Tag: Retro

Dolphin (1983) a classic Activision title being given new life with achievements

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Hey all, Kinglink here,  I know it’s not the beginning of the month but I’m actually here to talk about one of my favorite games.  And right here is where I first remember playing it.  

And… ummm… I can just.. Pop it in… Nope… Ummm How about.. Ok. So maybe if I … 

Ok maybe it’s the box, just put it on top.. So… This might be a problem …. And not just because I don’t remember where I put the actual Activision Anthology disc. Not like this would work on a PC but… the good news is we can go back to a video I did a couple of years ago, about our old friend Emulation.  And before anyone asks, no this week’s game isn’t on Steam in any form I know of.  Sadly… However thanks to PCSX2 we can look at this game and … oh boy. 

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River City Ransom: Underground Review

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Played on Windows
Also Available for macOS and Linux.

If you talk about the great NES titles, almost everyone is going to talk about Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Brothers. It’s a fact, they’re some of the best games, perhaps of all time. However, once you get past the ultra common and popular titles, the NES has a few dubious games, as well as some hidden gems. We’re going to talk about a successor to one such hidden gem, River City Ransom. If you’ve never played it, you missed out on a really great NES game, it was a fighting game with RPG elements and a decent story for the time.

So twenty years later, we have a sequel in America to River City Ransom. Wait what? Yeah, there’s an odd story here. Apparently Conatus Creative had a Kickstarter to make a sequel to the original River City Ransom. They went to the current rights holder (Arc System Works) and licensed the game, and from there made the sequel which is named River City Ransom: Underground. So here I sit today writing a review based on a classic NES game.

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