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Fantastic Dizzy is one of several games in the Dizzy series and the only one released outside Europe. Despite the similar sounding title it is not to be confused with Fantasy World Dizzy, the third game in the series with similar gameplay (Fantasy World Dizzy has been ironically referred to as the “best game of all time” by Yathzee, from Zero Punctuation fame). What made it special The gameplay of most games in the Dizzy series is an uncommon combination [...]
Presented by Dsheinem New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club It would be fair to say that Half-Life is one of the most important games in all of gaming history. Not only did it popularize and innovate the story-driven First Person Shooter, but it also thrust Valve into the spotlight as a leading PC game developer, a position which they have capitalized on in their efforts to redefine PC gaming development and distribution in the fifteen years [...]
Presented by ExedExes New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Overview Wing Commander is the first game in the Wing Commander series of science fiction space simulation games, released on September 26, 1990 for the PC. It was designed and directed by Chris Roberts and produced by Roberts and a pre-System Shock/Deus Ex Warren Spector. Origin Systems was the developer and publisher. The company would later be bought out by Electronic Arts in 1992, and EA would [...]
presented by Ivo. New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club What made it special Extremely solid gameplay that is great fun, easy to learn, hard to master – all that combined with co-op gameplay and high production values (cute graphics and catchy music that arguably hold up quite well after more than 20 years). The basic gameplay is shooting non-lethal bubbles that trap the enemies, which can then be bursted to eliminate them. You can also bounce [...]
presented by Ivo. New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club What Made it Special? Baldur’s Gate is a computer role-playing (RPG) game developed by Bioware and released in late 1998. For the game, Bioware licensed the popular fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms (including cameos from famous characters of the setting such as Drizzt, Elminster and Volo). The RPG ruleset of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition was also licensed and the game employs a modified [...]
Presented by dsheinem New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Welcome to the final Together Retro of 2012! In a first for the club, we will be playing a bullet-hell shmup, so get your reflexes warmed up and get ready to experience the terrific and terrifying 1997 classic DoDonPachi. Overview DoDonPachi is the second game in shmup developer Cave’s DonPachi series and one that, perhaps more than any single title in their catalog, has come to define [...]
Presented by ExedExes New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club When you think of classic puzzle games, it’s easy to remember notable games like Tetris, Puyo Puyo, and maybe a few others. But for this months Together Retro, let’s take a look at one you may not be familiar with – Panel de Pon. Panel de Pon, also known as Panel de Pon: Action Puzzle Game, was developed by Nintendo’s internal development team Intelligent Systems and was [...]
Presented by Dsheniem New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club For this spooky October installment of Together Retro, we are going to provide you with a classic “drive-in double bill” of horror-tinged classic games. Both should provide you with ample chills and thrills to last all month, and both are worth playing time and again. For a bit of a change, we’re going to break them down side by side this month! Overview Maniac Mansion Crush Series [...]
Presented by Flake New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club The Together Retro crew spends a lot of time plucking away at the overlooked and forgotten classics. At first glance, Mario Bros. 2 might seem like an odd choice for the gang but as a quirky piece of gaming history that has never really been duplicated, it’s actually a great fit. This month, the Together Retro bunch is playing Super Mario Bros 2 and / or Doki [...]
Presented by the MegaRetroGeek New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Of any series that isn’t a franchise of one of the big console makers, Bomberman is one of the most familiar series in all of retro gaming. The pinnacle of the series, Bomberman 94′ on the PC Engine has been renowned as a must have for any collector and new comers to the series. The actual game itself, released in 1993 was the final HuCard game [...]
New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Concept We’re featuring a double bill of Treasure games this month, each of which are highly regarded classics that represented the strengths of their respective systems and continue to shape game development to this day. Neither games takes an exceptionally long time to play through, but both offer a variety of innovations that will keep you coming back to them all month long. Even better: thanks to digital distribution [...]
Presented by Ivo & Fastbilly1 New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club This month’s Together retro title is Command & Conquer (C&C), from developer Westwood Studios which was responsible for a lot of quality classic games (such as the Eye of the Beholder series). They basically created the genre of Real Time Strategy (RTS) with Dune II, released in 1992 (although there were earlier pioneers such as Herzog Zwei which was a big source of inspiration for [...]
Presented by Dsheinem New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club For many gamers, Wolfenstein 3D is considered the game that launched the most popular genre of the last twenty years: the first person shooter. And while it can’t technically boast being the first ever FPS, Wolfenstein 3D remains one of the best loved and most influential games ever created in any genre. If you haven’t ever sat down to play it through or if you haven’t done [...]
Presented by Flake New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Sometimes retro gaming is not just about re-experiencing old games that were good. In the case of this month’s game, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, it’s about re-experiencing an old series that used to be good. In recent years, the Tony Hawk skating game franchise has done itself approximately zero favors. Wacky peripherals, questionable game design, and a lack of quality have tarnished the reputation of this [...]
Presented by noiseredux New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Let’s get this out of the way: take the word “East” and and drop the T at the end. That’s how you pronounce Ys. Now that we’re all on the same page, let’s explore the 1987 first installment of Falcom’s action RPG series and find out why it has such a huge cult following. Story The store of Ys I follows Adol, a seventeen year old swordsman [...]
