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Fans of 2D action adventure games probably know the name Inferno by now. If not, let me tell you a bit about it. This is one of the latest games by Aetherbyte – the company behind games such as Pyramid Plunder and Insanity both for the Turbo Grafx-16 CD-ROM and Atlantean on Hucard for the […]
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5 Unlicensed Ports of Mario Games
December 19th, 2015 
Carl Williams This is not a rehash of the “4 Sega Genesis Super Mario Ports You Don’t Know About” article. Instead, this article is less console specific and more varied in content covered. Here I will take a look at several of the unlicensed Mario games that have been made over the years. The platforms covered here […]
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Tags: action, Bros, dos, John Romero, mario, msx2, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pc, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, super mario, unlicensed, Vimeo, windows, youtube, zx spectrum 
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Metroid 2 Clone “Life on Mars” Coming to MSX2, Order Now
December 14th, 2015 Carl Williams Retro gaming fans the end of the 2015 just got awesome. Inspired by the Nintendo franchise, Metroid 2, MSX developer Kai Magazine, has just released his homebrew version titled Life on Mars for the MSX 2 range of computers. Quite frankly this homebrew production looks and sounds amazing. It is a run and gun platformer […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: english, Kai Magazine, metroid, Metroid 2, msx, msx2, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, spanish No Comments »
5 Street Fighter II Ports You Don’t Know About
December 11th, 2015 Carl Williams It was the phenomenon that Nintendo desperately wanted on the Super Nintendo. During the build up to the hottest part of the 16-Bit war with Sega, Nintendo was pulling out all of the stops. There are rumors that Capcom was given favoritism to ensure Street Fighter II was on the SNES first, possibly exclusively. While […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Comp, Console, MSX2, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: amstrad, capcom, CPC, entertainment system, fighting, msx, msx2, nes, nintendo, one on one, retro, retrogaming, sega master system, street fighter, street fighter II, Tec Toy, youtube 7 Comments »
Bandit Gaming- Super Mario World Being Ported to the MSX2
June 9th, 2015 Carl Williams The MSX2 is a gaming computer that we never received here in the United States. Many of the titles that we later cherished though had great outings on this gaming computer, Metal Gear 1 and 2 being just a couple of the big releases, at least later in gaming history. We covered the fan translation […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: action, bandit gaming, msx2, nintendo, platform, port, Retrotaku, super mario, super mario world, youtube No Comments »
New Game: Inferno Coming to MSX2 Thanks to Aetherbyte Studios
February 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Hell. A fictional location that is quite popular in media from movies to books and even games. We have seen games go to Hell such as the PC/3DO title of the same name and adaptations of Dante’s Inferno to name a couple. Hell is a popular location for games is what I am getting at […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 2d, action, adventure, Aetherbyte, Dante's Inferno, hell, homebrew, Legendary Axe, msx2, retro, retro game, retrogaming, side scroll, Software, studios No Comments »
Snatcher MSX Turns Gamers Into Junkers on MSX2 – December 13th 1988 – Today in Video Game History
December 13th, 2014 Carl Williams Snatcher MSX is slightly different than what we got in North America on Sega CD. Snatcher is a game that. It was one of the first of a small genre called digital comics. This genre has not progressed much in the two plus decades since either. We covered Snatcher in our second issue of Retro […]
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Posted in Comp, MSX2, News Tags: 1988, December 13, digital comic, fan translation, konami, msx2, snatcher No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Batman 1986 Being Ported to MSX2 Gaming Computer
August 9th, 2014 Carl Williams We originally covered a title that is very similar to this new port, Batman 1986 Version, and now that 28 year old game is being ported to the MSX2 gaming computer. The previous version we covered was a hack of another game, Head Over Heels, but this MSX2 port is just that, a port of […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 1986, AAMSX, bandit gaming, batman, carl williams, head over heels, isometric, msx2, Ocean Software, port, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, triverse No Comments »
Retro Gaming Magazine Issue #2 Released
April 28th, 2014 Carl Williams It is a little over a week late but here is the second issue of Retro Gaming Magazine. This issue features the debut of the “Game Hacks” column, the return of the “Post Mortem” column and an exclusive interview with Artemio Urbina of Junker HQ (hint, if you are playing Policenauts in English, it is […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Sega, Sony Tags: 2d retroperspectives, artemio urbina, bubblegum crash, carl williams, castlevania, cm punk, collectorvision, digital comics, dreamcast, game hack, god of war, japan, japanese, jesus, knight sabers 2034, michael crisman, msx2, nintendo, play novel, post mortem gaming, pro wrestling, radical dreamers, reblobed, retro gaming magazine, retrogame, retrogaming, sega, sharp x68000, silent hill, snatcher, sonic winter adventure, sony, sydney hunter and the mayan's revenge, wwe wrestling 2 Comments »
Retro Gaming Magazine #2 Preview and Cover Reveal
March 29th, 2014 Carl Williams We have had to hold back releasing the cover of our second issue as we worked with the artist to get it just right (great art doesn’t just happen). With our second issue we will continue our efforts to feature content that other publications avoid. As usual, this issue will be 40 pages and is […]
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