Retro Core 4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's taken a long time but I've finally put the next volume of Retro Core 4 together. In this show I take a look at a very cool back lit colour game boy from China! Surprisingly the quality is pretty good. There's also Eliminate Down and Bare Knuckle III for the Mega Drive and Battle Tycoon for the SFC / SNES.

The last show of the year brings you Pulseman for the Mega Drive, A+M+O+K for the Saturn and Appleseed for the Super Famicom. A happy New Year to all and wishing you all the best for 2014.

The first Retro Core show of 2014 and the very first to ever feature a PlayStation 2 game. In this show I take a look at Initial D Special Stage for the PS2, Gouketuji Ichizoku better know as Power Instinct for the Super Famicom / SNES and Bubble Symphony on the Sega Saturn.

We all know that the Sega Saturn is home to the best 2D shooters of the 90's but did you know that it was also home to the most popular console version of the Dezaemon Shoot'em Up Construction kit series of games by Japanese developer, Athena? There was a huge community of Saturn Dezaemon 2 game creators. Armed with just a normal retail Sega Saturn, memory card or floppy drive and a Saturn mouse, these people created some shooters that were good enough to be released as actual games! So sit back and enjoy over 65 home made shooters in the first of a two part Retro Core 4 Dezaemon 2 special.

We all know that the Sega Saturn is home to the best 2D shooters of the 90's but did you know that it was also home to the most popular console version of the Dezaemon Shoot'em Up Construction kit series of games by Japanese developer, Athena? There was a huge community of Saturn Dezaemon 2 game creators. Armed with just a normal retail Sega Saturn, memory card or floppy drive and a Saturn mouse, these people created some shooters that were good enough to be released as actual games! So sit back and enjoy 60 home made shooters in the second of a two part Retro Core 4 Dezaemon 2 special.

It's spring time in Japan and the Sakura trees are blooming but am I out taking in the beautiful sights? No, I'm bringing you another lovely volume of Retro Core 4 (^o^) In this show I take a look at the Sega Saturn version of Battle Garegga, a very cool yet tough shooter that was released in 1998. There's also another PS2 game on the show! Shock, I know. This time it's the not so great Transformers by Winky Soft. Yep, that one we all wanted to be amazing but never was. Finally there's Run Saber forte SNES. The closest the SNES ever got to Strider and not a bad game either.

The follow up to the PVP 2, the PXP 3 is now available from China but is this hand held Mega Drive clone worth the money?

This is the final Retro Core 4 but not to worry as the show will be coming back with an all new format! In this show I take a look at the Mega Race franchise since it's getting a reboot for the PC and hand-held devices such as the Android platform and ISO hardware.