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Daily Retrospektive – 22/1/15
- Second wave of Lucasarts games hit Good old Games featuring classic Star Wars games on PC
– Theme Hospital available now for free on EA’s Origin service
– Unreleased SNES game Shadowhawk to be distributed by Rose Coloured Gaming
– Kickstarter campaign commences for NES-inspired platform game Steel Assault
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Daily Retrospektive – 21/1/15
- Disks of Commodore 64 classic The Last Ninja 2 discovered for Konix Multisystem
– G1 modded console brings arcade flavour to NES gaming, available on Etsy
– Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past unofficial update brings in FMV and CD quality music
– Minimalist homebrew ‘Super Pixel Bros.’ demake of Super Mario Bros. work in progress on Intelivision
Daily Retrospektive – 20/1/15
- Latest Mortal Kombat X trailer features Kung Lao, Kitana and a bit of Goro
– Plotter connected to PC detects enemy movement from Legend of Zelda and plots on paper
– Various retro-themed body towels and microfibre cloths available online depicting old Nintendo systems
– Video Games vs Real Life delves in to logic with location of the first Pork Chop in Castlevania
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Daily Retrospektive – 19/1/15
- Concept ROM of Super Mario 64 demake for Atari 2600 now available
– New update and video in progress of classic jRPG inspired game Cryamore
– Ecstasy of Order – The Tetris Masters now for sale at Good old Games
– Bust-A-Move Islands released for Android
Daily Retrospektive – 16/1/15
- Nintendo announces release date for Majora’s Mask 3D remake for 3DS
– 3D Afterburner II, Axelay and Demon’s Crest to appear on the 3DS and Wii U eShops respectively
– Retro SEGA console themes showcased for Japanese 3DS showcasing SEGA Mark III and Saturn
– Kickstarter campaign commenced for Nanocade custom tiny Arcade cabinet
– Retro-inspired shooter Hotline Miami 2 refused classification in Australia
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Tagged 3d, 3ds, afterburner, arcade, australian, axelay, cabinet, capcom, classification, crest, date, demons, eshop, government, hotline, II, III, j2me, java, kickstarter, konami, majora, mark, mask, miami, nanocade, new, nintendo, RC, refused, release, saturn, sega, theme, wiiu, XL
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Daily Retrospektive – 15/1/15
- Grim Fandango Remastered available for pre order at Good old Games and will be available for OSX, Linux and Windows
– Danger 5 Season 2 features parody of Street Fighter in latest episode
– Oregon Trail Deluxe playable in a web browser
– Modder allegedly demonstrates how to play Doom with modern Toasters
Video Review: Evoland (OSX/Windows)
Mike Towns checks out Indie-developed Evoland which pays tribute to classic and modern Adventure games while throwing a unique method of gameplay.
Daily Retrospektive – 14/1/15
- Action figure unofficially made based on below-average artwork of US box artwork of Mega Man on NES
– Sonic 3 Remastered campaign started by fans after concept shown by Whitehead Studios
– Homebrew port of Ms. Pac-Man released for Intellivision
– Officially licensed 20th Anniversary PlayStation apparel available online
Daily Retrospektive – 13/1/15
- Speedrunner in Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 completes first three levels of Ocarina of Time blindfolded
– Multifunctional Famicom Controller as a battery and SD Card reader but not a controller
– DotEmu to release Double Dragon Trilogy for Windows this week
– Guitar cover of Jungle Theme (1st level) of Contra
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Daily Retrospektive – 12/1/15
- Rare US game ‘Stadium Events’ on eBay bids going over $100k
– Ed Boon tweets screenshot of Kung Lao in up and coming Mortal Kombat X
– Fan made game ‘Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth’ in development, demo released
– Huge Pac-Man maze in Los Angeles errected and recorded for Bud Light commercial
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Daily Retrospektive – 9/1/15
- NES ports of Lode Runner and Dig Dug now available on the Wii U eShop
– 1st of the new wave of SEGA 3D Classics to hit the 3DS is Afterburner 2
– Unused music discovered in pre-release demo of Lemmings on Amiga
– Awesome Games Done Quick video shows insane speedrun of Super Mario Bros. 2 (Lost Levels)
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Daily Retrospektive – 8/1/15
- Nearly 2400 DOS games added to archive.org and playable in various web browsers
– Preview video released for up and coming iOS retro platformer Mos Speedrun 2
– Sayonara Umihara Kawase announced for PlayStation Vita with extra content
– NES modification cramming internals in to an Ecto-1 toy car from Ghostbusters
Daily Retrospektive – 7/1/15
- Amstrad CPC port of 1984’s Mutant Monty recreated to work in a web browser
– Steampunk inspired modification of a Game Boy
– Retro-inspired platformer ‘1-bit Ninja Remix Rush’ coming soon to iOS
– Latest ‘Teens react to…’ video is all about how they react to Mario Kart 64
Daily Retrospektive – 6/1/15
- Ducktales: Remsatered and Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition to appear on PSN this week, free for Plus subscribers
– Drift Stage Early Alpha demo released, Kickstarter campaign imminent
– Hucast announces new Dreamcast game ‘Alice’s Mom’s Rescue’
– WipEout spiritual successor ‘Formula Fusion’ Greenlight campaign on Steam
Daily Retrospektive – 23/01/2015 (Back on 28th January)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns arrives on Wii U along with Donkey Kong Jr. Math and DK: King of Swing arrives to the eShop
– Artist rendition of what Monster Hunter would look like on Game Boy Colour
– Modder crams LCD screen in to VMU slot of a Dreamcast controller
– Jim Bagley recodes Manic Miner onto a Pac-Man arcade board