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Retro Review: Mega Man 5 – The Blue Bomber’s Penultimate NES Journey In the landscape of 8-bit gaming, few characters are as iconic as Capcom’s Mega Man, a character who embodies the era’s challenge, innovation, and charm. By the time “Mega Man 5” hit the shelves in December 1992, the …

Retro Review: Mega Man 6 – An NES Swan Song In the twilight years of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), a hero in blue made one final stand before the transition to 16-bit gaming. That hero was Mega Man, and his last NES adventure was “Mega Man 6,” released in …

Episode Red: This Fan-Made Mega Man Remake Shines on the Genesis Within the pantheon of classic platforming franchises, Capcom’s Mega Man series stands as a paragon of 8-bit gaming. While Mega Man saw many stellar sequels on the NES, the Blue Bomber arguably reached his 16-bit peak with Mega Man …

Retro Review: Mega Man 4 – A New Chapter in the Blue Bomber’s Legacy As the 8-bit era was hitting its stride, Capcom continued to bolster the library of the Nintendo Entertainment System with quality titles that would define a generation. Among these was “Mega Man 4,” released in 1991, …

Hello Retro Gaming fans, Ryan Mcquinn here! Minerva’s Den shows a new side of Rapture within Minerva’s Den, the high technology district of the city, and explores the backstory of The Thinker, a supercomputer responsible for the control of many automatic devices and systems in the underwater metropolis, and its …

Retro Review: Mega Man: The Wily Wars – A 16-bit Trilogy Reimagined “Mega Man: The Wily Wars,” also known as “Rockman Mega World” in Japan, is a compilation and a reimagining of the first three games in the Mega Man series, rebuilt from the ground up for the Sega Genesis. …

A quick mashup for the very amazing rock metal band Vomitron — they have many albums and cover the most amazing retro games. This is a sample of the music they made for Contra. You can grab their albums over at Bandcamp. I’ll upload a handful more, and then do …

Shinobi Legions: A Retro Review The Sega Saturn, a console that struggled against its rivals, still managed to birth a number of cult classics, amongst which stands “Shinobi Legions,” known in Japan as “Shin Shinobi Den.” Developed by SEGA’s Consumer Development Division, this title aimed to bring the Shinobi series …

Hello Retro Gaming fans, Ryan Mcquinn here! We last left off with our heroes, the Skylanders, heading to the Goo Factory. Will they be able to fix the Core of Light? What hair brain scheme does Kaos have waiting for our heroes? Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:36 Chapter 13 16:31 Chapter …

Hello Retro Gaming fans, Ryan Mcquinn here! The first game in the series, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure would usher in a new era in gaming! Bringing us a Toys to Life game that would be like taking Ratchet and Clack, and adding a huge (later on Massive) collection of characters to …

Retro Review: “Friday the 13th” for the NES – A Nostalgic Nightmare As the rain pattered against the windowpanes of a family camp on Caroga Lake, NY, in the early 90s, a young gamer found themselves plugged into a world of 8-bit terror. “Friday the 13th,” a game released for …

We were supposed to do something fun for Christmas but never got around to making the video until today. The idea was to search for Christmas hacks on romhacking.net and replay the top six. here’s the video as promised, albeit a bit late. I break down the three that I …

Retro Review: “Contra III: The Alien Wars” – A SNES Classic In the realm of retro gaming, certain titles are spoken of with a near-mythical reverence, and “Contra III: The Alien Wars” is one such title. Although my own gaming roots were firmly planted in the soil of the Sega …