by Brendan Meharry | May 30, 2018 | 1990s, 2010s
While most Double Dragon enthusiasts will no doubt be familiar with Super Double Dragon, some may not be aware that its Japanese counterpart was a fair bit different. Also released in 1992, Return of Double Dragon was basically Super Double Dragon+, featuring...
by Brendan Meharry | May 24, 2018 | 2000s
Hello again, retro friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. If you’re new around these here parts, in this series I divulge the last official games ever released on consoles, focusing on a different system each post. Usually, I playfully integrate what...
by Brendan Meharry | May 23, 2018 | 1990s
In today’s episode, I’m exploring Pioneers LaserActive. This ‘converged’ device could play TurboGrafx-16 and Genesis games (plus CD extensions for both consoles) plus a few propriety formats. However, it was a monumental failure. How so? Well,...
by Brendan Meharry | May 17, 2018 | 2010s
While there are plenty of freely available game engines out there that allow budding game designers to create and self-publish the next big indie hit, there’s a decidedly huge gap if you’re looking to do that on retro consoles. While game engines such as Unity or the...
by Brendan Meharry | May 11, 2018 | 2010s
In a noble bid to raise awareness about the mental health of game developers and a toxic game industry practice known as “crunch”, publisher, Devolver Digital and developer, Mega Cat Studios have partnered up to produce a new SNES game. Fork Parker’s Crunch Out has...