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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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘strategy’
Gemfire Makes Great Introduction to Turn Based Strategy Gaming – December 5th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
December 4th, 2020 
Carl Williams Gemfire is sort of an anomaly on consoles. At its heart we have a turn-based strategy game. Consoles of the time were home to many attempts at this style of gameplay. Few games were designed for the novice though. This turned a lot of fans off from the genre due to the complexity. Gemfire is […]
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Tags: fantasy, Gemfire, koei, strategy, turn based strategy 
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Sega Genesis Sees Three New Games Incoming from Piko Interactive
March 16th, 2019 Carl Williams Sega, forever the second to Nintendo, had one success story against their former rival. That being the Sega Genesis, especially with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog. While it is hard to quantify if this is the reason gamers today still have a fondness for Sega’s 16-bit entry or not, it is easy to see […]
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Populous Review
June 9th, 2018 Carl Williams Sure, today playing god in a game is nothing new. We have plenty of options if this is your one and only goal in your electronic entertainment. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s though, options were much more limited. Populous took the idea of a sandbox game, mixed in plenty of “god like” […]
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Posted in Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Comp, Genesis, Macintosh, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Sega, Super Nintendo, Windows Tags: Bullfrog, ea, electronic arts, playing god, Populous, simulation, strategy No Comments »
My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Three: Metal Marines (1993, SNES)
December 17th, 2017 Michael Crisman Prior to the PlayStation, which got ports of games like Command & Conquer and Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, military strategy sims are in short supply, and good military strategy sims are rarer than Detroit Lions championship rings. That’s not to say they don’t exist on the 16-bit machines, but task a gamer with […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Super Nintendo Tags: metal marines, namco, RTS, sim, snes, strategy, super nintendo No Comments »
Fan Translation – Fire Emblem for Playstation, er, Tear Ring Saga Released
December 22nd, 2016 Carl Williams Tear Ring Saga was the first non-Nintendo game created by the creator of the Fire Emblem series. It was so close to his original work that Nintendo was, gasp, spurred into legal action. Tear Ring Saga is now available in English thanks to fans.
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: Fire Emblem, playstation, psone, role playing game, rpg, Shouzou Kaga, strategy, Tear Ring Saga, Tirnanog, turn based, turn based strategy No Comments »
Antraxx Gives Kickstarter Fans Giant Mech Combat
October 1st, 2016 Carl Williams Antraxx, the classic styled giant mech overhead action game is now on Kickstarter. What is cool about this new development is well, Antraxx is closer to completion and holy crap, and there is an all new original animated intro to go with the new action. There are also new playable demos and options for the […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: action, Antraxx, battletech, demo, Fall 2016, kickstarter, Mech, mechwarrior, multiplayer demo, pc, robot, steam greenlight, strategy No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Nobunaga’s Ambition (NES)
September 18th, 2016 Michael Crisman When other developers were looking at ways to maximize profits by way of comic books or television shows, Koei said, “Holy cow, it’s expensive to buy the rights to something current. Screw that! Japanese history is ripe for plunder and we don’t have to pay anybody a single yen to use their likeness because they’ve […]
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Antraxx Giant Mech Strategy Game Enters Beta, Multiplayer Demo Available
June 27th, 2016 Carl Williams If you have been reading Retro Gaming Magazine for a while then you know I love giant mech games. I also enjoy strategy titles. Combine the two and leave me be for a few days (I wish). That is exactly what Antraxx is- a giant mech strategy title but they have added multiplayer to the […]
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Ogre Battle 64 the Hidden Stratagem of the N64
May 26th, 2016 Dash The Bomber Ogre Battle 64: Person of the Lordly Caliber was one of the few strategy games that were present in the Nintendo 64’s relatively small library. Ogre Battle 64 was released in October of the year 2000 and was actually one of the last 50 games released in the console. On the surface the OB64 did […]
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