Retro Gaming Australia

Witness the result below.

The 1998 smash-hit first person shooter Half-Life has been officially ported to Linux and Mac OSX.

For reasons unknown, the Steam page doesn’t actually list Mac and Linux as being supported, but we’re being told otherwise.

In January’s Nintendo Direct video conference earlier in the week, Nintendo detailed their plans for the Wii U version of the Virtual Console service.

The Virtual Console service will launch on Wii U after the Spring (our Autumn) update. Initially only games for the NES and SNES will be released, but plans were announced for the Game Boy Advance to join the line up in the future. Titles are being re-coded for the Wii U VC, with new features like save states being added.

However, the downside of that is that you’re going to have to buy the games again. Nintendo did announce a program whereby you’ll be able to get a discount on the Wii U version of a VC title if you’d bought it on the Wii – which is a better outcome than most expected. For the US, it ends up that you’ll be able to convert to the Wii U versions for $1 for NES games and $1.50 for SNES games. No word on local pricing.

In addition to being able to play on the Wii U GamePad, Wii U VC titles will support the Classic Controller and Pro Controller. Apparently VC titles will be among the first two support two Wii U GamePads.

To whet your appetite, Nintendo are releasing a game a month at a heavily discounted price. Balloon Fight is the first game up, and it’s just 30 cents. That’s cheaper than a McDonald’s cone! F-Zero will follow in February, Punch-Out!! in March, Kirby’s Adventure in April, Super Metroid in May, Mario & Yoshi in June and Donkey Kong in August.

The Neo Geo X Gold Limited Edition is actually limited as it turns out, and if you want one, you’ll need to get in before the end of April, when the manufacturer expects the stock to be exhausted. The standard Neo Geo X Gold system will continue to be sold beyond this point.

Speaking with Eurogamer, representatives from Tommo stated “The NeoGeo X Gold System Limited Edition Collection Series that includes Ninja Masters, was always planned to be a limited edition product. We are currently manufacturing our final run of this Limited Edition Collection Series and our distributors worldwide expect to have the final stock in April. Given the popularity of the NeoGeo X format, we don’t expect this stock to last long.”

Apparently there are meant to be some announcements concerning more games and software updates for the console soon.

We are happy to announce today that the Classic Console Museum, a mainstay of the PAX experience, will be appearing at PAX Australia from July 19 to 21.

A veritable cacophony of Australian retro gaming goons has come together to organise the museum, including Retrospekt, Retro Domination, Australian Retro Gamer and of course, us here at Retro Gaming Australia.

Tickets to PAX are in short supply, so you’d better get in now – three day passes and Saturday tickets are already sold out!

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (North America)

Wii U Virtual Console
Balloon Fight (NES) – $US0.30

3DS Virtual Console
Super C (NES) – $US4.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)

New Releases
Mad Dog McCree – $AU11.75

Discounts
Deus Ex (PS2 Classics) – $AU12.28 (15% off)
Just Cause (PS2 Classics) – $AU6.25 (15% off)

PlayStation Store (North America)

New Releases
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99

Discounts
For PSPlus subscribers (until 29/01/2013)
Ratchet & Clank HD – $US3.75
Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy HD – $US2.00
NiGHTS Into Dreams… HD – $US2.75
Psychonauts (PS2 Classics) – $US2.00

Good Old Games

New Releases
Conquest: Frontier Wars – $US5.99

Discounts
60% off Rebellion games

Steam
Tomb Raider Collection – $US14.99 (today only)

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (North America)

3DS Virtual Console
Kirby’s Star Stacker (Game Boy) – $US2.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)

New Releases
Retro City Rampage – $AU16.95

PlayStation Store (North America)

New Releases
Siren (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99

Discounts

Good Old Games

New Releases
Leisure Suit Larry’s Greatest Hits and Misses – $US9.99

Discounts
Midwinter Variety Sale

The Metroid II remake project, AM2R, has been ongoing for what seems like eons, but fans can get their first taste of the game thanks to a demo released late last month.

AM2R attempts to marry the gameplay and visual stylings of the 2004 Metroid remake, Zero Mission, with the monochrome Game Boy only release of Metroid II: Return of Samus, giving fans the opportunity to enjoy the oft overlooked second game in the series with some more modern trimmings. Nintendo had at one stage been working on Metroid II DX for the Game Boy Color, but the project was cancelled.

No release date is planned for the final version of AM2R at this stage.

The Organ Trail is an indie game which combines the classic educational game The Oregon Trail with – you guessed it – zombies. Rather than fighting off starvation and dysentery, the game has you fighting off the undead hordes as you and your group of survivors take their station wagon across the continental United States.

The game was originally released for free as a Flash game before being expanded onto iOS and Android devices. Now the game has returned to Windows and Mac OS with even more extra content. Said extra content will be available for the phone versions as DLC for around $2.

You can buy the game here for $US4.99. The game is also currently a candidate for Steam Greenlight, so you should support it there too.

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)

Wii Virtual Console
Ninja Master’s Haoh-Ninpo-Cho (Neo Geo) – 900 points

3DS Virtual Console
Blaster Master (NES)

Nintendo eShop (North America)

Wii Virtual Console
World Heroes 2 (Neo Geo) – 900 points

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)
Nothing

PlayStation Store (North America)

New Releases
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. – $US9.99
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World – $US9.99
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Go Diego Go! Great Dinosaur Rescue (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99

Discounts
Mega Man 9 – Free for PSPlus subscribers
Mega Man 10 – Free for PSPlus subscribers
Earthworm Jim HD – $US0.99 (90% off)

Good Old Games

New Releases
Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration – $US5.99
Cultures 1 + 2 – $US9.99

Discounts