Retro Gaming Australia

Glover is a somehwat divisive platformer from the fifth generation era. Some people found it to be quite charming, others hold it up as a shining example of the deluge of middling mascot platformers which largely met their demise in the sixth generation era.

The site’s hiatus will end effective immediately. Things may change a little, but we’ll aim to deliver content worth reading and watching again – even if it takes an age to produce.

Thank you for your patience.

I have been struggling to produce meaningful content on Retro Gaming Australia for about two years. The demands on my time, professionally and personally, have increased over the years, and time spent working on the site takes away from things that have a higher priority.

Over the last month, I undertook an experiment to see if I could cope with not updating the site, and walking away for a while. The experiment was a success.

The site and its projects will effectively go into hibernation for a while. We will also not be appearing at PAX this year.

Mega Man X3 is one of the final titles to be released on the SNES (outside of Japan, anyway). Due to the limited release of and demand for the game, it has quickly become one of the most expensive SNES titles on the secondary market.

Lots of stuff around this week.

Just a reminder – items posted in Auction Watch are complete and in what I consider to be “good” condition. Unless noted, items are PAL and from Australian sellers.

Mega Man X (SNES)

Skies of Arcadia: Legends (GameCube)

Gran Turismo 4 PlayStation 2 Bundle

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords (Game Boy Advance) – haven’t seen one in this good condition ever – even when it was available new from retail.

Keio Flying Squadron (Mega CD)

Rainbow Islands (NES)

Mega Man 64 (NTSC-U Nintendo 64) – new & sealed

Kid Icarus (NES)

Mario Paint (SNES)

Nintendo Game Boy (launch version) – first retail version of the original Game Boy. Don’t often see them CIB.

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (Mega CD)

Pokemon Fire Red (Game Boy Advance)

Pokemon Emerald (Game Boy Advance)

Pokemon Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)

Mario Party (Nintendo 64)

Xbox Store Kiosk – Pickup from Penrith only

Video games don’t come much scarier than Fatal Frame (or Project Zero for the rest of us). Main character Miku goes to the mysterious Himuro Mansion to look for her brother Mafuyu, who has been missing for several weeks. The mansion is full of evil spirits, which Miku can vanquish with her special antique camera.

A day late – sorry!

Complete Metroid Collection

DuckTales Remastered Press Kit

Street Gangs (NES) – AKA River City Ransom

Pier Solar Reprint Edition (Mega Drive)

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GameCube)

Diablo (PlayStation)

Spider-Man / Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES)

Mortal Kombat (SNES)

Action 52 (Mega Drive)

Mega Man in Dr Wily's Revenge (Game Boy)

Battletoads in Ragnarok's World (Game Boy)

Super Game Boy (SNES)

NES Toploader – Missing the 3-in-1 cart

SNES Street Fighter II Bundle

Atari 2600 6 switch woody w/ AV mod

Phantasy Star is one of the great console RPGs of the 1980s. It was groundbreaking upon release for a number of reasons – fantastic graphics, a much more complex story than most games at the time, and a female lead character.

Lots of nice albeit expensive items this week.

Demon's Crest (SNES)

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)

Buggy Run (Master System)

Metroid (NES Smallbox)

SNES Scope 6 (Complete)

Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis)

Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)

Mega Man 2 (NES)

Family Fun Fitness w/ Athletic World (NES)

Super C (NES NTSC-U)

Mario Party (Nintendo 64)

Pokemon Special Edition Game Boy Color

Super Nintendo Super Mario All Stars Bundle

With Sonic the Hedgehog being Sega’s breakout success in the home console space, it seemed only natural to develop a Sonic game to promote their new CD based add-on, the Mega CD. The Sonic development team essentially splintered off into two groups; a team at Sega Technical Institute in the USA led by Yuji Naka which developed Sonic 2, and a team in Japan led by Naoto Oshima which made Sonic CD. This led to Sonic CD having a distinctly different feel to Sonic 2.