Retro Gaming Australia

Metal Gear lunacy at its finest.

Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (or VR Missions for our American brethren) is a mission pack featuring 300+ VR training missions, similar to the half dozen that were on the original Metal Gear Solid disc. The expansion was actually the second disc of the game’s Japanese re-release Metal Gear Solid: Integral, which was an improved version of the original game, but Konami decided to release it by itself outside of Japan. This ad is for the French release.

Cerebral bore was a pretty apt description of the game.

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil was probably Acclaim’s biggest hit in the fifth generation era. The game looked pretty damn good, but suffered in the gameplay stakes. I think we can all agree that the game’s Japanese title Violence Killer: Turok New Generation is a far better name.

Waluigi is the single greatest character of all time.

Mario Tennis was the second sports title for the Nintendo 64 to feature the crew from the Mushroom Kingdom, and is arguably one of the best multiplayer games on the system. The game also marks the debut of Waluigi, arguably the most important milestone in the history of video games.

It’s the final lap!

F-Zero X is the second game in the series and the first to feature full 3D visuals. The game’s graphics may appear simplistic even by Nintendo 64 standards, but there was a good reason – Nintendo wanted to ensure that the game ran at a blistering 60 frames per second. That sheer sense of speed helped F-Zero X to be one of the most intense racers of the fifth generation era.

Ms Pac-Man is best Pac-Man (behind Championship Edition DX, that is)

Ms. Pac-Man is the follow up to the smash hit Pac-Man. It was not actually designed by Namco in Japan, but by a couple of young entrepreneurs in America running a company called General Computer Corp. which designed conversion kits for existing games. The Atari 2600 version, which this ad is for, is way way way better than the original port of Pac-Man.

Can’t believe it has been seven years already.

The Warriors is a video game based on the 1979 film of the same name. Without being tied to a release date for a film project (though a remake was planned at one point), Rockstar Toronto had ample time to flesh out the game and its mechanics, making it arguably one of the best licensed titles out there.

Team Chaotix fo’ life.

Sonic Heroes was the first Sonic the Hedgehog game to be released across multiple platforms on day one. The game is best known for its three character set up, which allows you to switch between characters on the fly, and the return of Team Chaotix, who had not been seen since Knuckles’ Chaotix on the 32X.

One for the Schafer crowd.

Psychonauts is a fan-favourite platformer with something of a troubled development history. Tim Schafer’s first post-Lucasarts game was meant to be an Xbox exclusive published by Microsoft themselves. Some four years and $US13 million dollars later, it ended up being released by Majesco, who were nearly bankrupted following the game’s terrible performance at retail.

Van Dammit.

Street Fighter: The Movie is, as the name suggests, based on the film which was loosely based on the game. Unlike the arcade version, the home version was actually developed internally by Capcom, which some might say was an attempt at salvaging the project and turning it into something playable.

The one that started a real turnaround for superhero games.

Spider-Man is the nineteenth (I believe) game based on Marvel’s most popular comic book character, and the first to be published by Activision, who still holds the license to this day. The game was developed by Neversoft using the same tech from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.