Retro Gaming Australia

Last year, inXile Entertainment ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for a sequel to their popular 1988 RPG Wasteland.

In the latest update to backers, the inXile team posted a video showing the first gameplay footage of the title.

Wasteland 2 is expected to launch in October this year.

Recently on our YouTube channel, we posted a video of the introduction to the 1995 Ruby Spears Mega Man cartoon. That series ran for two seasons, and tends to receive mixed feelings from fans whenever it’s brought up.

However, as the following video will show, the original plan for the show was way different.

The above video shows that the original plan for the cartoon was much more directly influenced by the Japanese interpretation of the character, showing off a version of the show that’s a lot more anime-like than the final product. Given that this promo video was boasting a 1994 date for the show, we can presume that it was all delayed for a year so that they could retool Mega Man to be what they thought would be more appealing to a North American audience.

Ion Storm’s masterpiece Daikatana headlines an awesome, packed week of digital content.

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)

Wii Virtual Console
Sengoku 2 (Neo Geo) – 900 points

3DS Virtual Console
Mega Man 2 (NES) – $AU6.50

Nintendo eShop (North America)

3DS Virtual Console
Mega Man 2 (NES) – $US4.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)
Nothing

PlayStation Store (North America)

Discounts
Final Fantasy series sale – 50% off all digital Final Fantasy software

Good Old Games

New Releases
Daikatana – $US5.99
Cannon Fodder 2 – $US5.99

Discounts
Square Enix sale – 50% off game series such as Deus Ex, Hitman, Legacy of Kain, Tomb Raider and Thief.

Yep, it’s massive auction time once again.

This time, the seller has over 6,500 games and 330 consoles. He’s centered most of his attention on collecting for his favourite series, such as The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Castlevania and Metal Gear. There are all sorts of things collectors drool over, like sealed copies of Magical Chase, Metal Gear: Solid Snake for the MSX2, not one but four Steel Battalion controller sets, the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles white GameCube and even a PCB for the cult-classic Strider-esque arcade game Osman.

You can find pictures of the collection here.

SNK Playmore has just released Metal Slug 2 on iOS and Android devices. The latest release of the Neo Geo classic includes a few extra features like control customisation, local multiplayer and the ability to replay individual levels you’ve already completed.

It’s $AU5.29, and you’ll need an iPhone 3GS (or iPod Touch 3rd Gen) with iOS version 4.3 or better, or Android 2.3 or better.

I spy some Daimakaimura in there. Nobody is surprised.

Here’s the release schedule for the featured games:
February 19/20
Black Tiger
1943
Avenger

March 5
Ghosts’n Goblins
Gunsmoke
Sector Z

March 19
Legendary Wings
Side Arms
Trojan

April 2
Rush & Crash
Exed Exes
Commando

April 16
1942
Pirate Ship Higemaru
Sonson

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)
Zip

Nintendo eShop (North America)

Wii Virtual Console
Metal Slug 4 (Neo Geo) – 900 points

3DS Virtual Console
Ice Climber (NES) – $US4.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)

New Releases
Hitman Trilogy HD (includes Hitman 2: Stealth Assassin HD, Hitman: Contracts HD and Hitman Blood Money HD) – $AU39.95 (retail version also available, includes art book and slipcase)
Donald Duck Double Pack (PS2 Classics, includes Donald Duck Goin’ Quackers and Donald Duck: Who is PK?) – $AU21.95
Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Dynasty Warriors 5 (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Kessen III (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Samurai Warriors 2 (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45
Samurai Warriors 2: Empires (PS2 Classics) – $AU14.45

Discounts
Final Fantasy sale – save up to 50% off

PlayStation Store (North America)

New Releases
Zone of the Enders HD Collection (Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Special Edition) – $US34.99
Hitman HD Trilogy – $US39.99
Hitman 2: Stealth Assassin HD – $US16.99
Hitman: Contracts HD – $US16.99
Hitman: Blood Money HD – $US16.99
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99

Good Old Games

New Releases
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary – $US6.99
Balls of Steel – $US5.99
The Bard’s Tale (2004) – $US9.99

Discounts
Save 60% on Strategy First titles

Steam
Ys I & II Chronicles+ – 15% off for preorders, only $US12.75

XSEED has unveiled their plans for more Ys games in the coming months.

Ys: Memories of Celeta is a remake of Ys IV for the PlayStation Vita. Ys IV is one of the few remaining games in the series to not have seen an official English translation. Memories of Celeta is the third version of Ys IV, but the first to be developed by series creator Nihon Falcom.

PC fans will also be treated to some Ys loving with the release of Ys I & II Chronicles+. This is set to be a polished up version of the PSP release which came out in 2011, which was in turn a polished up version of the 2001 remake of the games for Windows. Yeah.

Each game will receive a digital and a physical release.

The heroes of the Bubble Bobble series (and assorted spin-offs), Bub and Bob, are set to be immortalised in plushie form, if eyewitness reports from the 2013 London Toy Fair are to be believed.

No details as yet beyond the fact that they’ll be manufactured by Together Plus, who’ve been doing all sorts of Mario merchandise as of late.

Via Video Game Memorabilia Museum

You’d think in this day and age of digital goods and globalisation that everything would get released everywhere.

‘Fraid not.

Sega has decided not to release the Model 2 Collection games Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On and Virtua Striker outside of Japan, where they will be available together for ¥880 on PSN and 400 points on Xbox Live Arcade.

Of course you can get around that buy registering a Japanese account for either service and then buying region specific points. Something we should write a guide on one of these days.