Laser Game SuperHyper
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
1d ago
At last! A project I started back in 2021 and have picked away at little by little is finally finished, and I’m so excited to show it off to you now! I give you…Laser Game SuperHyper! LGSH was born out of my unabashed love for laserdisc arcade games which I have babbled about ad nauseum over the years; specifically, my want — no, my need, my burning desire — to play them in an arcade-style format, thus bringing my Golden Age arcade nostalgia just a bit more into my current reality. If you read issue 4 of the Retro Game SuperHyper fanzine (and if you haven’t, why the heck not?!), you saw my pr ..read more
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Gamers’ Library: Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
3w ago
Tim Lapetino is the author of one of my absolute favorite video game art/history books, Art of Atari (read my effusive post about that book in the link). Announced on Pac-Man’s 40th birthday (under the tentative name 40 Years of Waka-Waka), his and Arjan Terpstra’s follow-up project, Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon, was published a little over two years ago by Cook & Becker, purveyors of luxurious video game-based art books and prints. Though I pre-ordered it and received it upon its release, due to my regrettable lack of free time it’s only been just recently that I have finally had a chance to ..read more
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“Reverse” = REBIRTH?!
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
5M ago
As I wrote in a post this past summer, Taito is releasing the Taito LD Game Collection in Japan later this year, including HD remasters of their three animated laserdisc arcade classics Time Gal, Ninja Hayate, and Space Battleship Yamato. It was also noted that the collector’s edition would include a serial code for a bonus game, called Time Gal Reverse. But what is it? Actually, the kana for this bonus game is タイムギャル リバース, or “Taimu Gyaru Ribaasu,” which auto-translation services (*cough*GoogleTranslate*cough*) have been translating as “Time Gal Reverse.” Based on this title, I presumed this ..read more
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RGSH Turns 7!
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
5M ago
Today is Retro Game SuperHyper’s 7th birthday! Woohoo! It has admittedly been a very light year for the blog — I think this is only my 10th post of 2023. I am constantly thinking about posts to make and things to talk about, but my life’s schedule this year has been absolutely packed full and exhausting, and the blog is suffering for it. However, I have been keeping busy in other ways — I’ve been doing plenty of gaming, and livestreaming over on Twitch and occasionally Kick too! Please follow me on those platforms for retro gaming hangs! In fact, that leads into the events of tonight, October ..read more
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MDb’s Annual Metroid Marathon Starts Today!
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
6M ago
The Metroid Database — the website I started in 1996 — is beginning its annual Metroid Marathon today, and for the first time, I am making my return to the MDb to participate! With this being the anniversary month of the MDb (launched on October 16, 1996), each October they do a marathon in which they livestream every game in the Metroid series. With the franchise now totaling 14 games, and some of them requiring quite a few hours to complete, that provides plenty of daily content to last throughout the month. This year, they have graciously invited me to be a part of it, and I am honored to h ..read more
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Game Room Setup, Part 2
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
8M ago
When we last left off months ago in Game Room Setup, Part 1, we had just finished moving into our house and I had a big mess on my hands that I need to turn into a great space for gaming, streaming, and chilling. Well, we’ve been here for about five months now, and I am happy to report that I have…a…somewhat smaller mess on my hands. Things have gradually been getting put away and cleared out, and it’s finally starting to take shape. In fact, that wall space is now open enough to start moving the big bois in. Unfortunately, there’s only enough space on that wall for four of my six machines. I ..read more
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Taito LD Game Collection, or That Time I Willed a Game Into Existence
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
9M ago
Remember when I wrote an article called Never Say Never, about games I never thought would come out, but did? And in that article, I had a short list of dream games that I still thought would never actually be released, and one of them was a Time Gal HD Remaster? Well…guess what Taito just announced. It is not usually the aim of this blog to share news, but this is a bombshell that I can’t ignore. Taito LD Game Collection will be coming to Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 14, 2023. No word on any releases outside of Japan yet, but I personally have my suspicions. The compilation will feat ..read more
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FINISHED in 2022! (Updated 10/26/22)
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
1y ago
This worked out pretty well last year, so with 2022 upon us, it’s time to start a new list! As with 2021’s list, new entries will be added to the top. There’s plenty to play, so let’s get busy: Valis II (PC Engine/Switch) Cruising right along to Valis II, another of the Valis series I’d never finished — and if using rewind and save states was helpful for Valis III, I gotta admit those QOL features were all but essential for this second chapter. Some spots in this game are downright brutal! Even with rewinds, I died a few times in the last couple levels just to get through them, because some of ..read more
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FINISHED in 2022! (Updated 10/13/22)
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
1y ago
This worked out pretty well last year, so with 2022 upon us, it’s time to start a new list! As with 2021’s list, new entries will be added to the top. There’s plenty to play, so let’s get busy: Valis III (PC Engine/Switch) The Valis Collection published by Limited Run showed up in my mailbox a few days ago, and the first of its three games that I finished was Valis III. Despite having owned the game on both PC Engine and Sega Genesis for years, I never actually finished it until now! Some of the bosses are a little cheap and brutal, and some of the mechanics of getting through the levels are a ..read more
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Level 6!
Retro Game SuperHyper
by retrogamesuperhyper
1y ago
Today is October 16, 2022, which means it’s Retro Game SuperHyper’s 6th birthday! Yes, this little blog and zine has been going for six years as of today. It’s been an absolutely crazy busy year for me personally, and the blog has definitely suffered some ups and downs as far as productivity, with periods of prolific posting punctuated by dry spells. But overall I’m still happy to be rolling along, and I’m still expanding with new ideas! Let’s talk for a minute about issue 5 of the fanzine. It’s still gonna happen, but my silly idea that a mostly visual art and photography issue might be easie ..read more
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