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The “obligatory” Halloween edition. Instead of celebrating a birthday, I will share my personal favorite horror genre game – Splatterhouse 2 on the Megadrive (Genesis). You can play this game here.

Nintendo

Dualshockers have a list of the 10 strangest games released on the Super Nintendo. Link

Classic Nintendo controllers are now compatible with IOS and tvOS 16.1 California 18 is reporting (adaptor needed). Link

Destrictoid has a feature on the SNES version of Jurassic Park. Link

If you are a Gamecube user and use the Game Boy Player – there is a hack that The Gamer is reporting on that makes it much better. Link

Go Nintendo look at some spooky Nintendo worlds/levels. Link

No one:

Absolutely no one:

CBR – 10 Mario Enemies That Would Make Good Pets. Link

Just in case you are not done with lists (they get a surprising number of clicks according to my data) Dualshockers look at the 10 strangest 10 N64 games. Link

 

Sega

Game News 24 has an article in memory of Reiko Kodama, the Grand Dame of Sega” who sadly passed away. An impressive life. Link

Sonic has now passed more than 1.51 Billion unit sales and downloads report Shacknews. Link

 

Other

Gamefreaks 365 have a feature article on Ms. Pac-Man, worth a read on the OG female lead character. Link

iTechSpot has a list of 5 games (mostly retro) based on scary movies. I can think of many more.. Link

For those of you that collect games, you might interested to know that Analogue is releasing a final batch of their Sega SG and Nintendo NT – they are beautiful machines and play original games. Link

A bit list heavy this week (but it is Halloween) – Screenrant looks at the 10 worst gaming system accessories. Link

PC Mag looks at the worst arcade conversions of all time. Link

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, and wishing you all a spooky Halloween!

 

Welcome to issue #15, this week – 34 years ago this week the Sega Genesis was launched in the USA, so I use this an an opportunity to play one of the best platform games ever – Sonic the Hedgehog – you can play online here.

Nintendo

You know that Donkey Kong was originally about Popeye right? No? Then you might want to check out CBR’s 10 (surprise surprise) incredibly confusing facts about Nintendo. Link

Last week the NES turned 37 years old, probably the most iconic consoles of all time and Out Kick take you on a trip down memory lane to celebrate this birthday. Link

Nintendo has always walked its own path when it comes to hardware and gaming, not always following logical convention and having some massive hits. Gear Rice look at 7 Nintendo products that were different from the rest. Link

The director of Super Smash Bros – Sakurai – has released some information of the original Smash Bros prototype (minus Mario). Worth a look if you are a fan of the series, Reutir report. Link

Sega

Megazone was the magazine for Sega in Australia, but it was also owned by the sole distributor of Sega products. Read more about the shady history courtesy of Super Jump Magazine. Link

Screen Rank look at 10 hardest Genesis/Megadrives they still have not beaten (below). Link

Other

Remember back in the day there used to be a lot of brands trying to break into games, with varying degrees of success. California 18 look back at 10 brands (below) that made the decision to release games (mostly retro). Link

There is a new website that offers 23 emulators to test your rooms playable via a browser. Find it in this link.

The Gamer look at the best of the 8 bit fighting games. Link

 

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Welcome to issue number lucky 13, this week 27 years ago Mortal Kombat 3 was launched on the SNES & Megadrive/Genesis – if you want to play it, you can do here. Also, a big thanks on making this the biggest retro gaming newsletter on Substack!

