Retro Core

Retro Core 3 is over but that's no reason to be upset because Retro Core 4 is here to take over. This new series of Retro Core will feature less games per show however with luck there should be more shows per month rather than just the one show ever 5 or 6 weeks. So what can you expect to see in this 1st volume of Retro Core 4? Well, the main game this week is Jewel Master for the Mega Drive. Not such a widely known game and possibly a pretty good title that many may have over looked. I also take a video in the newly opened Hard Off. In fact it was only opened yesterday! So I headed off down there with my phone and grabbed a bit of video from their "Junk" section. Oh, and for fans of "Shite of the show" Don't worry. It will be back from volume 2 For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to the first Retro Core video of 2013. In this show I take a look at Bio Metal for the Super Famicom, Planet Joker is Shite of the Show and I also take a look at a pretty cool 300 yen Gatcha Gatcha egg. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

It's time for another Retro Core and today I open up that other Metal Slug Gashapon / Gatcha Gatcha egg. What could be inside? Games featured in this show include a look at the western and Japanese versions of X-Kaliber 2097 / Sword Maniac for the SNES / Super Famicom and also a look at the really bad Instruments of Chaos staring Young Indiana Jones. Oh, I almost forgot. A quick walk through the arcade. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

The fourth volume of the new look Retro Core is finally here after quickly putting the voice over together this morning. Featured in this show is the pretty cool Tryrush Deppy for the Sega Saturn, Knight Arms for the Sharp X68000 and Taito's arcade heap of crap, Kabuki Z as this weeks shite of the show. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

A bit of a departure from the normal Retro Core show today as we take a look at the amazing Micomsoft RGBmini Framemeister, the ultimate up-scan converter for retro gaming. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

Volume 6 starts off with a quick look at the SFC running on the Framemeister followed by a great Konami classic, Rocket Knight Adventures for the Mega Drive. This shows shite comes in the shape of Zoku on the Super Famicom and finally we take a little trip to a small independent game store. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

It's time for another Retro Core and in this show I take a look at one of my favourite SFC shooters, Super Aleste as well as the pretty looking Steeldom for Saturn and a rant about how retro games on modern systems look like ass. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

It's sure taken it's sweet time but volume 8 of Retro Core 4 is finally here. In this show I take a look at The Ninja Warriors Again for the SFC / SNES, Sonic Wings Special for the Saturn ass well as a look at a Saturn Tenchi Muyo game. Oh, and do you know of Mandrake? It's only Japan's more popular chain store for rare and collectable stuff. Of course taking videos in there is not easy but that didn't stop me. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

In volume 9 I take a look at the fantastic Yu Suzuki Game Works book as well as the Dreamcast GDROM that comes with it. Not only that but I put the Saturn and Dreamcast versions of Power Drift side by side. just ow good does the Saturn version look? I'm sure you'll be very surprised. Mega Drive shooting fans will Enjoy Heavy Unit. One of the first shooters for the system and a really tough one at that. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

Hot on the heels of Retro Core 4 Volume 9 comes volume 10, not two weeks later. I'm hoping to bring the shows out on a more constant scheduled from now on. In this show I take a look at Double Dragon on the GameBoy, marvel VS Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast. One of the best 2D fighter of it's time IMO and the awful looking but great sounding shooter, Verytex on the Mega Drive. For more details see http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

Are you one of the many people that thought quality joysticks only came around in the last generation? well think again. Saturn had an Astro City arcade joystick! 100% same build quality as Japanese arcades. But even before that in the 16 bit days there were many good sticks. In this show I take a look at the JB King Joystick for the Super Famicom / SNES. This is one hell of a good stick. Game wise there's Sonic Blastman also for the Super Famicom and Gynoug for the Mega Drive. Better known as Wings of Wor in the US.

Have you ever wondered what games you may have missed for a very common system? Well, in Europe the Sega Master System was king of consoles unlike the US and Japan where the Famicom / NES ruled supreme. In Europe Sega had it big during the 8bit and 16 bit days. So it stands to reason that the European Master System library is massive! But that's not to say every game was released in Europe. Oh no. The Koreans were busy ripping off other peoples work and porting the games to the Master System as well as 1 or 2 original titles. Some of which are actually pretty good. Check them out in the special Korean Master System game round up as well as Out Run 2019 for the Mega Drive and Alien VS Predator on the arcade.