Welcome to the first Retrograde Column for 2012! We ended last year talking about the marvelous Wonder boy series for Sega consoles. We covered a good variety of retro games last year as well, from the MacVenture series (including Déjà…
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Retro Review: “Monster World IV”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 1 Comment
TITLE: “Monster World IV” GENRE: Action/Platformer/RPG PLATFORM: Sega Mega Drive (Japan-only, 1994), PlayStation Network (2011), XBox Live Arcade (2011), and Wii Virtual Console (2011). RATING: Everyone ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1994 (Japan) “Monster World IV” is the final game…
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Retro Review: “Wonder Boy in Monster World”
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EDITOR’S NOTE: I realize that somehow in the past few weeks we skipped over “Wonder Boy in Monster Land” (Sega Master System, 1987). This was not our intent and was the result of miscommunication between our Retrograde staff. We will…
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Retro Review: “Wonder Boy III: Dragon’s Trap”
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TITLE: “Wonder Boy III: Dragon’s Trap” DEVELOPER: Westone PUBLISHER: Sega PLATFORM: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, and TurboGrafx-16 GENRE: Action/Platform/RPG RATING: Everyone ORIGINAL RELEASE YEAR: 1989 “Wonder Boy III: Dragon’s Trap” was the first game in the Wonder Boy/Monster…
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Retrograde: “Looking Back at the ‘Wonder Boy’ Series!”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 2 Comments
The Wonder Boy series of games is certainly one that is highly underrated in video game history. This probably shouldn’t be surprising, however, as they heyday of the series was when Mario, Sonic, and Zelda had strangleholds on platform and…
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Retro Review – Shadowrun (Sega Genesis)
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TITLE: Shadowrun DEVELOPER: Bluesky Software, Inc PUBLISHER: Sega GENRE: Action/RPG PLATFORM: Sega Genesis RATING: MA-13 RELEASE DATES: 1994 When I first played Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis, I didn’t care for it much. I think this is because I…
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Retro Review: “Shadowrun”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 3 Comments
TITLE: “Shadowrun” DEVELOPER: Beam Software PUBLISHER: Data East GENRE: Action/RPG PLATFORM: Super Nintendo Entertainment System RATING: “Everyone” RELEASE DATES: May 1993 (North America); August 1993 (Europe); March 25, 1994 (Japan) “Shadowrun” is a console action/RPG set in the cyberpunk dystopian…
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Retrograde – You got a Castle in my Vania!
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Over the last month, Jessica and I have brought you an exploration of the early days of the Castlevania series. It has been a fun romp through the past, exploring the spooky undercoating of the series while getting back in…
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Retro Review: “Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 1 Comment
TITLE: “Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness” DEVELOPER: Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe GENRE: Action/Adventure PLATFORM: Nintendo 64 RATING: Teen (13+) RELEASE DATES: November 30, 1999 (North America); December 25, 1999 (Japan); March 3, 2000 (Europe). What do you do when you’ve already…
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Retro Review: “Castlevania 64″
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TITLE: “Castlevania 64″ DEVELOPER: “Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe” GENRE: Action/Adventure PLATFORM: Nintendo 64 RATING: Teen (13+) RELEASE DATES: January 26, 1999 (North America); March 11, 1999 (Japan); May 14, 1999 (Europe). “Castlevania 64″ (technically simply titled “Castlevania,” or “Devil’s Castle…
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Retro Review: Castlevania – Symphony of the Night
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TITLE: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night DEVELOPER: Konami PUBLISHER: Konami PLATFORM: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Xbox 360 RATING: T RELEASE DATES: Original – March 20, 1997 The player stars as Alucard, the son of Dracula and former side…
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Retro Review: “Castlevania: Bloodlines”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 3 Comments
TITLE: “Castlevania: Bloodlines” DEVELOPER: Konami PUBLISHER: Konami PLATFORM: Sega Genesis/MegaDrive RATING: General Audiences. RELEASE DATES: March 17, 1994 (North America); March 18, 1994 (Japan); March 20, 1994 (Europe). In the past, people used to say that a console’s worth was…
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Retro Review – Super Castlevania IV
by Warren C. Bennett • • 2 Comments
TITLE: Super Castlevania IV DEVELOPER: Konami PUBLISHER: Konami PLATFORM: Super Nintendo/Nintendo Wii Virtual Console RATING: N/A RELEASE DATES: October 31, 1991 SNES/December 26, 2006 Wii Before today, I hadn’t played Castlevania IV in at least a decade. This isn’t because I don’t like the game but…
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Retro Review: “Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 5 Comments
TITLE: “Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse” DEVELOPER: Konami PUBLISHER: Konami GENRE: Action Platformer RATING: Everyone. PLATFORM: Famicom & Nintendo Entertainment System RELEASE DATES: December 22, 1989 (Japan); September 1, 1990 (North America); December 10, 1992 (Europe) The third numeric entry into…
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Retro Review: “Vampire Killer”
by Jessica "Allahweh" Brown • • 1 Comment
TITLE: “Vampire Killer” DEVELOPER: Konami GENRE: Action/Platformer/RPG PLATFORM: MSX2 RATING: Not Rated. RELEASE DATE: October 30, 1986 (Japan); 1987 (Europe). “Vampire Killer” is one of the least-known entries in Konami’s long-running Castlevania series. The title had several things working against…