My JOURNAL OF Retro VIDEO Gaming Activity
This page is a personal journal of retro games, homebrews, hardware and modifications that I’m currently active with and are holding my interest.
The purpose of this page is to give you a resource to explore what in retro gaming is worth spending your time on by being able to see reviews, photos, screenshots and other forms of updates. So if you are short of ideas for what to play or do with your retro consoles, come and visit this page!
Feel free to browse through this section and contact me with any comments, questions and suggestions about what you see here. I am always happy to hear from fellow retro gaming enthusiasts that share my interests and enthusiasm for the hobby. Give me some time to add a function to add comments and other ways of communicating with me.
Keep in mind this section may be incomplete as it is under construction, so layout and sections will change and evolve. When complete it will be updated as new games and other projects get my attention.
Currently this page is split into various sections that give an overall picture of my gaming interests. To the right you can see a list of the last dozen games that I’ve finished. It doesn’t mean I’ve fully completed them but I have at least go to the end of each game listed. They are in reverse chronological order – the last game I finished is listed first.
Below you will find a list of the games that I’m looking forward to the most which haven’t been released yet. It includes homebrews, hacks, translations and official games. Each game is linked to either an article or a development project page, so click and explore. You can tell the type of gamer I am by studying the games on both these lists. I tend toward adventure, RPG, platform and games with story driven mechanics.
Coming Soon – useful online resources including youtube channels and news blogs for retro gamers. A section featuring Japanese movie and anime’s that are worth watching. Another section containing game reviews and also a featured games and hardware peripherals spotlight.
Games that I've Recently Finished
- SNES: BS Treasure Conflix (ENG)
- SNES: Metal Slader Glory (ENG) [Shown Above]
- PS2: Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 – Adventure by the Sea (ENG)
- PS3: Little Big Planet 2 (story mode)
- PS3: Little Big Planet (story mode)
- PS3: Sonic Adventure 2 (all char. stories)
- PS3: Sonic Adventure (light and dark stories)
- PS3: Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare
- PS3: Red Dead Redemption (story mode)
- NGC: Pokémon XD – Gale of Darkness
- Wii: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (team path)
- Wii: Super Mario Galaxy
My MOST ANTICIPATED UN-RELEASED GAMES
- Cronela’s Mansion (NES/SNES) (Homebrew)
- Boku no Natsuyasumi (PSX) (Translation)
- Oracle of Secrets (SNES) (Zelda 3 Hack)
- Farming Simulator 16-Bit (SMD) (De-Make)
- Luft Gears (NGB) (Homebrew)
Games I'm Currently Playing
- BS Treasure Conflix (SNES Satellaview) (Translation)
- Marvelous – Another Treasure Island (SNES) (Translation)
- Aquanauts Holiday – Hidden Memories (PS3) (Import)
- Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
- Detective Conan – Legacy of the British Empire (PS2) (Translation)
Latest Games Added to my Collection
- Boppin (PC DOS) (Wiz Shareware) (New)
- Shockman (SNES) (PAL) (New Release)
- James Pond (SGN) (NTSC-US) (New)
- Zelda – Wind Waker (NGC) (PAL-AU) (Boxed)
- Kirby’s Air Ride (NGC) (NTSC-US) (Boxed)
Games and Hardware Currently On Order
Zelda G&W ZL-35 (Game & Watch) (New)- Cronela’s Mansion (Super NES) (New Release)
ModRetro Chromatic Console with Tetris (Gameboy Color)- Farming Simulator 16-Bit (Mega Drive) (New Release)
Social media Retro Gaming: Collecting, Achievements & Play
There are a number of websites out there that have features which can integrate our retro game playing and collecting world with our internet presence. I call this “social media retro game integration” for lack of a better term. I find it really useful to be able to note and track my retro game collection, my achievements in gaming and my video gaming behavior. There aren’t too many such websites around but I have found some which you can see by exploring the links and banners are shown below. Firstly there is psnprofiles.com which links your PSN account to a website that gathers that data and illustrates it in a social media friendly way. It displays your trophies, achievements and game play statistics which is shown in a neat little banner that can be stuck in forum signatures or placed in websites, just like I’ve done below.
PSN PlayStation Network - Profile Statistics (RGN Admin) PS3
Here are two different psnprofiles.com PSN achievement display banners showing my gameplay statistics and game trophies that I’ve acquired during my PS3 gaming career. Readers of RGN can feel free to add me to their friends list, drop me a line by sending a message and even join in on a game of Little Big Planet 2 using the Beacon Multiplayer Server. I also have played Red Dead Redemption multiplayer a few times before, I really enjoy playing co-operatively not so much death matches or versus mode. There’s not really that many other games that allow multiplayer since many PS3 servers have been shut down.
Retro Game Collection Log - The RGN Collection
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