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Star Blader is a new one-on-one fighting game for the Atari Lynx hand held. Retroguru are working hard to finish the fighting game, a genre that is not saturated at all on the Atari portable. Honestly, I cannot think of another one-on-one fighting game on the Atari Lynx. Was there even one released? I know Batman Returns had fighting game elements but that was a brawler, not a tournament style fighting game. Star Blader is based on the fighting style of a classic computer fighting game, Barbarian.
Five Nights at Freddy’s Ported to Gamecom Handheld
Another entry in what in the world category is this. Five Nights at Freddy’s has been ported to the Game.com handheld. Yes, you read that right, the horrible commercial failure known as the Game.com. It just got a new game. Five Nights at Freddy’s, a title originally released in 2014. As expected, the graphics are […]
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Doom Sees SymbOS Port
Doom was that release that made computers cool again. A release that transcended the stuffiness of computers of the time. Much like Myst did the same year (1993), just a different genre. Considering id Software opened their FPS to gamers the world over, it helped keep it in the spotlight. One area this helped was […]
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Mortal Kombat 2 Game Boy Advance Port by Fan Updated
Mortal Kombat is a franchise that has reached maximum exposure, so to speak. Millions know the name, enjoy the various properties the franchise has to offer, and some of those fans go farther. One such fan that knows no limits has decided to take on a major challenge. Hugo Smits is creating a Nintendo Game […]
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge Update
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) are a franchise that is recognizable to most people. Whether a fan or not, the TMNT have permeated the social conscious of the United States, and many other countries. People know of them if not able to name each one. For many reading this, the heyday for Teenage Mutant […]
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Crazy Columns Sees Update Release on Commodore Amiga 500
Crazy Columns is a fan remake of the popular Sega game, Columns. Sega needed a puzzle game to take on Nintendo’s exclusive license of Tetris. While Columns never reached the popularity level that Tetris did, Sega was able to create a puzzle franchise that still sees updates today. Fans and official updates are seen regularly […]
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Starfire for PC-98 Sees English Translation Released
July 11th, 2021 
Carl Williams Obscure mid-1990’s PC games. How much more obscure can we get than Starfire, released in 1994, for the NEC PC-98 in Japan? While I am sure I could come up with something more obscure, there are not many as interesting. The engine powering Starfire is the Might and Magic engine, with a few minor tweaks to the combat.
Starfire saved by fans
Set in the future, space travel the norm, you are a member of a squad of mercenaries contracted to the government. Operating a Motor Shell you are stationed on the battleship Dragonet. Your job is to do cleanup on various jobs such as squelching colony uprisings and cleaning up biomechanical invasions of satellites among other nasty jobs.
Ultimately there is a mysterious force trying to take over the galaxy. Your job is to stop it.
Powered by Might and Magic
Developed by StarCraft, Inc, Starfire makes use of the Might and Magic engine with modified battle mechanic. Battles now take place in real time with a cursor shooting mechanism. Moving around the game world is in 3D just like Might and Magic. Starfire being set in the future means metal corridors and control panels instead of rocks and fountains.
Starfire is still a role-playing game (RPG). Instead of experience points and gold, you work with engineers and doctors to upgrade and heal. Killing enemies gives you credits that you can spend on the ship for upgrades and modifications to your Motor Shell.
Interestingly, this is one of StarCraft’s few original releases. This makes Starfire a somewhat interesting entry.
Fans of futuristic RPG’s will do well to play Starfire. Setup like Silent Debuggers on the TurboGrafx-16, you travel in a 3D world. The level of depth here is much more than the average futuristic release.
Head over to ROMHacking.net and grab the patch file. We cannot link directly to the ROM file.
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Fear for your mental health at work? Talk to a robot!
June 23rd, 2021 Carl Williams Oracle and Workplace Intelligences have published the findings of a study on the impact of the pandemic on the global workforce’s mental health. The percentage of affected workers is already enough of a shock (78%), but what is really mindblowing is the question of trust. More precisely, the lack of trust towards company officials. The researchers discovered that 68 percent of people would prefer to talk to a robot than to their manager when they feel stress and anxiety at work! There is more: 80 percent of the interviewees like the idea of having a robot as a therapist or counselor.
