Retro Gaming Australia

A lot of good Mega Drive and Nintendo 64 stuff on the bay this week.

Mario Party (N64)

Mario Party (N64) – Mintier than the above one, but this seller’s items are proving to be ultra competitive (or shilled, who knows)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

Mario Golf (N64)

Suikoden (PSX)

Pokemon Snap (N64)

Digimon World (PlayStation)

Killer Instinct + Bonus Watch (SNES)

Maniac Mansion (NES)

Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn) – No outer slipcase

Buggy Run (Master System) – Part of a lot with some other stuff

Shenmue and Seaman (Dreamcast)

Shining Force II (Mega Drive)

Keio Flying Squadron (Mega CD)

Battletoads (Mega Drive)

Probotector (Mega Drive)

It’s back! As you’d note from the lack of updates on the site as of late, time has been at a bit of a premium, but things are returning to normal.

Xbox Live Arcade
Nada

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)

WiiU Virtual Console
Super Castlevania IV (SNES) – $AU10.40 (60Hz version)

Nintendo eShop (North America)

WiiU Virtual Console
Super Castlevania IV (SNES) – $US7.99

3DS Virtual Console
Milon’s Secret Castle (NES) – $US4.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)
Discounts
Horror Sale
Includes all Resident Evil games, House of the Dead III and IV and Doom 3 BFG Edition.

PlayStation Store (North America)

Discounts
Until 4/11/13
Doom 3 BFG Edition – 50% off, now $US9.99 ($US7.99, 60% off for PS Plus)
Fatal Frame – 60% off, now $US3.99 ($US2.00, 80% off for PS Plus)
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly – 60% off, now $US3.99 ($US2.00, 80% off for PS Plus)

Good Old Games

New Releases
Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall – $US5.99

Discounts
Ubisoft sale – 60% off Ubisoft titles

Humble Bundle
Team 17 Sale – includes Worms Armageddon and Superfrog HD – pay what you want.

Namco Bandai has announced on Twitter that Soulcalibur II HD Online will be headed to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade on November 20. The game promises a tarted up version of one of the most popular fighting games of the PS2/Xbox/GameCube era, with online support and the first opportunity to fight guest characters Heihachi and Spawn against each other.

The price is set at $US20, €19 and about £15. No local price has been set, but it’s safe to assume that it’ll probably be $AU30.

With the high price and poor timing (the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launching either side of the game locally and in most Western territories) of the release, one has to wonder how much faith Namco has in the release. Perhaps a WiiU eShop release with Link would have drummed up some more interest.

DotEmu will be releasing Double Dragon Trilogy onto the App Store and Google Play Store before the end of the year. It’s exactly what it says on the tin – an app encompassing mobile ports of the arcade versions of Double Dragon, Double Dragon II: The Revenge and Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone.

Of course, a couple of enhancements have been made in the process, such as selectable difficulty levels – including one that’s a little more mobile friendly, achievements and leaderboards, a remastered soundtrack (as well as the original) and support for most iOS and Android game pads.

Personally, I still think the NES version of Double Dragon II is the best in the series.

Before Warcraft and Diablo were their bread and butter, Blizzard released a number of popular original titles for consoles and PCs. One such game was Blackthorne, an action/adventure game where you played as a warrior looking for revenge on a race of aliens.

Completely out of the blue today, Blizzard has added Blackthorne to Battle.net for download absolutely free. It’s updated to run on modern versions of Windows, but other than that, it maintains its original form. It’s based on the DOS version with the nice pixel art, not the 32X one with the weird pre-rendered look.

It’ll be interesting to see if Blizzard’s other popular mid 90s games such as The Lost Vikings appear soon.

Source: Joystiq

We’ve seen the evidence on the Classification Board, but Sega has finally confirmed that their 3D Classics range will be heading to the eShop in Australia, Europe and North America before the end of 2013.

The releases are being staggered over a period of four weeks:

November 28: 3D Space Harrier, 3D Super Hang-On
December 5: 3D Sonic The Hedgehog, 3D Altered Beast
December 12: 3D Ecco the Dolphin, 3D Galaxy Force II
December 19: 3D Shinobi III, 3D Streets of Rage

These games will set you back $US5.99/€4.99/£4.49 a piece. Australian prices have not been confirmed but sources expect them to be around $AU8.

Source: Vooks

Mega Man 8 is one of the more overlooked entries in the classic Mega Man series, probably due to the focus being on the X series at the time, being a 2D game in a 3D era, and having a pretty ghastly English dub. It has beautiful sprite work, though.

A good mix of items this week.

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GameCube)

Sonic 3D: Flickie's Island (Mega Drive)

Castlevania: The New Generation (Mega Drive)

Mario Party 2 (N64)

Lylat Wars (Nintendo 64)

Pokemon Gold (Game Boy Color)

Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy Color)

Phantasy Star (Master System)

Sonic CD (Mega CD)

Landstalker (Mega Drive)

Master System Converter 2 (Mega Drive)

The criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego is on the loose again, presumably with some form of time machine. As a result, you get to spend the next couple of hours doing history homework in order to catch her.

Nintendo effectively turned the Game Boy Advance into a SNES port dumping ground, but it’s safe to say that many of the ports were actually worse than their original versions. Probably the most offensive case was Donkey Kong Country, which was significantly brightened up – to the point where it looks absolutely awful on anything but the original, non-lit GBA console.