Retro Gaming Australia

Video Game Ad of the Day

Video Game Ad of the Day: Crusader: No Remorse

by on Dec.23, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Crusader: No Remorse is arguably one of the best PC games of the pre-3D accelerator era. After receiving criticism from fans that Ultima VIII was too action heavy, Origin simply decided to build a full-on action game using the same technology.

Leave a Comment :, , , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Final Fight CD

by on Dec.22, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Unless you were lucky enough to own an X68000, the Mega CD version of Final Fight was as good a home conversion as you were going to get. It’s not as heavily censored as the SNES version, has all three characters, and a pretty bitchin’ arranged soundtrack. It still loses a little bit of the graphical lustre of the original, though.

Leave a Comment :, , , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: South Park

by on Dec.21, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


The first South Park video game is a rather horrible first person shooter. For what was a very lucrative project for Acclaim, it seems like they allocated an extremely low budget to it – everything looks cheap, there is next to no variety in the weapons and enemies, enemies are bullet sponges, and the game runs like utter crap. Yet it’s not the worst South Park game Acclaim released!

Leave a Comment :, , , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Alien Resurrection

by on Dec.20, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Alien Resurrection was a shit movie, and surprise – a shit game too.

Leave a Comment :, , , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: King of Dragons

by on Dec.19, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


King of Dragons is a side scrolling hack and slash game with light RPG elements. It’s kind of a predecessor to the more popular Knights of the Round. A port for the SNES was released in 1994, but its a bit of a downgrade from the arcade game.

Leave a Comment :, , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Final Fantasy VII

by on Dec.18, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


In celebration of today’s anniversary – Final Fantasy‘s 25th, in fact – we bring to you another of the Final Fantasy VII ads. The CGI heavy advertising campaign in conjunction with a price drop and effective relaunch of the PlayStation in some territories saw the then-ailing system become the leading home console.

1 Comment :, , , , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Mega Man 5

by on Dec.17, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Mega Man 5 was the last game in the Mega Man series to see a release in Europe and Australia. To date, Mega Man 6 was not released in PAL regions in any official form until its Wii Virtual Console release in March 2012, since neither the Mega Man Anniversary Edition compilation nor the PlayStation remixes were released here.

Leave a Comment :, , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Mega Man X4

by on Dec.16, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Mega Man X4 was the first game in the X series to be developed exclusively for the 32-bit consoles. While it had an easy time getting released in Japan, Europe and Australia, the game was initially blocked by Sony Computer Entertainment’s extremely lame policy of not allowing 2D games to be published on the PlayStation. Capcom decided to play hardball, and threatened not to release Resident Evil 2 for the PlayStation in North America if Mega Man X4 was not approved. SCEA folded faster than Superman on laundry day.

Leave a Comment :, , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Mega Man: Battle & Chase

by on Dec.15, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Mega Man: Battle & Chase is the inevitable kart racing spin off of the Mega Man series. It’s not particularly well known due to the US release of the game being cancelled – at least until its appearance as a bonus in Mega Man X Collection. The game basically takes the power stealing concept of the series and applies it to kart racing.

Leave a Comment :, , more...

Video Game Ad of the Day: Mega Man X2

by on Dec.14, 2012, under Video Game Ad of the Day


Mega Man X2 picks up about 6 months after the first game, with X assuming the role as head of the Maverick Hunters following the defeat of Sigma. However, a group of powerful Mavericks calling themselves the X Hunters take control of the North Pole, and begin taunting X with the remnants of Zero’s body.

Leave a Comment :, , more...

Looking for something?

Use the form below to search the site:

Still not finding what you're looking for? Drop a comment on a post or contact us so we can take care of it!

Visit our friends!

A few highly recommended friends...