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Oh boy, the X-Men arcade game is a special one for me. I am a huge fan of brawling titles like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and many others. When Street Fighter II came out in the arcades, I was still pumping quarters into Final Fight and other scrolling fighters just enjoying my little […]
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X-Men Arcade Game Review
December 28th, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Arcade, News, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Reviews, Sony, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One 
Tags: brawler, konami, marvel, x-men 
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Fourth Day, The Beatles: Rock Band
December 15th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, four colly birds. There seems to be a great debate on whether or the not the lyric actually is “Colly Birds” or “Calling Birds”. I am going to go with colly birds for the purposes of this entry. Initially, I was going to […]
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Crystal Dyanamics Turns 25 Years Old, Buckle Up for Ride Down Memory Lane
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams Raise your hand if you remember the early days of Crystal Dynamics. The days of Off-World Interceptor and Total Eclipse on 3DO, Solar Eclipse on Sega Saturn. Who can forget Gex, Legacy of Kain, and Tomb Raider more recently? Yep, the company behind those games is turning 25 years old. I remember the days when […]
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Posted in 3DO, Comp, Console, Dreamcast, News, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation Portable, Portables, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sony, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: 3do, Crystal Dynamics, Gex, Legacy of Kain, playstation, saturn, tomb raider, Total Eclipse No Comments »
The Top Retro Games that Bring People Together
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams Video games are a social experience. Either through playing with people or chatting to them about games, it’s a widespread hobby with thousands of different niches and nuances, including retro gaming! But some games still reign higher than others: a great example would be comparing Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, which has brought millions of players […]
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Posted in Android, Arcade, Console, iPhone, Macintosh, NEC, News, Nintendo, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Portables, PSOne, Sony, Super Nintendo, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: arcade, fighting, pokemon, Pokemon Go, resident evil, street fighter II turbo No Comments »
Lara Croft: New Sales Details Reveal Retro Gaming Icon is in Rude Health
November 30th, 2017 Carl Williams It says a lot about how quickly technology and the gaming world have evolved that a character which first hit our screens just over 20 years ago can be placed in the pantheon of much-loved retro gaming icons. However, the adventures of everyone’s favorite Tomb Raider Lara Croft have been such an important part of […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PSOne, Sega, Sony, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: lara croft, retro, retro gaming, Rise of the Tomb Raider, square enix, tomb raider No Comments »
Shadow of the Colossus PlayStation 2, 3, 4 Comparison
September 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Any chance I can get to write about Shadow of the Colossus or Robowarrior is going to result in my writing another 300+ words on them. Just the way things are. Since there is no HD Robowarrior Remake I am aware of, it is time to focus on Shadow of the Colossus on the PlayStation […]
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Sine Mora Ex on Nintendo Switch versus Playstation 3
April 16th, 2017 Carl Williams I am a huge fan of scrolling shooters. I suck at them but I like things that go boom in pretty explosions. Years ago, though, about 25 years or so, I was really good at these, never able to one man any single game but still able to beat man with the allotted lives. Years […]
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Double Dragon Pulls Brawler Genre into Mainstream – July 2nd, 1987 – Today in Video Game History
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams When you think of arcade brawlers there are not many names that will top Double Dragon. Technos knew they had a good blend of unique to the competition game play and graphics with this one. Sure, there were other brawlers available before Double Dragon but none captured the fan base that this arcade unit did. […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Android, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Comp, Console, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, iPhone, NEC, NES, News, Nintendo, Playstation 3, Portables, Sega, Sony, Virtual Console, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, ZX Spectrum Tags: billy lee, brawler, double dragon, fighting, final fight, jimmy lee, Marion, street fighter, streets of rage, Technos No Comments »
