RetroNick: Games Collector // Review
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81Sonic Spinball Review
Disclaimer: This review is based primarily on the Sonic Spinball port collected in Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection. Iconic video game characters often find themselves in strange new lands when their success begins to peak and publishers attempt to find ways to extend that success to a new audience or provide additional content to the character’... Read more
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Streets of Rage Review
In the late 80’s and early 90’s side scrolling beat ‘em up titles like Final Fight and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were wildly successful in arcades. Sega attempted to capitalize on that success by releasing Streets of Rage, or Bare Knuckle as it was alternately known, for the Genesis in 1991. The game’s story is pretty standard fare for the...... Read more
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Steve’s Weird Shi….Stuff! R...
Sometimes when I am traveling I like to keep an eye out for unique gaming devices/experiences. In my last outing here in Kuwait, I met up with a local who introduced me to the local video game fighting club, as well as some of the back alley game dealers. Read more
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“I’m Not Gonna Wreck it!”...
Wreck-It Ralph is a fun, colorful, and interesting film that does the one thing that no other pixel to celluloid conversion has attempted so far. It doesn't treat it's audience like idiots as seen with other franchises in the past. Read more
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Esoteric Retrospective: Cyber Core
The TurboGrafx-16 didn't have half the library it's Japanese counterpart the PC-Engine had, thanks in Large part to Nintendo's borderline-monopolistic exclusivity practices. That said, we still managed to see some prime Shoot 'em Ups make their way across the Pacific. Read more
