Comments for Retro Gaming Australia

Comment on Reflecting on PALGN by David

David — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:50:50 +0000

Great read. Yeah a lot of history there. I guess the web has changed too, and even without the main issue with the site (which was ultimately the performance), it wasn’t very sustainable.

Comment on Reflecting on PALGN by Greymist

Greymist — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:50:21 +0000

Matt,

Its a pity the website has come to this end.

I used to enjoy reading most of the articles as they where thoughtful and well written.

I was involved in some of the coding for the website for a brief time in 2004/2005 and helped by creating the Game Exchange forum.

The code was all over the place but James did a wonderful job of maintaining the site and implementing new features.

Good luck to the future for all the ex-staff.

Comment on Reflecting on PALGN by Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:08:39 +0000

What a great read. I didn’t realise what your background was but it really shows in this little niche site.

Thank you for sharing this story. More people should be reading the RGA!

Comment on Reflecting on PALGN by reptilescorpio

reptilescorpio — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:44:20 +0000

Great read, most of my time at the site seemed to be during that 2005-2008 period which means you had a strong hand in my enjoyment and subsequent daily visiting of the site.
Which means I now have RGA bookmarked to keep an eye on.
Thanks!

Comment on Introduction to the Famicom & Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) by frankfjs

frankfjs — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:24:10 +0000

Superb article!

One small correction, it’s a HES “Unidaptor” and not “Uniadaptor”.

Comment on SNK approved portable Neo Geo on the way by frankfjs

frankfjs — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:09:46 +0000

You know, as stunning as this looks, I can’t help but feel that it will be an overpriced/underperforming piece of hardware. The SNK license means nothing to me, it has as much credibility as SEGA lending their name to Blaze, we all know how sub par the range of Blaze consoles are – throwing a licensed SEGA logo on the box doesn’t make them perform any better.

It looks great, but there are plenty of handhelds on the market that emulate a diverse range of systems and that have plenty of hardware grunt.

In my opinion, this ‘SNK’ console will have to be priced below $100 and allow one to freely load a range of roms of varying systems to be competitive and worthwhile. My guess is that it will be costly and only allow a minimal range of games to be played, most likely at a cost via some form of marketplace system.

Comment on Fan-made HTML5 version of Command & Conquer in the works by Matt Keller

Matt Keller — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:27:04 +0000

@Aditya Ravi Shankar Thanks. Story updated.

Comment on Fan-made HTML5 version of Command & Conquer in the works by Aditya Ravi Shankar

Aditya Ravi Shankar — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:36:16 +0000

Thanks to some help from a friend who provided hosting, the game is back up …. http://www.adityaravishankar.com/projects/games/command-and-conquer/

Comment on Video Game Ad of the Day: Bad Dudes by Archembo

Archembo — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:42 +0000

Never heard of this one but I had my share of Double Dragon on Amiga. Will definitely try to get my hands on this one!

Comment on Auction Watch – 07/01/2012 by MaJ

MaJ — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:42:07 +0000

Its also worth checking out this guys listings:

http://bit.ly/zDGCfn

Nearly all of his stuff is still in the original packaging. Zelda: A link to the past is already at $50 with a few days left.