article/699/ep...). Fish Dude is not a good or memorable game, but it is very, very rare and expensive. Which is… something, I suppose. Anyway, to mark the occasion, I tried to make this episode a little different than usual. Please enjoy.
Direct download: Fish_Dude_retrospective_The_dude_abides___Game_Boy_Works_096.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 5:26pm EDT |
Fri, 8 December 2017
Another HAL creation: Hole In One Golf follows up on the company's landmark MSX take on the sport, adds in a Japanese golf legend, removes the golf legend for good measure, and allows players to explore a single course with exhaustive detail (via an isometric perspective that just might have served as the basis for Kirby's Dream Course).
Direct download: HALs_Hole_in_One_Golf_retrospective_Links_awakening___Super_NES_Works_012.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 5:25pm EDT |
Fri, 8 December 2017
A strange and obscure little U.S.-only release for Game Boy in which the protagonist of equally obscure NES game Thunder & Lightning turns monsters into peaches and eats them. Developed anonymously and tied inexplicably to a completely unrelated game, this one's a real mystery. Sadly, the gameplay turns out to be far less interesting than the enigma surrounding Mr. Chin's existence.
Direct download: Mr._Chins_Gourmet_Paradise_retrospective_Peaches_en_regalia___Game_Boy_Works_095.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 5:23pm EDT |
Fri, 8 December 2017
Finally, a great-as-heck third-party Super NES game. Capcom's U.N. Squadron marks a welcome turnaround from the bumpy unpleasantness of Final Fight, with smoother gameplay, fewer conversion compromises, and smart gameplay tweaks to improve replayability. It's a high-water mark for Super NES shooters, and a game worth hunting down all these years later.
Direct download: U.N._Squadron_retrospective_Top_fun___Super_NES_Works_011.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 5:22pm EDT |