Thursday, 7 May 2009

Retro Shamer - The Rocketeer






Based on the 1991 feature film, The Rocketeer casts players in the role of America's number one pilot of the 1930s. The game is composed of eight stages, but two of the stages -- the airplane race and the hangar shoot -- repeat without good reason. Viewed from an angled perspective, the awkwardly controlled airplane race consists of circling around a pseudo-3D airfield, trying to stay close to pylons without hitting them or the other planes. The first-person hangar shootout has enemies barely moving and only popping up in a few places, while the final battle on a zeppelin features sluggish combat. Despite colorfully detailed graphics and pleasant and varied music, The Rocketeer never takes flight as an action game. i enjoyed this game most hated it

Thursday, 30 April 2009

snes vs n64 comparison screen

killer instinct and spawn snes console releases?


Starfox 2 promo box art

life cycle


This is the first version of the life cycle that was released around 1995. The cycle hooks to your snes system via a small box which allows you to play two of the games that were released. Mountain Bike Rally and Speed Racer

Satellaview


Not that rare, but still a nice item to possess. This is a Satellite Modem System for the Super Famicom that could be used to download games, news and various other stuff through the japanese St. Giga tv-channel. Amongst these were various otherwise unreleased games, such as sequels to Zelda3, Chrono Trigger, Excitebike, F-Zero, a remake of Zelda 1, various small RPGs by Square etc. The service was stopped in 2001.

Sample and test cartridges


Various beta-version and test or sample cartridges. These were used to test the games in-house or sent to video game magazines for previews. The games on these cartridges often differ from the released retail versions and usually exist in quantities from 1 up to 20. The pcbs shown on the picture are Super FX, SA-1, 8Mbit Lorom, 16Mbit Lorom/Hirom and 48Mbit Lorom/Hirom. The cartridge labeled "game processor ram cassette" is believed to come from a never released Nintendo end-user game development machine, much like the Sony Playstation Yaroze. The machines US patent number is 5680534. Schematic drawings can be found here and here. Recently, some of these carts have popped up at a japanese reseller of used games.