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This has actually shown up on a number of sites in the past few months, but I wanted to be sure to share this with everyone on here.  I’ve always been a big fan of arcade cabinets wheter they be you standard old-school designs or sleek and modern gaming stations.
The Sega Lindbergh-based Virtua Fighter 5 […]

Presented by: Fastbilly1, Marurun, & Racketboy
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Welcome to a fresh installment of the Together Retro Game Club. After a full month with the classic RPG, Lunar Silver Star Story, we’re going back in time to a game that is essentially a genre in itself — Marble […]

Presented by: Fastbilly1, Marurun, & Racketboy
New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club
We have a special treat for you this opening week. We’re going to be looking at the arcade classic Defender and the home port for the Atari 2600. Read on to find out more about Defender and what our […]

Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games of all time and it was no surprise that many companies tried cloning the game in order to make a quick buck. However, many of those clones didn’t really add much or even capture much of the original charm. Even many of Namco’s own Pac-Man spinoffs […]

You can’t help but admit you like the benefits of newer consoles: wireless controllers, better video connections, faster load times. So is it so wrong to want to be able to play a bunch of old games on your new hardware? Of course not.
With classic game compilations you can easily get a solid collection of […]

Those of you who have been reading racketboy.com for a while know I have been waiting for this release for a while. On my Nintendo DS Wishlist of games or compilations I would like to see on my DS Lite, I specifically listed a new Namco Museum collection that would have some Namco classics […]

Pioneering games like Double Dragon and Final Fight really got the side-scrolling brawler genre off to a solid start, but Konami had a number of excellent beatemups in the early 1990’s that became some of the most popular quarter-collectors of the era. While their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade games were some of the […]

Sega as a whole has had a hard time living up to their innovative and dazzling legacy. Many of Sega’s most established developers such as Yuji Naka of Sonic Team and Camelot Software Planning of Shining Force fame have left the Sega fold, leaving large voids in Sega’s quality lineup. One of the […]

I’m always up for a good conversion of Pac-Man, but I have to say this new Pac-Man Championship Edition for the XBox Live Arcade looks mighty exciting. In addition to it’s Geometry Wars-inspired HD graphical style and some brand new mazes, it’s also filled with some useful features, including the following game modes (quoted […]

When there are a number of home versions of a classic game, you can’t help but wonder which version is the best. For older games, it is very hard to find some solid comparisons of various ports. Fortunately, every now and then I stumble across someone who is dedicated to a certain game […]

Ok, this announcement not only got me excited, but kinda freaked me out…
Just two weeks ago to the day, I published my DS Wishlist, which contained a consise list of some classic games and compilations I would like to see come to the DS.
I mentioned that I enjoyed the Namco Museum Collection GBA cartridge but […]

I recently received an email from RetroGaming reader, fastbilly1, that I thought I would share…
“Racketboy…. I thought you might get a kick out of this. Last weekend at Georgia Tech an anime/gaming convention by the name of Momocon took place. The girl who created this convention, a one Jesspanda, is a huge Nintendo […]

As one of the most revolutionary minds behind Sega’s past blockbusters and innovation, Yu Suzuki can be thanked for a number of great games such as Outrun, Shenume, and the Virtua Fighter series. As a tribute for the master and look back for his fans, Yu Suzuki’s Gameworks Volume 1, was a book and […]

As one of my all-time favorite games of my childhood, I was glad to see the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game come to the XBox Live Arcade. It isn’t a deep game by any means, but it is filled with nostalgia and is loads of fun when whacking Foot Soldiers with a […]

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the “Hidden Gems” come in.
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This will be a bit of a […]

After nearly passing out from the 2D glory of the Princess Crown follow-up, Odin Sphere, you can imagine my excitement when I stumbled across the new 2.5D fighter from Arc System Works known as Battle Fantasia.

2.5D fighters (2D gameplay while using 3D models) are nothing new, but Arc’s new creation is the first (that I’m […]

There was a lot of shmup action being shown off at Japan’s AOU 2007 (Japanese Amusement Machines Operators Union)…
Otomedius
One of the biggest stories of the show is Konami’s apparent successor to the Parodius franchise. it has the same quirky and sexy feel, but also will include networking and touchscreen capabilities (supposedly for locking […]

This Week: Paperboy

February 14th
400 Microsoft Points
Official XBLA Page
Screenshots
Gameplay Video

Additional XBLA Developments:
Ikaruga Confirmed?
Why Partnernet is a PR Nightmare for Microsoft
Pinball FX: New Website & Screenshots
Puzzle/Strategy/RPG Hybrid Galactrix Announced
Jetpac Refuelled Confirmed for XBLA
ESRB Hints At Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts
Another World could make it to Live Arcade
Toy Wars: Looks Like Toy Commander Remade
Double Dragon Info & Screens
Rare working […]

Here’s some decent YouTube clips to give you a taste of X-Men Arcade. The boss battle videos with the 4 players probably give you the best idea of some of the character’s Mutant Powers.

Intro & First Level

Boss Battle: Wendigo

Boss Battle: Nimrod

Entire X-Men Arcade Speedrun: