The Retro League – An Overview of the First 12 Episodes

Gaming podcasts are a dime a dozen, retro gaming podcasts are slightly more rare.  Retro gaming podcasts that deal with actual retro content (Xbox and PS2 are not retro, sorry) are extremely rare.  That is where The Retro League shines and stands head and shoulders above their competition in this slightly clouded genre of podcasting. The Retro League features the antics and commentary of 5 diff... more.

We owe a great deal of respect to Ralph Baer, he is such a pioneer on video games.  Without his hard work, vision of interacting with a TV and drive to make it happen, well, we would all probably be playing with Nintendo Hanafuda cards or a Sega Ball in a Cup (Sega, please, do not go and release "Ball in a Cup" for the Nintendo Wii). To kick off our first  Seen on Youtube, we are focusing on ... more.

I-Play, the game publishing division of Oberon Media and publisher of Agatha Christie Dead Man's Folly (reviewed here) among other great titles has released Bubble Town: Party Planet for Facebook.  Bubble Town shares gameplay with Bust-a-Move (available for just about every system you can find), a great game in it's own right.  I-Play is building up excitement in Bubble Town: Party Planet by run... more.

Konami has just released Castlevania Rebirth on WiiWare for 1,000 Wii Points.  Rebirth is a re-imagining of Castlevania Adventure, an original Gameboy title released in 1989 (the graphics have been suitably updated).  This is also a first for Castlevania as it is the first title in the series to be exclusively available through download (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was made available for ... more.

Here are the latest downloads made available on the various Nintendo download services, depending on your system of choice naturally.  Of interest this week are two titles, Fast Draw Showdown (earlier PPG coverage)and Final Fight 3. Nintendo DSiWare Trajectile Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™ Description: Trajectile is a puzzle ... more.

To celebrate the end of the year that has seen the birth of BOH, the collection of expansions grows with a brand-new, claustrophobically oppressive theme: "underground". The theme can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website at www.bohthegame.com. This is also a good occasion to present the Instant Reward Initiative: graphic artists have the chance to get a free c... more.

Matt Barton, co-author of Vintage Games (reviewed here) does a series of Youtube videos called "Matt Chat" where he covers games of interest from all years (from World of Warcraft all the way back to the focus of Matt Chat #40, and the reason I decided to do this write up, Sword of Fargoal). Some background information about Sword of Fargoal, this is not Final Fantasy 12 or anything of the sort... more.

Nintendo, ever present to capitalize on gaming trends and somehow, more often than not, do it better than others do at the time (come on, look at Mario and his many iterations for proof).  Back when the only real game in town was the NES from Nintendo, wrestling was pretty popular and game publishers were quick to jump on the ship.  Nintendo being one of them that was more about substance than f... more.

Saimo, developer/publisher of one of the best retro flavored overhead action/adventure titles to be released in recent memory has announced a new contest for his great game, BOH.  If you are a retro gamer worth his salt, you either have BOH already or are already on Saimo's site getting it (it is a great game, one that we will be reviewing shortly right here on Pixel Perfect Gaming). The Tough... more.

Remember Toki from the Arcade?  Maybe Genesis/Mega Drive?  Come on, if you are a gamer and been a gamer since about 1989 or 1990 then you remember this title, or at least seeing it (check out the memory jogging screenshots). Golgoth Studio is working on their first title, a remake of Toki Aka Ju-ju (a crazy ape) for, well, they didn't say but it will probably be on PS3 or 360 (HD being the gi... more.