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Wallachia Reign of Dracula is one of the cross-genre games gamers either hate or love. Here we get a cross between “metroidvania” and Contra by Konami. If you are not a fan of metroidvania games, then there is probably not much here to change your mind. For everyone else, get ready. Wallachia will be getting an […]
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Wallachia Reign of Dracula Receiving Limited Nintendo Switch Release
November 2nd, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo, Switch 
Tags: action, adventure, contra, Kira Buckland, metroidvania, Robert Belgrade, VGNYsoft, Wallachia Reign of Dracula 
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Retro Gaming Steam Highlights June 2020
June 27th, 2020 Carl Williams Here are some fun pieces of retro gaming on sale with Steam right now. For those that do not know, this time of year is the annual Summer Sale. Tons of games go on sale for two weeks or so. For fans of older titles though, this can make it hard to find them. I […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Windows Tags: adventure, arcade, beat 'em up, brawler, Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle, contra, Contra Anniversary Collection, double dragon, Double Dragon Trilogy, fighting, first person shooter, fps, ikaruga, June 2020, metal slug, point and click, raiden legacy, sale, Sanitarium, shooter, steam, wolfenstein 3d No Comments »
Data East Saves Mega Turrican on Sega Genesis – June 7th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
June 6th, 2020 Carl Williams 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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Posted in Commodore Amiga, Comp, Genesis, News, Sega Tags: Castlevania Bloodlines, contra, Contra Hard Corps, data east, Factor 5, gunstar heroes, Mega Turrican, run and gun No Comments »
Blazing Chrome Pulls Strong From Contra Hard Corps
December 29th, 2018 Carl Williams JoyMasher may not be a household name yet though they are definitely working their way to that. Previous titles they have successfully released include Odallus: The Dark Call and Oniken and soon, in early 2019, Blazing Chrome. It is this latest title that has me interested, partly because it obviously pulls inspiration from Contra Hard […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch, Windows Tags: Blazing Chrome, contra, JoyMasher No Comments »
New Commodore Amiga Endless Runner Miky’s Land Continues Development
December 28th, 2017 Carl Williams The Commodore Amiga is still a viable platform for many gamers and developers alike. For proof just look around, there are plenty of games coming out, in development, or have been released since this computer was no longer commercially viable. Take Miky’s Land for example, an endless runner with a mix of platforming and shooting […]
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Posted in Commodore Amiga, Comp, News Tags: action, amiga, commodore, contra, endless runner, Michael Gibs, Mikey's Land, platform, run and gun, super mario No Comments »
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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Posted in Comp, News, Xbox Tags: boss battles, contra, Cuphead, December 2016, devil, gunstar heroes, MDHR, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, run and gun 4 Comments »
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 […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: 1994, action, August 8th, contra, gunstar heroes, Hard Corps, konami, run and gun, sega No Comments »
Kraut Buster Neo Geo Run Gun Shooter Update
June 19th, 2016 Carl Williams NGDEVTEAM have released an updated video for their game, Kraut Buster. For those that do not know about this game yet, it is a run and gun title for the Neo Geo hardware. According to NGDEVTEAM’s latest update on their site, it could be their last project of this scale. What a sendoff if it […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: arcade, contra, Cyber Lip, gunstar heroes, Kraut Buster, Midnight Resistance, neo geo, NGDEVTEAM, run and gun No Comments »
Metal Slug Super Detailed Destruction on Neo Geo – Today in History – May 24th, 1996
May 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams What do you do when you are SNK and have this awesome piece of tech in the arcades? You bring it home of course. The problem that SNK faced with this action is that arcade perfect ports required arcade perfect hardware. With that hardware comes a high price. So, to entice players into buying your […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: action, arcade, contra, neo geo, run and gun, shooter, snk, snk playmore, super detailed No Comments »
3DNES Emulator Adds New Dimension to Classic Nintendo Titles
March 10th, 2016 Carl Williams Man, what if there was an emulator that could take any 8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System title and make it new again? While not exactly perfect 3DNES does give a new take on the classics of yesteryear. The 8-Bit Nintendo NES was not powerful enough to do a lot of the graphical tricks that we saw […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 3DNES, 8-bit, Adventures of Link, capcom, contra, emulator, entertainment system, konami, legend of zelda, mega man, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, super mario bros 3 No Comments »
