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Star Cruiser was one of those unreleased games that was featured prominently in gaming magazines back in the day like Electronic Gaming Monthly. Fans were excited because this was one of those titles that was quite impossible on the previous 8-Bit consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System. I believe it was linked to Namco […]
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Star Cruiser Receives English Translation by Fans for Sega Genesis Console
September 3rd, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Sega 
Tags: action, EGM, Electronic Gaming Monthly, fan translation, genesis, namco, polygon, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, role playing game, Romhackin.net, rpg, sega, Star Cruiser, Star Quest 
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Konami Mining Classic Titles for Real Money Gaming
April 13th, 2016 Carl Williams As far as SHMUPs go, few are considered true classics of the genre as much as Centipede. Since it arrived in arcades in 1980, it’s been ported, cloned, and remade numerous times. The game even played a special role in the Adam Sandler snoozefest Pixels.
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Posted in News Tags: atari, casino, Centipede, classic, Frogger, gambling, Gaming Realms, konami, polygon, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Spingenie, yogonet.com 2 Comments »
Guile’s Theme Goes with Vinyl and CD as Street Fighter II Music Hits Retro Music Formats
July 11th, 2015 Carl Williams Music has been one area of gaming that is sometimes overlooked. From the days of the Atari 2600 to recent times, gaming music is not the recipient of nearly the budget that graphics receives. Gaming music is still integral to the way gamers feel about a game, mostly in a subtle subconscious manner, music sets […]
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Posted in News Tags: capcom, cd, CPS-1, CPS-2, Game Wave, Matt Leone, music, polygon, record, remaster, retrocollect, Vinyl, Yoko Shimomura No Comments »
New Game: Wonder Boy to Make Return to Gaming in 2015
January 31st, 2015 Carl Williams The Wonder Boy, and Monster World, games are a cherished piece of gaming that retrogaming fans know all too well. This is a series that has a storied history with Sega, Hudson and a few other key players. The problem with this series is that it is confusing as all get out (Wonder Boy V: […]
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Posted in Comp, Console Tags: action, atelier games, facebook, mega drive, polygon, retro, Retro Domination, retro game, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, Ryuichi Nishizawa, sega, sega genesis, Westone No Comments »
Another World: The Movie Released by Fans in Poland
May 23rd, 2014 Carl Williams It is no secret that Out of This World/Another World was a unique game. The creative use of polygons helped convey a very cinematic feel that was simply not matched by any other games at the time, arguably since. Why it has taken so long for anyone to make a short film based on this […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: 3do, action, another world, cinematic, genesis, out of this world, pc, polygon, retro, sega, sega cd, short film, snes, super nintendo 3 Comments »
Virtua Fighter Punches Sega Saturn – May 11th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
May 11th, 2014 Carl Williams Fighting games were, and arguably still are, all the craze in the 90’s. This spurred many companies into dipping their toes into this genre that arcade locations loved to death. Popular titles using “Street” and “Fighter” in the name or at least “Mortal Kombat” in some form proliferated the scene. Sega entered this genre years […]
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Posted in Console, News, Saturn, Sega Tags: 3d, action, arcade, fighters megamix, fighting, fighting vipers, launch title, model 1, polygon, sega, virtua fighter 1 Comment »
