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Retro Game of the Day Archive - July 2012

Cookie Monster says:
Capcom feels comfortable with the 2D fighting genre and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is another good example of a great port of their arcade games for a Sega Dreamcast that easily became the paradise for the fans of the genre. Based on the original manga Jojo's BZ includes more than 20 characters in all ...

User Rating: 3.39/5.00

siegarettes says:
An action-RPG made by Enix before the merge with Square. Action-wise it plays similarly to the Y's series. You battle enemies from a top down view with swords and magic. You can either ram your sword into enemies or slash at them to kill them. You also can fire magic from a spirit that constantly ...

User Rating: 4.06/5.00

Zucriy Amsuna says:
This is quite possibly the greatest GBC game I've ever had the pleasure to play. I love the different music, the interesting world, the amusing people, the Dream Creatures... It's an entirely different ground on elemental creature battling! It's similar to Pokémon, but with some twists: you can ...

User Rating: 4.69/5.00

jnna says:
Chocobo Racing is a racing game for the PlayStation game console. The game was developed by Square Co., creators of the Final Fantasy series of video games. The game was first released in Japan in March 1999. North American and European releases followed that year. In Chocobo Racing, ...

User Rating: 4.73/5.00

Vlayko91 says:
Tekken 5 is the sixth Tekken game. The game is credited for taking the series back to its roots. The game features 32 playable characters, the fourth largest amount of playable characters in a Tekken game, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection has 35 characters. Tekken 5 was released in Arcades in North America ...

User Rating: 4.23/5.00

Ryusuiki says:
You'll never get tired of this game! This game was released only for Dreamcast, and its very fun to play, specially with friends. The game consists of different stages in which you'll have to kill the "boss" of the Stage in just 2'30''. The time gets shorter every time you die (cause when you die, ...

User Rating: 4.53/5.00

Lungz420 says:
The Second Metal Gear Solid Game. Featuring multiple playable characters and an engaging story. You will see memorable characters from the previous game and the voice acting in this is amazing with actors returning from the first. As is the case with all Metal Gear games this one has great replayability ...

User Rating: 4.57/5.00

CloudStrife37 says:
Being a spiritual successor for the Sega Genesis title Landstalker (also available here at EmuParadise ;D), this PSone gem blends top-down platforming, action-adventure, and RPG-elements and throws in a story of a boy who discovers he can enter the dreams of others. As you progress, your powers improve, ...

User Rating: 4.76/5.00

Jiffy says:
This game is playable with 3 characters, they are the Swords Man; the Gunner; and the Mage. This game has alot of puzzle to solve...so if you like solving puzzles and riddles, it will be my best advice to you to play this game.   Gameplay: The game play is good and the battle system is much better, ...

User Rating: 4.8/5.00

tamh says:
Plug Sonic 1 on top of Sonic & Knuckles and this is what you get, Blue Sphere. Colloquially named "No Way", after the message that keeps scrolling on the screen, it is a collection of Blue Sphere stages, like the Special stages in Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles and their lock-on product, Sonic 3 & Knuckles. On ...

User Rating: 4.45/5.00

tamh says:
Plug Sonic 2 on top of Sonic & Knuckles Lock-on cartridge port, and this is the game you'll get. Take everything about Sonic 2, the gameplay, the story, the levels and the music, and change your favorite hedgehog for a powerful echidna. With this lock-on you can play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Knuckles. It ...

User Rating: 4.6/5.00

Mr Mando says:
Choose from 4 Guys and Girls and take on the bad dudes, beat them up, finish the levels and destroy the bosses and don't forget to collect items for more score. Simply Fighing Force is one of the greatest Action Games for the PSX, If you want to make it better, you must try and experience the 2 Player ...

User Rating: 4.43/5.00

Nevetoss says:
The third Bomberman game for the Nintendo 64, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack is probably the opus of the three N64 Bomberman games. Going back the non-platformer, puzzle based gameplay of the first game, The Second Attack has both an entertaining singleplayer experience and addictive multiplayer action. ...

User Rating: 4.55/5.00

pmballer2387 says:
Description: A console adaptation of the classic real-time strategy game that pioneered the concept of dramatically different races in one game. Players choose to control one of three races -- one human and two alien -- in single-player or multiplayer. The human Terrans have the lightest in combat ...

User Rating: 4.44/5.00

Tim says:
Nintedo's famous hero in green, Link returns in this excellent two-part game! While going to Hyrule Castle one day, Link sees the power of the Trifore and suddenly is whisked away to the land of Holodrum, where he must battle the forces of darkness to save Din, the Oracle of Seasons, from the clutches ...