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Nintendo

Go Nintendo reports that a fan has made a very cool portable Super Famicom (below) using the SNES classic as the base. Link

The trailer for the new CGI Super Mario Bros film it out, and I think it looks pretty cool. Link

Geek Tyrant share the news that Retrotainment have created a new Garbage Pail Kids video game for the NES (plus the modern consoles). I was (am) a big nerd for GBK so will be checking this out (below). Link

The SNES is a beautifully designed console, no matter the revision, or the region – but they do tend to yellow as they age. Game Mite explain why and what you can do about it. Link

Chris Scullion has launched a new gaming encyclopedia (below) honouring the N64. It includes all games for the console, including Japanese and 64DD versions. Nintendo Life tell more. Link

Like Mario loves coins, like Sonic loves rings – CBR loves lists. Here they share with you Mario’s “top 10” creepiest enemies (below). No mention of OG boo :(. Link

 

Sega

For the Win give their opinion on the best Sega CD (Mega CD) games ever! Link

Sega has and did have some excellent franchises, but some of them have not been touched for years. CBR look at 10 which have been all but forgotten. Link

Other

Mooooooooorrrtaaaaal Kooooombaaaaat turns 30 and Spark Chronicles tells the story of the game dubbed “too violent for our children”. Link

Can you name the 7 video game characters that have appeared in each of the last 4 decades? I got 5. Gamerant have the full list. Link

That’s all for this week, thanks for reading – I appreciate you all.

 

5 years ago this week Starfox 2 was finally released for the SNES mini. You can play this very delayed sequel here.

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Nintendo have always been the custodian of their platform, putting in place a number of measures to make it more kid friendly. This went as far as Nintendo asking the developers of X-Men in Arcades Revenge to censor some of the locations. Ruetir report. Link

Death, tax and CBR’s lists are three things you can be sure of. This latest list is 10 underrated SNES games everyone should play (apparently). Link

For those of you that want to be able to send Tweets from your NES (yes, you read that right) – No Bad Memories have got the connected NES for you. Link

Or maybe perhaps you can get your NES and install a new OS to give you some new functionality? NESOS 1.0 features 2 apps and a word processor! Arstechnica go into more detail. Link

 

Sega (slow Sega news week)

For the win look at the best Sega Saturn games ever. Link

Other

Limited Run Games are launching a book division and re-publishing some books that have released in the past. Game News 24 look at some of their works. Link

Kotaku have a nice piece on how Sony won the console war. Link

The Blockbuster World Video Game championships are back! I went the the original one in the UK in the 90’s (at a theme park in the UK). NME explain more (below). Link

Gamepur look at the 5 failed consoles that lasted longer than the Google Stadia… Bit harsh on the Sega Saturn. Link

SNK Celebrated 30 years of the “Art of Fighting” with some new art (below). Nintendo Life report and I will just share the picture to save you a click unless you are really interested. Link

 

 

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34 years ago today, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was released for the trusty NES. Never played it? Well, we got you – you can play it through your browser here.

 

Nintendo

Nintendo was born 133 years ago as a playing card company – Reutir look back at the history of the Legendary gaming company (I do not throw legendary around easily). Link

Modern games too easy? Sick of being able to reload that save when things get sticky? Looking for a challenge? Yardbarker look at the toughest NES games (below for my #1). Link

 

 

Remember that classic game called Bible Adventures for the NES? No? Well it happened, and Nintendo Link look back in more detail about what it was all about (below). Link

Den of Geek take a look at the 15 weirdest Gameboy games ever made, in case you care. Link

A bit of a strange one, but Happy Mag report on Impact Soundworks offering Super Audio Boy for free, which is a piece of software that includes a ton of Game Boy 8 bit samples. Link

 

Den of Geek give their view on the 15 best SNES fighting games (below). Link

Tech E Blog reveal that a modder has created a 60fps version of StarFox. Link

 

Sega

In a slow Sega news week a Japanese couple got married and had a cool Sega 90’s tower wedding cake (below). Link

Its hard to argue that the NES was the winner versus the Master System, but there were some games that were better on the Sega console. The Gamer have a list. Link

The Sega Modem was ahead of its time and an amazing piece of kit – Tech e Blog look at in more detail. Link

Other

Kim Komando has an article that looks at 10 “vintage” electronics that are are now worth a sh*tload (my word). Some interesting retro gaming bits included. Link

Tedium look into the MagnaVox Odysseys’ history and its place in video gaming history (worth a read). Link

 

That’s it for this week, if you are reading this – thanks for reading to the end. Have a great week!

