Showing posts with label Capcom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capcom. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 December 2019

Snowflake Software




The 4 Players Adaptor is a rare peripheral for the #Famicom, perhaps lacking as many multi player mash ups as other formats. The Power Glove feels like it could be a prop from Back to the Future. 
The SGB Commander is a popular controller to play #GameBoy games on the #SuperGameBoy. 
The #MegaDriveMini has a fine roster of games making it well-worthwhile seeking out the Japan exclusive version. Whilst UltraCore keeps the original hardware running decades after its hey day. 
The #PCEngine gets brand new arrivals too, but alas only in condition. Still few collectors turn down the chance to snap up a brand new retro game, especially with Final Blaster leading the charge.
Ketsui Deathiny continues to be in demand as the most technically accomplished installment of the series to date on the #PS4. 
Retro Bit Generation 2 is a very tidy plug in and play console covering plenty of Japan centric titles which should bring a  sack load of festive cheer.  Titles from Athena, a dozen from master baker Capcom and sixteen from Coconuts Japan make up the bulk of these forty two pieces of gaming history that could give a lesson to some of today's snowflake software. Strider, 1942, Ghouls and Ghosts, Knights of the Round, Captain Commando, Sword Master, Biometal: the list of big hitters is superior to the World Series Baseball team sheet.
Happy Genki Gaming.

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Final Fight and Ladies of the Night


Genki loves a bit of Final Fight. Though we have to confess to missing out on a few of the fine looking 2D side scrolling scrappers in the arcades over the years, it is up there with Turtles as our favourite fight fest. Superb pacing, great use of weaponry and power ups, attention to detail in the environs and cracking characterisation that reeks of the inner city urban decay of the Eighties. Perhaps this is a look too deeply into said characterisation, but Genki has always been troubled by those leggy ladies and rumours it all ain't quite cricket. A good five minutes internet research has proved inconclusive, but taught us the term New Half from Japanese. Perhaps its time to delete the history on this terminal...? Anyway hats off to Rocky and Poison. Either way you add plenty of colour to this fine series and make it pretty tough to get past those legs, whether they used to be hairy or not under those fishnets.