Retro Core

Dec 1, 2004

Yet another improvement over the previous Retro Core shows with the high resolution version being almost 100 Meg smaller in size than volume : 3. Featured in Volume : 4 is an interview with a Japanese Retro Game store owner and well as a quick look around his shop. Of course there's loads of gaming goodies too, including a Final Fight special ! Just which home version of Final Fight is truly the best? Plus PC Engine Power Drift, Master System Phantasy Star, SFC Super Aleste, Saturn Sega Touring Cars, Dreamcast Rent-a-Hero, Neo Geo Metal Slug and Game Boy Turtles fall of the Foot Clan !! Enjoy.

Jan 1, 2005

Retro Core Volume.6 is now available after many weeks of problems filming and encoding it. The line up features some really nice extras such as the Hitachi Saturn close up and a PC88 Special featuring many games. Also featured on Vol.6 is Digital Dance Mix & Taromaru on the Saturn, Yuu Suzuki Game Works on the Dreamcast, Contra Spirits for the SFC, Street Fighter 2 on the X68000 and Dennen Aleste for the Mega CD.

Jun 24, 2005

Retro Core Volume 7 features for the first time FULL STEREO SOUND on all games !! Two new features are introduced in this volume which are "The Anime Corner" which shows the introduction from one of the many Japanese love adventure games out there and "Shite of the Month" which you can probably guess what that's about. Games covered in volume 7 are Mega Drive Virtua Racing, Saturn Elevator Action Returns, PlayStation G-Darius, Super Famicom Chomakai Mura (Super Ghouls & Ghosts), Master System Dynamite Dux, Dreamcast Fushigi Dungeon and Arcade Mercs.

Jun 24, 2005

I think for the first time ever Retro Core has no out of sync problems at all thanks to a new method of recording the audio!! Featured in Vol:8 are the following great games - Transformers for the Famicom (Shite of the month), Kage also for the Famicom, Xmultiply on the arcade, Konohana True Report (Anime Corner), Rockman X4 for the Saturn, Sonic CD for the Mega CD, The House of the Dead for Mobile phones (Japan only), Trizeal and Napple Tale for Dreamcast and Batman for the Mega Drive.

TBA

Retro Core Tokyo Game Show 2005 Special is now available on DVD & Download featuring 57 games. The DVD version contains a bonus booth babes slide show and other pictures !! The cost of the DVD is 10 pounds (postage included.

Feb 1, 2007

The 2nd show of 2007 and what a packed show it is. Not only do we have the standard selection of Japanese game adds but also our very first Game Cube review !! Yes, it's about time Nintendo's Cube got a bit of Retro Core love after having the general public turn it's back to the little door stopper. PC Engine - Alien Crush Dreamcast - Evil Dead Dreamcast - Magforce Racing Saturn - Torico (MPEG Preview version) Saturn - Code R Saturn - Virtua Fighter 2 Saturn - Street Fighter Zero 3 (Game of the month) PlayStation - Assault Suit Valken 2 PlayStation - Tobal No.

Mar 1, 2007

Retro Core Vol.30 takes a look at the differences between a real gamers arcade and a family arcade in Japan. Loads of great games shown so defiantly one not to miss. I've also got a brand new phone with digital TV which means it's more powerful and we all know that mean more power games ! This month we feature Ridge Racer Wide Screen ! 30fps full 16.9 widescreen ridge racer action. Console games this month include... Dreamcast - Card Captor Sakura Dreamcast - Last Hope Nintendo 64 - Pilotwings 64 Nintendo 64 - Extreme G2 Sega Saturn - Hard Drivin' (Shite of the month) Sega Saturn - Gun Frontier Sega Saturn - Quovadis 2 Mega Drive - Crying Mega Drive - Gain Ground Game Cube - F-Zero GX (game of the month) Neo Geo - Sengoku 2 Master System - Paperboy Matsushita (Panasonic) M2 - D2 (What ever happened to...

Apr 1, 2007

Retro Core volume 31 is dedicated to my new son Ren, who was born on March 25th. Let's hope he grows up to be a true gamer like his dad (^o^). We've got some pretty good Japanese retro game adds this month as well as the following games.

May 1, 2007

The time has come although I wish it hadn't. Retro Core Volume 32 is the final Retro Core for the foreseeable future. I just no longer have the time to produce the show anymore now that I've become a father. Still, it's been a great 3 years and within that Time Retro Core has covered over 390 games. In the final volume of Retro Core we take a look at the PC Engine and it's games. There are many PC Engine games that are also featured on the Mega Drive. Retro Core compare 4 of them side by side as well as taking a look at some of my personal favorite PC Engine games from my small collection. As well as that we've got Japanese game adds and the following games.