37 years ago today the hard as nails Ghost’s and Goblins was launched in the arcades. If you want to test your sanity, you can play it here.

 

Nintendo

Mega Man Zero turned 20 last week and to celebrate this, Nintendo Life rank all (53) of the games from the franchise.

Want to know what the most valuable N64 games are? Well 80’s kids think you do so much they wrote an article about this. Link

With Goldeneye (below) all over the news due to its birthday, subsequent documentary and re-release on the Switch and Xbox, CBR look back at to why the game was so special. Link

 

Sega

 

Ruerir report on a new game for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis by Pixel Heart – Alice Sisters. Link

Other

How to Geek have a nice feature on the best modern retro consoles and look at the best way of playing old games on new hardware. I did not know you could run RetroArch on the Series X in developer mode! Link

Remember that time Apple made a console? The Pippin was not a success like most Apple products, and California18 look in more detail about the $450 flop (below). Link

The folks at Chithot (nice name) have voted 1996 as the best year in gaming. Link

CBR give their list of the 10 most expensive Atari games. Link

USA today look at what was the first video game. It was not known by me! Link

Arstechnica look at the 103 games that did, and did not make it into the Atari 50 collection. Link

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Notebook Check preview another modern retro handheld – the Anberic RG353V with a vertical layout and 3.5” display. Link

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Welcome to issue #8, this week (tomorrow) 39 years the legendary Mortal Kombat was released on the SNES and Megadrive/Genesis. For me it was always a lot of fun, not quite as polished as SF2 but there was something about ripping the head and spine from my opponents body that was very unique. You can play the gorier Sega version here (but good luck with a keyboard).

 

Nintendo

Oh My Mag kick us off with a clickbait title saying that this NES game is worth almost $11k – spoiler alert as I dislike clickbait – its called Phantom Air Mission and the condition for this valuation is brand new, but the cart alone is worth $1k. Link

 

Screen Rant provide us with a massive surprise by compiling a list of 10 “Groundbreaking” Game Boy games that still look good today. IMO there is only so much you can do with a monochrome display, but in case you are interested. Link

The Gamer take a look at the best accessories for the Game Boy, I had the link cable (used one or twice for Tetris) and the magnifier. Not sure why I needed the latter as my young eyes were perfectly fine, but it always seemed cool. Always wanted the printer, not sure why. Link

More on the Rare console that never was – the Play Boy. I have a good friend who was senior at Rare who explained to me that they took it to CES, showed Miyamoto of Nintendo (they were partners) who then revealed the Gameboy, and that was that. Did you know Rare also did a 4p adaptor called the Foreplay and also a motorbike engine (V-Twin). Link

Ever heard of the Sharp SF1 (below)? I had not. Find out more about the TV with built in SNES from 1990 as told by TechEBlog. Link

Lord of the Rings is hot right now (the series on Amazon for me is a bit meh thus far), so Ruetir look back at the history of LOTR and the SNES – which is not a history with quality games. At all. Link

A look at the Twitch Streamer “Acegamersam” who beat all 296 N64 games in 5 years (that’s over 4 a month, I struggle with 4 a year these days). Impressive. Reported by Know techie. Link

What are the 10 most valuable N64 games? Find out thanks to Twinfinate. Link

 

Sega

Today I learned about SAGE’22 – Sonic Amateur Games Expo, which was last week. Link

Disney are remaking Gargoyles (originally for the Mega Drive) and Game News 24 tell you more. Link

The Sega/Mega CD was a nice idea and brought FMV to the 16 bit generation – and there was a quite large catalogue of games available. At the time it was just a dream to own one. Exputer look at the best games ever released on the system. Link

 

Other

The 2600 is 45 years old and and Stuff look at the best games on this faux wooden granddaddy of gaming (below). Link

Gizmodo look at the PocketStar retro gaming console – which is almost keyring sized and looks fiddly. Link

 

And that’s it for this week. Hope you learned something new, and if you enjoyed reading, please share with other retro fans.