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SaGa Frontier Remastered is here!
April 22nd, 2021 Carl Williams A classic reborn always awakens deep emotions. From April 15th, 2021, those of you who were not even born in 1998 can experience all the fun of burrowing into this beloved RPG. Improved graphics, additional features, a new main character, and access via Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. Its birth, in 1997, was all Japanese. On that market, the game was the seventh in the SaGa series, but outside Japan the previous releases had used the Final fantasy brand. Sony Computer Entertainment published the game in North America a year later. That was when the SaGa brand made it to the west on the PlayStation for the first time.
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Retro gamers will get a free social gaming platform with Piepacker
April 22nd, 2021 Carl Williams A free and legal online platform will soon be available to all fans of retro games. Just register on Piepacker, invite your friends, and start playing. No downloads, no subscriptions, completely hassle-free: open it on Chrome, and you are good to go. The multiplayer architecture is enhanced by a video chat function that also allows players to wear live 3D “masks” from their favorite titles. Gaming online is more fun than it has ever been, and some platforms can give you even more. Try a rizk bonus code if you want to be pleasantly surprised. As for the retro portfolio on Piepacker, there are already more than 60 games available on the platform, among them popular titles such as Worms: World Party (PlayStation), Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 (SEGA Genesis), Rage of the Dragons (Neo Geo), Glover (PlayStation) and Sensible Soccer (SEGA Genesis).
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Pharaoh: A New Era, aka the return of the most beloved city builder
April 22nd, 2021 Carl Williams A vintage classic from 1999 is undergoing a complete remake. This treat for lovers of the genre was announced in the summer of 2020 by two partners. Dotemu, the French publisher whose mission is to revive retro games on modern platforms, has teamed up with developer Triskell Interactive. They are working to bring back “the best historical city builder up today”, as enthusiastically dabbed by Steam. Some classics never go out of fashion, as experienced gamers know well. When you are a fan of the spinning wheel, for example, you know that with casino online offers you can never go wrong. When you want to become a true Pharaoh and build your monumental city on the Nile banks, the Dotemu team is the one to follow.
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Diablo 2 Resurrected Brings Original Plus Expansion into Modern Era
February 19th, 2021 Carl Williams Fans of Diablo were probably sort of blindsided when Diablo, plus the Hellfire expansion, appeared on GoG. a while back. Well get ready to be flat out floored. Diablo 2 plus the Lord of Destruction expansion are in the process of being remade in 3D. Even better, Vicarious Visions are handling the development of this remake. If you are rocking a modern PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or 5, or a Nintendo Switch then you are set to enjoy this remake. It gets even better though.
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Mortal Kombat 2021 Movie Trailer Released
February 19th, 2021 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat is one of those gaming franchises that should have been an easy fit for a movie. Somehow this has not happened even after two, three, attempts now. I blame the first one’s failure to connect with fans on that MPAA rating – PG-13. Seriously? It was like they made the movie based on the Super Nintendo version of the game or something. Then the second movie, Mortal Kombat Annihilation, it was PG-13 as well. This one I blame bad choices for its failure. It was like the studio was like, we cannot do worse than the first movie. Then they went and did worse.
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Casino Games, a 1989 compilation for the Sega Master System
January 26th, 2021 Carl Williams Once upon a time… there was the Sega Master System (SMS), an 8-bit video game console manufactured by Sega in the years 1985 – 1992. The Master System has its place in history, and since only 13 million units were sold, if you own one, it can still give you some satisfaction. Like playing the series of mini-games that was marketed in 1989 as “Casino Games.”
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Xero Hour, a new retro game
January 26th, 2021 Carl Williams Can you make a new game that looks and feels retro? Justin Bender, a guitar player for the bands Third Ion and Sorceress, thought he could. The 38-year old received a Nintendo in 1989 and thus developed a passion for video games. In the last few years, he started to tinker with creating his own game. His first brainchild, “Xero Hour,” is now available as a mobile app for Android and iOS.
