Archive for August, 2009

24 August, 2009 | 1 comment

Monday Morning MAME Club: Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

FROM Wiki: “Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a side-scrolling arcade hack ‘n’ slash game released in 1992 by Sega. It was the first 32-bit game in the series. Despite its high quality and popularity, as of 2009, the game remains arcade exclusive.

Only Gilius Thunderhead makes a return, riding the back of new character, Goah the giant. The rest of the cast is all new and includes Sternblade the barbarian, Dora the female Centaur, and Little Trix, a young elf lad who carries a pitch fork. The main enemy is once again Death Adder.

The game is an overall improvement on the original with better sound, graphics, and gameplay. As well as introducing multiple paths to the franchise, the magic aspect was adjusted. Though still found in the classic Golden Axe pots, the magic spells did not increase in power with the number of pots collected but required a set number to work. The Revenge of Death Adder was the only Golden Axe game in which one of the magic attacks was not offensive, as Trix grew apple trees with fruit that replenished health.”

Get it HERE.

18 August, 2009 | 2 comments

Monday Morning MAME Club: Raiden

Everyone know this classic 1990 vertical shooter from Seibu Kaihatsu, but do you know how many systems it has been ported to?

Via Wiki “Raiden was ported to the FM Towns Marty, NEC PC Engine, Sega Mega Drive (Raiden Densetsu), Nintendo Super Famicom (Raiden Densetsu), Super NES (Raiden Trad), Atari Jaguar, PlayStation as The Raiden Project, Atari Lynx, Amiga, MS-DOS, and the mobile phone. The MS-DOS port was coded by Nigel ‘Freddy’ Conroy, Steve Cullen and Martin Randall, and was spearheaded by Martin Hooley. The original Raiden (not the Raiden Project) is available as a download from the Japanese Playstation Network store. The downloadable version can be played on the Playstation 3 console or PSP.”

Get the ROM of the original HERE. Be sure to stop by The Digital Press for the discussion.

11 August, 2009 | 1 comment

Monday Morning MAME Club: ShootOut

Shootout is a 1985 shooting arcade game created by Data East. Player must track down the “Mob Boss” Gangsters try to stop you from reaching the headquarters where “The Boss” is hiding. Player must fight his way through city streets, amusement parks, hotels, bars, and other parts of the city to reach the headquarters. G-mode currently obtains the rights to Shootout.

Get this oddity HERE.

4 August, 2009 | 1 comment

Monday Morning MAME Club: Super Contra

December 2634: A year has passed since Bill and Lance defeated the Alien Menace know as Red Falcon. However, Red Falcon is back and this time he has taken over a local military base and its army. Now it’s up to Bill and Lance to take out Red Falcon once again.

Get the mission here.