Today’s look at games on the Retro-Bit Generations console has a lot of favorites from Irem, including Hammerin’ Harry, Kid Niki: Radical Ninja and its sequel, and my personal favorite, and what sold me on this system: Kickle Cubicle!
Lots of Capcom goodies in this second part of my look at all the games in the Retro-Bit Generations console. Highlights include Captain Commando, NES Commando, Exed Exes, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls N Ghosts, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, Gun.Smoke, and many more!
So last year Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition, a console with 30 NES games packed into it. I was pretty bummed when I wasn’t able to get one, but it sounds like a lot of other folks weren’t able to get it either. I really hope I can get the SNES Classic Edition that they announced would be coming out this year, but I’d better not get my hopes up. Personally, I think how Nintendo handled the NES Classic Edition is one of their biggest mistakes they’ve made. Well, maybe not as big as the Virtual Boy or having the N64 be cartridge only. So out of frustration, earlier this year I bought an off brand retro console called Retro-Bit Generations. Why? Because it had a lot of games on it that interested me more than what was on the NES Classic Edition, like Kickle Cubicle, Captain Commando, etc. What can I say? I’ve always liked the weird non-mainstream stuff. So all this week we’re going to take a look at the console and the games on it. This thing has over 100 games on it, so yeah, it’ll take us five days to go through it all. So let’s begin!
At the beginning of the year, my brothers were telling me about a really cool arcade near where they live. And just a couple of months ago, I finally got a chance to go to it and take pictures. And now I finally got a chance to post them here! Anyway, it’s called Round 1, and it has a bowling alley, karaoke, darts, pool tables, and a big kiddie play area. But who cares about any of those things? (joking) It also has a really big arcade with lots of ways to separate itself from other typical arcades.
Nihon Falcom is a Japanese video game developer who has been around for decades. Their most well-known series in the US is probably Ys (pronounced ‘ease’) but even then that’s a pretty niche series. Another popular series they made (at least in Japan) was the Xanadu games, which received many sequels and spinoffs. Fans of the NES may have played some of these spinoffs, like Faxanadu or Legacy of the Wizard (yes, really, all those games are related in a way). One thing the Xanadu games have in common is that, well, they don’t have anything in common! None of them are really related in any way (that I’m aware of), and such is the case with the newest in the series: Tokyo Xanadu. In this game you play as a normal Japanese high school boy. You have a part time job and hang out with friends. But one day you discover an alternate dimension filled with dungeons and monsters, and find out that some of your classmates are involved. Now you must juggle school, a part time job, and saving the world with your friends.
As many of you may know, I’m a big fan of collecting Nintendo’s amiibo figures. Most amiibo figures are released in the US and Japan, and some are harder to get than others. I’ve been able to get most of the amiibo figures I own in stores in the US, but I have had to import a few in the past. But did you know that as of this writing, there are some amiibo figures that are only available in Japan? Well I recently imported those so I thought I’d go over them now.
Can you believe this year is already half over? What I like to do this time of year is write about the best games of the year so far. Everyone is all excited over recent E3 announcements, and most of the really good titles come out during the Christmas season at the tail end of the year, and the games that come out earlier tend to be forgotten. So this is where those games get their due. Keep in mind that no outside opinions went into the making of this list. It’s just my own picks. And if a game is missing from my list, it either didn’t appeal to me as much, or I just simply haven’t played it yet. Can’t play all the games out there, you know! Luckily I have to say that this year we’ve already gotten way better games than we did at this point last year, so that’s a good thing. Anyway, without further ado, welcome to Cary’s Best Games of 2017 SO FAR Awards Show!
So we’ve all had this happen to us before. You’re sitting inside with your buddies playing video games and your mom makes you get up and go outside. And that’s exactly what happens in this game. But the outside neighborhood is filled with robots and ninjas and wizards and you must use your imagination to conjure up all sorts of silly weapons to defend yourselves. Neighborhorde is a twin stick couch multiplayer shooter with an emphasis on teamwork. It’s available to download on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Crazy Taxi is one of the best arcade games ever made, and it’s one of SEGA’s top games overall, too. At least I think so. You drive a taxi and must take customers to their destination as fast as you can, and do crazy stunts along the way for more money! The money grabbing aspect must’ve been the main focus for the newest in the Crazy Taxi series, as Crazy Taxi: Gazillionaire is one of those mobile endless clickers. It’s available for iOS and Android devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
You are a boy who has been shipwrecked on an island filled with mystical ruins. It’s your job to solve the puzzles in these ruins to discover their secrets. Why? Well, you’ve got nothing else better to do, I guess. RIME is a 3-D action adventure puzzle game available for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
