Retro Gaming Australia

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was the third of the Game Boy Advance Castlevanias, and a pretty damn good game all around. You play as Soma Cruz, who discovers he wields the power of dominance, which grants him the ability to use the souls of enemies he defeats. Of course, those of you who have played the sequel, Dawn of Sorrow, know exactly why that is.

Killer Instinct did indeed make its way to the Game Boy, not long after it hit the SNES. It loses Cynder and Riptor, but you can play two player head-to-head if you run it on a Super Game Boy, which is pretty neat.

Jungle Strike is the second game in the Strike series and a major improvement over Desert Strike. There are significantly more levels, with far more objectives in each, and even the opportunity to control other vehicles over the course of the game.

Like yesterday’s featured game, Devil May Cry 2, Final Fight: Streetwise is the black sheep of another Capcom franchise. However, unlike Devil May Cry 2, Final Fight: Streetwise is an unredeemable piece of shit that should never have been greenlit. Final Fight Streetwise was the reason Capcom Production Studio 8, the company’s sole American development arm who we responsible for two great Maximo games, was shut down. Not only does Final Fight: Streetwise look bad and play worse, it has one of the single most fucking stupid stories to be featured in a video game.

MDK is Shiny Entertainment’s third game, a distinct departure from the bright, cartoon-like Earthworm Jim. The game was originally pitched as Murder, Death, Kill, but the title was rejected by US publisher Playmates Interactive, whose parent company was to make toys associated with the game. MDK’s acronym tends to change based on the day – Max, Doctor Hawkins and Kurt, Mission: Deliver Kindess and My Dear Knight are just a few examples cited in official documents and interviews.

This Greek ad for Tomb Raider for the Sega Saturn seems like a pretty standard ad…until you look closely and see that there’s a picture of the Nude Raider hack in action. This ad is from the official Greek distributor for the game too – crazy!

Super Punch Out!! is the fourth game in the Punch Out!! series and the second to use that name. It’s a bit more over the top than the other Punch Out!! games – which is saying something – I don’t remember anyone trying to hit you with a wooden cane or a flying kick in the other games.

PaRappa the Rapper is one of the most popular games of the early years of the PlayStation. It’s a pretty simplistic rhythm game, but the combination of the game’s unique art style, catchy song lyrics and addictive gameplay won people over.

Contra III: The Alien Wars (or Super Probotector: Alien Rebels, or Contra Spirits) marks the debut of Konami’s platforming shooter series on the 4th generation consoles. Like most Konami SNES/SFC releases, we recommend going after the Super Famicom version: it’s cheaper (especially if you want it complete) and it’s easier (thanks to unlimited continues).

Here we have two of the three Legend of Zelda games Nintendo would prefer you forgot about: Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon.

The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and a third game, Zelda’s Adventure, came as a result of Nintendo’s deal with Philips for the SNES CD, which Nintendo decided to abandon. As part of the dissolution of this agreement, Philips was granted rights by Nintnedo to produce games featuring a number of their characters. The results were not pretty.