Cheers!

Welcome to issue number 8! Thanks for reading and if you have any other new sources or articles we have missed please message us or leave comments. On the 7th September we celebrate the launch of Galaxian for the NES, a mere 38 years ago. You can play it here.

This week I watched GoldenEra – a documentary about Goldeneye. It was nice to relive the nostalgia and worth a watch for fans of the game (who is not..) – but felt like the last 30 mins went a bit off the rails.

 

Nintendo

 

Despite Nintendo games being more on the PG-13 side of things, some of the bosses and characters are very strange. CBR look at the 10 weirdest Nintendo Bosses (below). Link

Dualshockers look at the 10 most valuable Nintendo Games, and 9 of them are worth over $100k – time to raid the attic. Link

Voonze celebrate 30 years of Mario Kart. Link

CBR remember the time that Mario had a gun. Link

 

Sega

Inverse look at when (their claim) Sega delivered the greatest video game sidekick of all time!? Mr M. T. Prower. Link

Do you remember Psycho Fox on the Sega Master System? Let Thumbsticks remind you. Link

Did you know the Sega Genesis/Megadive was inspired by cars? If not then there are 4 other facts you might be enlightened by. Link

GameRant rank all of the Sonic games (below). Link

 

 

Other

A cool article on Yahoo Finance (of all places!) on Retro Game collecting and some of the challenges that this poses. Link

How to Geek look at people who are making new retro games. Link

A Tomb Raider fan is making a 2D version. Link

The Evercade EXP console will have 18 Capcom games installed to play out of the box (below). Link

A sensational collection of retro gaming consoles is being sold – the asking price, $1m. Link

Atari XP are releasing some new pressings of Atari 2600 games that will play on the original console. So far we have Missile Command, Adventure, Aquaventure, Yars’ Revenge and Saboteur and each is limited to 1000 copies. Link

Did you know Rare also wanted to make hardware as well? I did’t – well meet the PlayBoy (below)… Link

 

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Welcome to all of the new subscribers and thanks to those that are sharing the newsletter with others. Issue 7 coming in hot filled with more Retro goodness. 27 years ago this week (1st September 1995) DOOM arrived on the SNES – you can play it here.

 

Nintendo

GoldenEra, the documentary about GoldenEye for the N64 is out and IGN have posted a review on this classic game (below). Link

 

Limited Run Games (below) have revealed a OG Game Boy release for their game PHOBOS DERE. GB (not shouting, that’s how its written apparently). Pre-orders are available now! Link

Elago have released some nostalgic cases for Apple devices, including a SNES controller for Air Tags (below) – which looks very cool. Cult of Mac report. Link

Go Nintendo give an update on a new game for the NES called Malasombra which is close to completion, having been stated in 2018. Link

Looking for a NES challenge? Yardbarker get all list and tell you their thoughts on the 20 hardest games for the console. Link

 

Sega

 

The Sega Megadrive is 33 this year (aka Genesis in the USA), and The Gamer have written a Love Letter to the “greatest console of all time” (not my words, but I kind of agree). Link

Some might argue that the Sega Master System games might have the most basic looking game cases, but the champions of lists, Game Rant, have got a list of the 14 Forgotten Sega Master System games with awesome cover art (below). A niche list indeed. Link

Time Extension have a cool article on the Sega/Nintendo console wars and how Sega won in the UK. Link

Other

Want to know how Atari designed the original universal console port and how it lasted almost 20 years? Tedium have a cool article with a deep dive on this. Link

 

Digimon is 25 years old and they are celebrating this in Tokyo (below) with a number of events, reported by Crunchyroll. If you are a fan of the series there are some cool exhibits. Link

Indie Retro News report on a new Amiga platformer being developed called “Super Metal Hero”. Looks cool (below). Link

 

This weeks featured social media account is the “Retro Gaming Geek” who you can follow on Twitter. Link

 

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