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Retro Game of the Day Archive - August 2013


01st Aug 2013

Mace - The Dark Age (Europe)

Nintendo 64 ROM

MasterV says:
Mace:The Dark Age is a fantasy fighting game, originally released for the arcades to show off Atari's then revolutionary Voodoo graphics chipset. It was a hit thanks to the fluid, beautiful graphics, simple and accessible combo system, bloody and fast action and a colourful roster of characters. The ...

User Rating: 4.6/5.00

02nd Aug 2013

Dragon Warrior - Part II (USA)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

says:
The second edition of the Dragon Warrior/Quest series, you start off as a warrior of the Midenhall Kingdom. You were just notified of the Moonbrooke Kingdom's demise due to the evil Hargon's minions! Your father, the king, asks you to seek out your cousins of neighboring kingdoms. The blood of Erdrick ...

User Rating: 4.66/5.00

03rd Aug 2013

Sonic the Hedgehog (USA, Europe) [Hack by Puto v1.1] (~Sonic Remastered)

Sega Genesis - Sega Megadrive ROM

tamh says:
Lots of Sonic 1 modifications are normally made by adding features, removing others, changing the coloring of characters, changing map layouts, however, it's unfortunate that most of those never get to see a final release. This one modification, Sonic 1 Remastered did arrive to its (almost) final release, ...

User Rating: 4.5/5.00

04th Aug 2013

Sonic the Hedgehog (USA, Europe) [Hack by Drx+Puto v2.11] (~Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog)

Sega Genesis - Sega Megadrive ROM

tamh says:
Some Sonic mods are merely for show, like changing map layouts or coloring. However, there is a particular kind of mods that goes to show that inventive is always there to change the way we see our games. Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog is a fairly normal mod, you've got a game, you've got your normal levels, ...

User Rating: 4.5/5.00

05th Aug 2013

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (World) (Rev A) [Hack by Esrael v01.0a] (~Sonic 2 Delta II)

Sega Genesis - Sega Megadrive ROM

tamh says:
Esrael is a very prolific member of the classic Sonic development community. And this mod goes to show those abilities. Sonic 2 Delta II is the second release on the Sonic 2 Delta Sonic 2 modification series. This one's based off the final release of Sonic 2. This mod adds the maps that were removed ...

User Rating: 4.33/5.00

06th Aug 2013

Sonic Spinball (USA) (Beta)

Sega Genesis - Sega Megadrive ROM

tamh says:
Sonic Spinball was a very difficult game to develop, as the mechanics were different from the original series, and it was handled by a different team altogether. However, only one beta release is known, and the differences between this one and the final release are really small: There's no Options screen, ...

User Rating: 4.55/5.00

07th Aug 2013

Gumshoe (USA, Europe)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

rbx4 says:
Gumshoe is a bit misleading. It looks like Super Mario Bros. but instead of our typical chubby little protagonist we have a private eye in a trenchcoat with a lot of whisker stubble. In fact, Gumshoe is a Light Zapper game. It qualifies as an experimental game, and certainly must not have been very popular. ...

User Rating: 3.6/5.00

08th Aug 2013

Ice Climber (USA, Europe)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

rbx4 says:
Ice Climber is one of those 1985 NES games that is challenging mainly because of the unique way that the characters are controlled. It is a vertical scrolling platform game, where your character uses a hammer to beat up cute enemies and break overhead ice. Immediately above each normal stage is a timed ...

User Rating: 4.7/5.00

09th Aug 2013

Kakutou Ryouri Densetsu Bistro Recipe - Kettou Bistgarm Hen (Japan)

Nintendo Game Boy Color ROM

Demonlemon says:
The second of the two Bistro Recipe games for the GBC, Bistgarm is a monster collection and battling game where you cook up your Foodon and send them into battle against King Gorge's evil Glutton empire! It also includes multiplayer battling and trading from the main screen. The battle engine will be ...

User Rating: 5/5.00

10th Aug 2013

Balance of Power (1987)(Mindscape)[cr Extended Enigma Inc.][a]

Atari ST ROM

RAI says:
A turn based Cold War strategy game. Your goal in this game is to increasae the geopolitical prestige of your chosen superpower while avoiding nuclear war. Atari ST disk image.

