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Happy New Year !!!
Jan 2nd
May 2012 make all your dreams and wishes come true
As the holiday season starts to wind down and Retrobear finds he can no longer put off standing on those scales just to see how much he has eaten in 2 weeks, he takes time out to reflect on the year 2011 and looks forward to 2012.
Well it has been a funny old year for yours truly, especially when you consider at the start of 2011 Retrosection didn’t actually exist. We rose from the ashes of the now-defunct Gamefancier site and it’s been a good move. True, perhaps I haven’t been here posting as much as I should have done but I think overall there has been enough content on the site over time to give you a feel of what we are all about here.
30 Days Of Gaming – Game 27 – Commando (NES)
Nov 30th
Dateline : 27th November 2011
Don’t you just hate it when someone some how manages to destroy something that seems indestructible ? How hard could it be to ruin an arcade classic such as Commando ? RetroBear should start re-reading some of his old posts as this is a far more common occurance than he seems to think………
Hmmmm doesn't exactly fill me with confidence - you can tell a lot from a title screen
30 Days of Gaming – Game 25 : Ice Climber (NES)
Nov 29th
Dateline : 25th November 2011
With the nights drawn in and everything going that bit colder, RetroBear dons his Parka jacket, grabs hold of the nearest hammer and goes out to thwack some long haired freaks. No he’s not hippy-bashing, he’s yeti-squashing in Ice Climber……
One of the original launch titles for the NES in the US, Ice Climber originally had you whacking seals with a hammer before someone decided yetis might be a bit more acceptable
RetroEvents : London Gaming Con – 3rd & 4th December
Nov 29th
Here is a real opportunity for all retro and current games fans. Coming up this weekend at the Rocket Complex, Holloway Road in London is the first ever London Gaming Convention. Check below for further details of this fabulous event and register your interest. Seriously it beats dragging yourself up and down the high street Christmas shopping !
Retrosection will be in attendance and we hope to have some reviews and pictures of just what went on and what you will miss out on if you don’t go ! So check out the website below and all the details and RetroBear hopes to see you there !
London Gaming Con is fast approaching this 3-4 December. Make sure to Register Now for the event which will bring Gamers together! It will be a 1,000 person-event by fans for fans at the Rocket Complex on Holloway Road, taking place from 11am in the morning right through to well past midnight. Remember, you must be over the age of 18 by 3rd December to attend.
If you register and pay now then you can get Saturday for just £8 and Sunday for just £6. (On the day entry without pre-paying is £10 per day).
Register Here – View Travel Info Here – Full Website Here
| Party till 1am! Ultimate Championship: Win £100 brentalfloss Live-Concert! Over THIRTY game tournaments Play Latest Games Casually Extensive Retro Zone Anime Screenings LAN Gaming Bass Invaders Rave! |
Game Developers Talks Super-Sonic-Sunday! DDR Tournament Cosplay Masquerade CoLD StoRAGE Live Pub Quiz Cosplay Workshops Sunday Sonic Party Whose Game is it Anyway? |
Area 11 Live-Band YGO/MtG TCG Tournaments Bands & Chiptunists Buy VG Goodies Sonic Blindfolded Karaoke Nintendisco & ClubSEGA Ashens, Guru Larry, Benzaie MUCH MUCH MORE! |
START PLANNING YOUR DAY NOW
View Guests Here – View Event Timetable Here – View Tournaments Here
Stakes Tournaments (Cash Entry, Big Prizes): Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Super Smash Melee, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade, Arcana Heart 3, Ultimate Marvel v Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Animeleague’s Dance Dance Revolution
StandardsTournaments (Free Entry): Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Animeleague’s Dance Dance Revolution, Counter Strike Source, Minecraft, Team Fortress 2, Micro Machines, Tetris 64, Goldeneye 64, Sonic 2, Super Mario (original), Halo Anniversary, Gears of War 3, Mortal Kombat 9, US2, Modern Warfare 3, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Brawl, Sonic Generations, Blazblue, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade, Forza, Phantasy Star
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 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 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 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