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Mega Turrican can be viewed as Turrican 3. This is mainly because it was marketed as such on the Commodore Amiga. On that platform this game was called Turrican 3: Payment Day. Originally planned for release in 1993, Factor 5 would have to wait almost a year for launch. Data East picked up worldwide distribution […]
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Data East Saves Mega Turrican on Sega Genesis – June 7th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
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Amazon Slashes Price on Sega Genesis Mini
November 28th, 2019 Carl Williams If you have a retro gaming fan on your holiday shopping list, then you need to check this out. Amazon has the Sega Genesis Mini on sale right now for an unbelievable price.
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Nightmare Boy Coming to Nintendo Switch
January 5th, 2018 Carl Williams Fans of Metroidvania style games will want to check out Nightmare Boy as it is now Nintendo Switch bound. Nightmare Boy is a Spanish-made action adventure title that will feature sprawling levels and monsters around every corner. The file size is reported to be about 1.6 gigabytes with a price tag of $15 on the […]
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Top 3 Fighting Games of the 16-bit Era (Top 3 Tuesday)
May 10th, 2017 Michael Crisman If you don’t associate the 16-bit era with fighting games, you’re either an amnesiac or throwing off the curve for this site’s age demographic. If, as I suspect, you are a gamer who finds himself on the wrong side of thirty, then you’re already formulating a list in your head from the topic title. Thanks […]
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Could a Mega Drive / Genesis Flashback Top the NES Classic Mini?
April 7th, 2017 Neil Reive With the NES Classic Mini–also known as Nintendo Classic Edition, depending on where it’s sold–Nintendo seem to have struck nostalgic cords of many retrogamers. It has proved so popular that Retrogamers have been clambering over themselves to get hold of the much publicized and popular mini Nintendo 8-bit console. Could the release of a Sega […]
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Streets of Rage Series – Left in 16-Bit
September 14th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega was riding high during the 16-Bit days when they were able to finally break into the mainstream with the Sega Genesis console. There truly were some classics released for this defunct console. Sonic the Hedgehog debuted here, Alex Kidd stepped up his game from the Master System days, Vectorman kicked butt through two games […]
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The Fifteen Most Difficult Genesis Games (That Are Not Battletoads)
September 7th, 2016 Michael Crisman Last year we held a combination shouting match/kumite among the staff to determine the fifteen hardest NES games, discounting Battletoads. In the end, two things happened. First, you all made it the most-read, most-shared column we’ve ever published–you rock! Second, the local hospital told us if we pulled a stunt like that again, they would ‘accidentally’ […]
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Rocket Knight Adventures Launched on Sega Genesis – September 3rd, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
September 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Rocket Knight Adventures proves Konami used to be this really awesome game publisher. They were all over the place with their releases, especially during the 16-Bit wars. Konami would often release the same title on both the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. They also took their time to tweak said title for each platform. […]
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Cuphead Pits Gamers Against 1930s Game World Xbox One and Steam
August 27th, 2016 Carl Williams Remember those old cartoons from the early days of cinema? Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, etc? Yea, those classics that have that amazingly smooth animation to them. Well, Cuphead is essentially that but in a game that you are controlling. What is even better is, this is a run and gun game similar to Gunstar Heroes […]
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Contra Hard Corps Drills Super Nintendo Contra III Into Ground – August 8th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
August 7th, 2016 Carl Williams When Contra Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis was first announced, out another game, Gunstar Heroes was mentioned a lot. There were rumors concerning Konami. Mainly that this was a thumb to the nose at Treasure (developer of Gunstar Heroes). If you do not know, Treasure was founded by ex-Konami employees. Like Contra Hard Corps […]
