Bringing Past To Present
Retro Reviews
30 Days of Gaming – Game 23 : Dragons Lair (SNES)
Nov 25th
Dateline : 23rd November 2011
Well the good stuff didn’t last as RetroBear plays one of the biggest steaming piles of cow dung ever released on the Super Nintendo. The question is why did anyone really both trying to convert a game so shallow as this ?
Well the box looks nice I suppose, but its all downhill when you open it
30 Days of Gaming – Game 22 : Time Crisis (Playstation 1)
Nov 25th
Dateline : 22nd November 2011
The end is in sight and now is the time to roll out some of the good stuff. Roll around your living room and pop out to shoot the bad guys, it’s Time Crisis…..
The mighty G-Con 45 and Time Crisis - a formidable partnership
30 Days of Gaming – Game 21 : Taz-Mania (Sega Megadrive)
Nov 23rd
Dateline : 21st November 2011
Taz and Retrobear share a few things in common. They are always hungry, both hideously ugly and both amazingly hairy. It seemed only fair to look at Taz’s first platform outing on the Mega Drive and find out if the rave reviews on release were still justified 20 years later…..
That is the worst case of indegestion I have ever seen
30 Days of Gaming – Game 20 : Donkey Konga (Nintendo Gamecube)
Nov 23rd
Dateline : 20th November 2011
Simple things appeal to simple minds, and they don’t get much simpler than RetroBear’s. Give him some bongo shaped controllers and a sing-a-long soundtrack and you have the makings of a decent game. Throw in Nintendo’s number one ape and you get Donkey Konga on the Gamecube……
Bongos + Gamecube + TV = Fun for all the family....for a limited time anyway
30 Days of Gaming – Game 19 – Goldeneye (Nintendo 64)
Nov 22nd
Dateline : 19th November 2011
The old foe stands opposite Retrobear – the move tie in. However on this occasion he is more than pleasantly surprised as this one is really rather good. In fact not just rather good but stupendously good. So grab your silencer and your tuxedo as RetroBear goes all Bond on us….
You can tell the quality that went into this game and that is why its a gaming classic
30 Days of Gaming – Game 18 : Circus Atari (Atari 2600)
Nov 22nd
Dateline : 18th November 2011
You either love clowns or are scared of them. So in both ways by playing this game you are actually satisfied. Laugh as you send the clowns to pop the balloons or laugh as you condemn them to death after a fall from a great height. Either way RetroBear isn’t wearing those big silly trousers and red nose for a laugh. Or is he….?
You can't get more circusy than that, even if some of the pictures on there are slightly misleading as to what features in the game
30 Days of Gaming – Game 17 : Treasure Island Dizzy (Amiga)
Nov 22nd
Dateline : 17th November 2011
All aboard the good ship Retrosection, and after swigging a bottle of rum and counting his pieces of eight, RetroBear considers the continuing adventures of an egg named Dizzy complete with nautical theme…..
Budget gaming arrives on the Amiga in the shape of an egg. A cracking adventure to follow ?
30 Days of Gaming – Game 16 : Brian Lara Cricket (Playstation 1)
Nov 21st
Dateline : 16th November 2011
Donning his whites and shouting Howzat in an incredibly loud voice at anyone who’ll listen, RetroBear turns his hand at the gentleman’s game and asks why there was never a decent cricket game before this one….
For the first time a cricket game actually looked like a cricket game
30 Days of Gaming – Game 15 : Shadows Of The Empire (Nintendo 64)
Nov 16th
Dateline : 15th November 2011
Using the force, RetroBear loads up Shadows Of The Empire. An original Star Wars adventure that had such myth and hype built up before it was released that it could never live up to it. Whilst not sucking on a Phantom Menace scale, this is not LucasArts finest gaming moment….
Now this is what we wanted - arguably the best section of this game
30 Days Of Gaming – Game 13 : Super Wrestlemania (SNES)
Nov 16th
Dateline : 13th November 2011
Is it unlucky 13 or will the thought of strapping himself into spandex and an unusually large codpiece prevent RetroBear from being rolled up behind for a quick pinfall ? Only one way to find out – it’s time to rummmmblllllle…..
This game isn't so tough, the box is made out of cardboard !