The Nintendo Power Retrospectives - Part 19

This episode we enter 1990 with Nintendo Power #10, featuring a whole boatload of Technos. Oh, and some game licensed from a movie nobody heard of.

Games Reviewed:
Double Dragon II
Clash at Demonhead
Batman (NES)
River City Ransom
Super Spike V'Ball
Shadowgate
This episode we enter 1990 with Nintendo Power #10, featuring a whole boatload of Technos. Oh, and some game licensed from a movie nobody heard of.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ISzcZ-SBbuc?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div> <br />Games Reviewed:<br />Double Dragon II<br />Clash at Demonhead<br />Batman (NES)<br />River City Ransom<br />Super Spike V'Ball<br />Shadowgate

Retronauts Ep. 22 Starring Kunio

Episode 22 of the reborn Retronauts podcast was posted over the weekend, which I guest starred on! We spend a good hour and a half or so trying to wade through the massive lineage of Kunio games, beginning with the brawlers (the sub-average Renegade, the cult classic River City Ransom to its various sequels/spinoffs) through the xtreme-ish sports games (beginning with the rad but sluggish Super Dodgeball, and eventually branching out to most other major sports, including the silly USA-based basketball game, Ganbare Dunk Heroes.) There are a few things I wanted to note, partially because we ran out of time, and partially because the Kunio article on the site needs a bit of updating, so consider this an addendum to both:

-I think I quoted the name of the Japanese gangs as "bousouzuka" when it's actually "bousouzoku". Whenever I get around to revamping the Kunio article I want to include a quick dictionary of some of the terms related to this subculture.

-All versions of Renegade are awful, but the Euro-exclusive, Natsume-developed Sega Master System port is the least awful. Maybe the upcoming 3DS remake will be better, but it sounds ridiculously thin given that it's a retail release.

-Here is a picture of the referenced title screen for Renegade III:



Yes, it is awful. Here's a longplay to show you why.

-And here is a picture of Nijiiro Dodge Ball: Otome Tachi no Seishun:



As you can see, it's more or less identical to the Kunio dodgeball games, but with an all girl squad.

On an unrelated note, www.hardcoregaming101.net seems to be busted and I don't know why...I'm assuming it's something with the domain registrar. In the meantime, the direct URL, http://hg101.kontek.net will work OK. Same deal with the Castlevania Dungeon - http://castlevania.kontek.net is good to go. What an excellent day for Go Daddy to screw up, right on the 25th anniversary of the series. In fact, hopefully you can view this post through somewhere that isn't just a news reader. I guess we'll see!

UPDATE: Turns out my ISP is having issues with DNS forwarding, or something like that. So if you have Optimum Online like I do you may have issues, otherwise it's business as usual!
<center><img src="http://hg101.kontek.net/kunio/rcr-1.gif"></center><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.1up.com/1upblogs/3/">Episode 22 of the reborn Retronauts podcast</a> was posted over the weekend, which I guest starred on! We spend a good hour and a half or so trying to wade through the massive lineage of Kunio games, beginning with the brawlers (the sub-average Renegade, the cult classic River City Ransom to its various sequels/spinoffs) through the xtreme-ish sports games (beginning with the rad but sluggish Super Dodgeball, and eventually branching out to most other major sports, including the silly USA-based basketball game, Ganbare Dunk Heroes.) There are a few things I wanted to note, partially because we ran out of time, and partially because the <a href="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kunio/kunio.htm">Kunio</a> article on the site needs a bit of updating, so consider this an addendum to both:<br /> <br /> -I think I quoted the name of the Japanese gangs as "bousouzuka" when it's actually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku">"bousouzoku"</a>. Whenever I get around to revamping the Kunio article I want to include a quick dictionary of some of the terms related to this subculture.<br /> <br /> -All versions of Renegade are awful, but the Euro-exclusive, Natsume-developed Sega Master System port is the least awful. Maybe the upcoming 3DS remake will be better, but it sounds ridiculously thin given that it's a retail release.<br /> <br /> -Here is a picture of the referenced title screen for Renegade III:<br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://hg101.kontek.net/kunio/renegade3.gif"></center><br /> <br /> Yes, it is awful. Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlCrrUWclI">longplay</a> to show you why.<br /> <br /> -And here is a picture of Nijiiro Dodge Ball: Otome Tachi no Seishun:<br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://hg101.kontek.net/kunio/otome-dodgeball.png"></center><br /> <br /> As you can see, it's more or less identical to the Kunio dodgeball games, but with an all girl squad. <br /> <br /> On an unrelated note, www.hardcoregaming101.net seems to be busted and I don't know why...I'm assuming it's something with the domain registrar. In the meantime, the direct URL, <a href="http://hg101.kontek.net">http://hg101.kontek.net</a> will work OK. Same deal with the Castlevania Dungeon - <a href="http://castlevania.kontek.net">http://castlevania.kontek.net</a> is good to go. What an excellent day for Go Daddy to screw up, right on the 25th anniversary of the series. In fact, hopefully you can view this post through somewhere that isn't just a news reader. I guess we'll see!<br /> <br /> UPDATE: Turns out my ISP is having issues with DNS forwarding, or something like that. So if you have Optimum Online like I do you may have issues, otherwise it's business as usual!