Archive for the ‘Retro Gaming’ Category

As I sat in boredom over the holidays, I was thinking of my life in video games and all of the things that had a major affect on my gaming. I made a short list of some things that have happened in the last 20+ years of video games and came up with these top 5: Read the rest of this entry »

Well, after the very interesting Sonic Unleashed game, it seems Sega has decided to back track their steps and release retro Sonic games in one package for next generation consoles, PS3 and 360. Here’s the inform, straight from Sega:

SEGA® of America, Inc. has released all new assets of the upcoming game Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection™ for PLAYSTATION® 3 and Xbox 360® video game system!

This week’s blast from the past is Comix Zone and the Golden Axe Series!

Just a few fun facts from these classic titles:

- Comix Zone’s score was composed by Howard Drossin, who previously wrote the music to Sonic The Hedgehog™ 3 and Sonic & Knuckles™.

- Golden Axe™ II was a SEGA Genesis™ exclusive title and it didn’t originate as an arcade game.

- Golden Axe™ III was originally released only in Japan. The release on this compilation is the first time it is available in stores in the U.S. and Europe.

To learn more about the game, please visit www.sega.com/sonicsugc.

On this show we discuss whether or not the 360 could still sell if Sony dropped the PS3 to the same price as the 360. We discuss the real reason why Microsoft is having a great holiday and that’s marketing as well as price. Also on this show:

- Candid Anthony trades in his perfectly working launch 360 for a Jasper live on the show
- Hiphopgamer tells us how GOW3 will change the face of the fanboy war
- We talk about the future of gaming and what Microsoft and Sony will do with their next consoles.
- Stoned Gamer
- And much much more…

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Remember this commercial from Sony? This was classic. I still LOL everytime I watch it.

On this episode we discuss what Blu-Ray really is, a storage medium. We talk about how many feel that graphics are better because of Blu-Ray when in fact graphics are better because of the hardware, not the medium that the data is stored on. Also on this episode:

- Hiphopgamer argues back and forth with a listener who says, “Home is a virtual doll house”
- Weapon X has some details on the PS4 possibly being released in 2010
- Torrence strikes back at some readers who accuse him of being a fanboy because of his response to the Kikizo interview with Square-Enix
- Digi Guys pull the plug on Hiphopgamer
- Torrence asks for more spawns and lights out on the Helgan red eye in Killzone 2
- and much much more!

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Here’s some VGXPO footage we took over the weekend. It’s not all games though so enjoy the antics and the classic gaming!

This is our first user submitted Gamer Cribs.  This guy is a True Gamer for sure!  Check out his Vectrex!  I bet a lot of you don’t even know what that is.  That is what makes this show so good.  I haven’t seen a Vectrex in years and after watching his clip, I wanna buy one again.  Enjoy this episode and leave him some good feedback!

Mega Man 9 is slated for a time exclusive release schedule. Wii gets it first, then PSN and last but not least, Xbox Live Arcade. Here is the schedule:

Wii Ware – September 22, 2008
PSN – September 25, 2008
XBLA – October 1, 2008

Looks like Nintendo and Sony are finally buying some timed exclusivity rights. We’ll have a review of this game in the very near future.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Namco Museum since the PS1 days. Recently Microsoft pulled a lot of titles off of XBLA, including some Namco favorites. I had to wonder why they made that decision but wonder no more, Namco has just announced Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade. It comes with 30 classic games including 9 games from the XBLA and 21 games from their library. At a price of $29.99, you are paying less than $1.00 per game. Here’s the full release from Namco Bandai: Read the rest of this entry »

This is our 12th episode of the Warzone. Tonight we tackled holiday sales and pondered how the $199 dollar 360 would affect Sony this holiday season.  Tonight is also our first live recorded episode.  Other cool topics on the show tonight include:

• Gamers uniting to make the industry better
• The storm of games coming this fall and how it’s going to hurt our pockets
• We talk about Goodfellajay and DLB and how self centered they are
• Weapon X hits us with the GTAIV DLC rumormill
• Fanboy/girl call outs for Juuken, Mikeslemonade and Isaac
• and much much more…

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From the tip of my bottle to the bottom of my glass, I often times sit and reminisce the good ol’ days of gaming. Not just about how companies marketed poorly back in those days, but the progress of where games have come from and where they’re headed. What is the future of gaming? Would we even call it gaming in the near future? When we’re in our 60s and the grandchildren are playing the PS9, what stories could we tell them of the old days and how informative would we be about it? In this day and age of the “console wars”, you gotta think that perhaps somewhere down the line it just won’t fucking matter about graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, this just made my day. Maybe my whole week.  Someone posted pictures on Flikr of a room at Sega of America.  This room is like a museum, every thing Sega has ever made is in this archive. Also pictures of desks, Screenshots, and other various awesomeness from inside Sega’s Corporate offices!  Check out these photos, I can almost hear the sound my Master System made when i hit the power button.   SEEEEGGGGGA!!

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Edit:   Wow this flikr page has LOTS of gems in it.  It has screenshots from games at E3 08, Sonic Unleashed Stormrise and many others.  Looking through this 60 page photobook is worth your time.

I was chatting with my friend online and he had a story to tell.  It was not unlike a lot of his past stories with game systems.  Like when he couldn’t beat M.Bison on 8 stars and he stood up and stomped directly on top of the cartridge, while it was in the slot. It broke the casing in half, right along the creases.   That’s just one of many times video game hardware has been destroyed at the hands of my ‘360 Friend’.  Here’s the dialog we had today concerning his latest wave of console destruction which had him getting a new 360 just to replace his controller. Read the rest of this entry »

This is my badge holder which I take with me to gaming conventions. I got the holder from Nintendo when Killer Instinct was released for the N64. This badge has a ton of gaming history. Enjoy!

One of the greatest things about being a gaming dad is that I get to expose my son to all the cool stuff I’ve acquired over the years. I have a Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Wii, Xbox, PS2, 360 and PS3. My Saturn library is huge as is my PS1, PS2 and Dreamcast libraries. My son had a graduation party today and I thought I would do what I used to do growing up…throw a video game tournament. Read the rest of this entry »