Retro Round-Up: Why Backwards Compatibility Matters

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  Retro Round-Up: Why Backwards Compatibility Matters

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Console News, Gaming News, Wii U, Xbox One On: 23 May

  Retro Round-Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. This week: why backwards compatibility matters (despite Microsoft’s claims otherwise,) Fatal Frame 2′s removal from PSN, and the usual run-down of this week’s retro re-releases.

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  Retro Round Up: Final Fantasy, DuckTales, and the no win situation of retro re-releases

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 09 May

  Retro Round Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. This week I’ll discuss the reception that Final Fantasy X HD and DuckTales HD have received since they were announced, and ask the question: what do people expect from a retro re-release?

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  Retro Round Up: The Potential and the Problems of Virtual Console

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 28 Apr

  Retro Round Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. Since the Wii U’s Virtual Console service launched this week, I thought it’d be pertinent to take a look back at how the original Wii’s Virtual Console performed, as well as discuss my hopes and [...]

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  Retro Round-Up: 15 Years of Starcraft

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Console News, PC On: 30 Mar

  Retro Round-Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. The original Starcraft turns fifteen in just a few days, so now seemed like as good of a time as any to take a look back on Blizzard’s monumental RTS.

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  Retro Roundup: 25 Years of Phantasy Star

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 16 Jan

  2012 marked the 20th or 25th anniversaries for lots of big franchises: Nintendo’s Kirby turned 20, Capcom’s beloved but oft-neglected Mega Man turned 25, as did Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy franchise. You can find plenty of retrospectives and features on these series’ big anniversaries online, but there was one franchise that turned 25 in 2012 that [...]

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  Retro Round-Up: 25 Years of Mega Man

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 17 Dec

  Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Mega Man for the Famicom, and I thought I’d mark the occasion with a look back at some highlights (and low lights) from the Blue Bomber’s history, ranging all the way from his 8 and 16 bit glory days to his current status as [...]

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  Retro Round-Up 10/24/12: Forgotten Mascots

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 24 Oct

  Retro Round-Up is a regular feature posted weekly monthly whenever I feel like it that takes a look at retro games and the culture that’s sprung up around them. In this article, I’ll take a look at the sad legacy of forgotten and unloved mascot platformers.

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  New handheld plays Neo Geo games, has a Neo Geo price

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld On: 13 Aug

  Long before Sony made the mistake of trying to sell a system at $599, SNK created the 24-bit Neo Geo AES home console and tried to sell it for $650. Keep in mind that was back in the early 90′s, so if you adjust for inflation the system would actually cost you the equivalent of [...]

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  Retro Round-Up 07/11/12 – A summer of 8-bit E-Shop releases

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 12 Jul

  Retro Round-Up is a weekly article (which I never get around to posting on time, sorry,) where I take a look at the world of retro games. This week, I’ll take a look at Nintendo’s line-up for their “8-bit Summer” campaign on the 3DS e-shop, and pick out which games have stood the test of [...]

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  Retro Round-Up 06/27/12 – A love letter to Phantasy Star Online

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 27 Jun

  Retro Round-Up is a weekly article (that’s a few days late this week, sorry) that takes a look at the world of retro gaming. This week, I talk about one of my all time favorite games, the pioneering Dreamcast classic Phantasy Star Online, its history, and why I’m both excited and worried about the future [...]

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  Retro Round-Up 06/17/12: The Kirby 20th Anniversary Collection

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 18 Jun

  Retro Round-Up is a weekly feature that looks at the world of retro gaming. This week, I take a look at the line-up for Nintendo’s recently announced Kirby’s Dream Collection for the Wii, and talk about the games that should have been featured in Kirby’s big 20th birthday celebration.

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  Retro Round-up: 3 Great HD Collections, and 3 of The Worst

  Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 16 May

  There’s a right way and a wrong way to do things, even when it comes to cashing in on gamers’ nostalgia.

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