User Rating: 5/5.00

11th Aug 2013

Simon the Sorcerer

Amiga ROM

MegapiemanPHD says:
Simon the Sorcerer is a 2D Point and Click adventure game. After Simon gets sucked into another dimension he must go on a quest to become a wizard, free a wizard called Calypso, and defeat an even more powerful wizard named Sordid (yeah lots of wizards). This game is full of puns and references to fairies ...

User Rating: 4.71/5.00

12th Aug 2013

The Punisher (World 930422)

Capcom Play System 1 ROM

Evilian says:
The Punisher arcade game is still the greatest side scroller ever. It was censored and wasn't done justice on the consoles. So if you found this treasure don't hesitate to download it. This game let's u play as my child hood hero The Punisher and for some reason the guy that keeps replacing him in more ...

User Rating: 4.6/5.00

13th Aug 2013

1942 (Japan, USA)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

rbx4 says:
1942 is a fun early vertical scrolling shooter from Capcom. As the name might suggest, it takes place in a World War II style setting. The pacing of the action is moderate, never too fast. You can upgrade weapons, and there are special planes that can be destroyed for extra points. The enemies are repetitive, ...

User Rating: 4.13/5.00

14th Aug 2013

Dracula - The Resurrection (E) (Disc 1)

Sony Playstation ISO

Matt says:
Dracula Resurrection is a new story based on the characters from Bram Stoker's novel. Dracula Resurrection will immerse you in a storyline rich in atmosphere. The call of the wolf or hoot of an owl under a graphically splendid full moon panorama will surely send a shiver down your spine. The cinematically ...

User Rating: 4.58/5.00

15th Aug 2013

Front Mission 1st (Japan)

Sony Playstation ISO

says:
Ahhh the Front Mission 1st... all I can say is that this is a RPG\turn-based strategy game. The player builds his own Robots,the characters gain levels and new battle skills. But the best part of this game is that the player can have up to 10+ WAWs(Wanzers) in battles. And Front Mission 1st is the hardest ...

User Rating: 4.61/5.00

16th Aug 2013

R-Types (E)

Sony Playstation ISO

Lanzer301 says:
This "game" is actually a bundle of the first two R-Type games (R-Type and R-Type II). These games are essentially your standard space shoot-em-up, but sideways (your ship, and the rest of the action, move HORIZONTALLY, unlike most vertically-scrolling shooters)... the two main differences are that ...

User Rating: 4.46/5.00

17th Aug 2013

BS Zelda no Densetsu - Kodai no Sekiban - Dai-1-wa (Japan) (BS) [En+Fix by BSZHP v20090614] (~BS The Legend of Zelda - Ancient Stone Tablets - Week 1)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM

Shotoku64 says:
TLOZ: Ancient Stone Tablets was a Japan-Only release for the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. It was an add on made for Stellaview, a system that takes radio broadcasts and processes them into games live. TLOZ: AST came in four weekly broadcasts and made new additions to the original, such as weather, ...

User Rating: 4.66/5.00

18th Aug 2013

Metal Gear Solid (G) (Disc 2)

Sony Playstation ISO

The Rees Man says:
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User Rating: 3.36/5.00

19th Aug 2013

Wario's Woods (USA)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM

James says:
Wario's Woods is a Puzzle game, which resembles Tetris And Other Company Spin-Offs Such As Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine by Sega and was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo, which was released in 1994.

User Rating: 4.41/5.00

20th Aug 2013

Pool Hustler [NTSC-U]

Sony Playstation ISO

sosza says:
Pool Hustler is a one to two-player game that enables gamers to bet on games and make money from the win. The object in the Story Mode is to travel from pool hall to pool hall improving your game, betting and taking the cash to bigger and bigger gambles. Of course, the competition gets better too.

User Rating: 4.82/5.00

21st Aug 2013

Carnage Heart - Easy Zapping (Japan)

Sony Playstation ISO

Vayn says:
Carnage Heart EZ is a video game for the PlayStation, developed by Artdink. Its gameplay is a mecha-based, turn-based strategy game, where the player takes the role of a commander in a war fought by robots. The robots, called Overkill Engines (OKEs), cannot be directly controlled in battle; they must ...