User Rating: 4.47/5.00

xXBornOfFireXx says:
In this game by the 'Army Men' series, you control a variety of helicopters and take part in missions using the weapons at your disposal to destroy tanks, infantry, etc.

User Rating: 4.58/5.00

Alpha_Kand says:
Crash Team Racing (or Crash Bandicoot Racing) sort of follows the main kart racing games formula of play which means it includes many playable racers, powerups and quick fun tracks but enhances it in a couple ways. The story happens after the 3 main Crash games and everyone is minding there own business ...

User Rating: 4.51/5.00

Clayton says:
Super Mario All-Stars is a 4-in-1 Mario Game. It has Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (unreleased in the U.S) Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. All this games are from the original NES platform, but in the SNES they were all remade, with improved graphics, sound and controls. ...

User Rating: 4.41/5.00

tamh says:
One of the biggest modifications of Sonic 1 planned by the community, Sonic Mega Mix, is a full-featured, graphic, map layout, sound and gameplay modification. Adding the ability to play with Shadow the Hedgehog and Mighty the Armadillo, with moves ported from Sonic 3, and Elemental Shields, to a heavily ...

User Rating: 4.44/5.00

DeriLoko1 says:
There's nothing like a good fighting game to get your adrenaline running, and Hudson, with its ongoing Bloody Roar series, definitely had a good start of things back in the late 1990s. After the quiet arcade release in the US, the animal transformation fighter never truly progressed enough to lead the ...

User Rating: 4.36/5.00

DeriLoko1 says:
Ultratech is a very powerful megacorporation (entities which, in this future setting, have replaced all governments) which organizes a tournament called Killer Instinct. Along with regular participants, experimental creatures created by Ultratech also fight in the tournament so their strength can be ...

User Rating: 4.68/5.00

CloudStrife37 says:
Translated version of this extremely creepy Super Nintendo title. You play as a young orphan girl who's been brought to a new home with a few friends by a strange old woman. It takes less than 5 minutes for the horror to begin. There is no combat in this game. You are powerless, and must escape from ...

User Rating: 4.47/5.00

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Rival Schools Project Justice 2 is the sequel to Project justice on the playstation 1. It is an arcade fighting game which incorperates a tag team system much like Tekken Tag Team Tournament. You can have teams of up to 3 members which allows you to pull off some impressive 2-3 person special moves ...

User Rating: 4.27/5.00

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User Rating: 4.48/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
This is a port of the classic arcade game, Donkey Kong, for the Atari 2600. The graphics are pretty terrible compared to the original arcade version, but of course your objective is the same. Playing as Jumpman, you must rescue Pauline who was captured by Donkey Kong by reaching the top of the platforms ...

User Rating: 4.29/5.00

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Game is based on a group of friends wanting to get out and explore the world. Then one night heartless shows up and send the group of friends into massive trouble so the you play as sora and your goal is to find riku and kairi along the way you meet tons of new ppl and they all become your friends who ...

User Rating: 4.7/5.00

Kandiman1224 says:
"Virtual On" is an awesome title for the saturn, it has several robots to duke it out! While the control scheme takes some getting use to its definitely worth the play and there is also different strategic styles between all of the robot's attacks like different bombs different special attacks and different ...

User Rating: 4.66/5.00

FDSLover says:
Famicom Disk System BIOS. Required to boot FDS ROMS In NES Emulators. Requires supported emulator such as RockNesX Or RockNES. Works.

User Rating: 4.51/5.00

Nick5200 says:
If you ever wondered how would Front Mission look like if it was an RTS. Well play Front Mission Alternative an you will get your answear. Graphics are good and gameplay is interesting. In this Front Mission game you dont have the option to build bases or mine resources, instead u get control of ...

User Rating: 3.7/5.00

Tristan says:
The player takes control of either Ruff or Tumble, a brother and sister who are sleeping and trying to free 40 "Winks" from a man named Nitekap and his accomplice, Threadbear. In the game's plot, "Winks" are small, white creatures which make dreams, and "Hoodwinks", which are green and of a similar size ...

User Rating: 3.64/5.00

Darkluigi says:
Basically An Awesome Racing game i used to play as a kid A LOT. A wide variest of vehicle and unique enviroments. Anyone that favors dirtbike or atv games will love this game an easy 4/5 if not 5/5.

User Rating: 4.6/5.00