The first in a new series, charting the Anime genre in video game form. First up: Masemune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell.
Category: Retro
Super NES Classic Edition Mini – Lowdown on the Games (Part 5)
Join me as i rundown the games for the Super Nes Mini console.
Super NES Classic Edition Mini – Lowdown on the Games (Part 4)
Join me as i rundown the games for the Super Nes Mini console.
Super NES Classic Edition Mini – Lowdown on the Games (Part 3)
Join me as i rundown the games for the Super Nes Mini console.
Super NES Classic Edition Mini – Lowdown on the Games (Part 2)
Join me as i rundown the games for the highly anticipated Super Nes Mini.
Super NES Classic Edition Mini – Lowdown on the Games (Part 1)
Join me as i rundown the games for the Super Nes Mini console.
Retroreflection #3 – Ghost in the Shell (PS1)
Developed by: Exact (now Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan) and Production I.G. What would have been deemed impossible for both the anime and movie industry 20 years ago, a Hollywood adaption of Ghost in the Shell was released. Masamune Shirow’s original manga of nearly 30 years ago is philosophical, sociological, psychological and essential reading, a feat… Continue reading Retroreflection #3 – Ghost in the Shell (PS1)
Retroreflection #2: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are the world’s most famous JRPG series to date. Once respectively developed by fierce rivals Squaresoft and Enix, both tried to match each other year after year until the 2 companies merged in 2003, in order to better compete in the western market. Now some 13 years later, they certainly… Continue reading Retroreflection #2: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Retroreflection #1: Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Otherwise known as Goeman, Legend of the Mystical Ninja was actually the 2nd Goeman game in the Konami series, but the first released in the west. Considered by many a SNES classic, Mystical Ninja follows Kid Ying and Dr. Yang as they travel across native land to free an abducted princess. Now almost 25 years… Continue reading Retroreflection #1: Legend of the Mystical Ninja
The Console Wars: Aladdin Vs… Aladdin?
Forget the current resolution wars between PS4 and Xbox One. This intellectual property added fire to the already-brutal console wars fire of the 90’s. I remember having brutal teenage arguments with friends, unjustifiably defending my choice (SNES) even though I’d never played a second of the Mega Drive version at that time. I was a… Continue reading The Console Wars: Aladdin Vs… Aladdin?