User Rating: 4.35/5.00

22nd Aug 2013

Ciudad de los Ninos Perdidos, La (S)

Sony Playstation ISO

H1B1K1M3 says:
The City's children are disappearing one by one and no one knows why or where they've gone. Rely on your street smarts to solve the mystery... and discover where in this eeries labyrinth of back alleys and foreboding warehouses the plot will take another wickedly clever twist!

User Rating: 4.37/5.00

23rd Aug 2013

Batman Returns (USA)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

says:
Become Batman and begin the greatest adventure ever to leap from the movie screen to your video screen. Live the hit film in six historic stages of side-scrolling and 3D action as you battle that feline fiend, Catwoman, and stalk Gotham City's arch enemy, The Penguion. Careen through the city streets ...

User Rating: 4.04/5.00

24th Aug 2013

Snow Brothers (USA)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

Anon says:
Join Nick and Tom on their 50 floor quest for their girlfriends and red potions. shoot Ice at your enemies and turn them into cool bowling balls. Despite being an arcade port, the game is relatively easy specially with the unlimited continues, the real challenge lies in getting a "Strike" in every ...

User Rating: 4.5/5.00

25th Aug 2013

Adidas Power Soccer (E)

Sony Playstation ISO

Phosphor says:
This is a strange one. Adidas Power Soccer is not what you expect it to be. While mostly a fairly average footie game for its time, the thing that stands out in my mind about this game is the violence. Intentional two-footed challenges and even karate kicks to the back are all in a day's work. You can ...

User Rating: 4.5/5.00

26th Aug 2013

Keio Flying Squadron 2 (E)

Sega Saturn ISO

OMONowez says:
Part 1 was released on sega CD and was a shoot'em up game in which you control a girl on the back of a dragon blasting away every moving thing. It was actually a fun game. This one has also jump'n run stages. The GFX look cute and colorfull,  it takes much avantage of the Saturn GFX-Capabilities though. ...

User Rating: 4.59/5.00

27th Aug 2013

Shatterhand (USA)

Nintendo Entertainment System ROM

Anon says:
Natsume was really good at making NES action games, and Shatterhand is the prime example. 2D action game that involves lots of punching. Punching enemies, punching gates down, punching bullets, and so on. You can also pick up Alpha and Beta icons that give you a robot helper with a weapon depending ...

User Rating: 4.52/5.00

28th Aug 2013

Blue Breaker (J)

Sega Saturn ISO

hyufei says:
Enigmatic hybrid of old-school RPG and love-sim play that features a larger cast of women (human or not) than can accompany you at once. Which women will accompany you is dictated not only by events but also by your actions towards them and competence in battle: they will hold a slight grudge if KO'd ...

User Rating: 4.37/5.00

29th Aug 2013

Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (USA 040202)

M.A.M.E. - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ROM

THOMASNATOR says:
You've either come here because you know Guile's Theme Goes With Everything, or that you learned that this was Akuma's (Gouki's in JP) debut. Well, Guile's theme won't help you beat the Raging Demon! The definitive arcade edition of Capcom's first successful 2D brawler, the 6-button system of light, ...

User Rating: 4.36/5.00

30th Aug 2013

Batman Forever The Arcade Game (U)

Sega Saturn ISO

OMONowez says:
OMG! I think this could actually be the worst Sega Saturn Game I've ever played. I stopped playing just after a couple of minutes,  caue it just sucked so badly :O Most of the time I was wondering what the hell is going on on the screen. The controlls are unresponsive the graphics are just above genesis ...

User Rating: 4.41/5.00

31st Aug 2013

Hyper 3D Pinball (U)

Sega Saturn ISO

OMONowez says:
Well it ain't 3D and it's damn sure ain't hyper, so let's stick with pinball. And that's pretty much it, just a pinball game. I guess I would play that if akk he other games for the saturn were lost or something. I've never been a big fan of pinball machines or games, so may be some hardcore pinball ...

User Rating: 4.31/5.00

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