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For years retro gamers have wanted high quality wireless controllers. For the past few years 8bitdo has tried to fill that void with wireless DIY and controllers. But last year Retro-Bit showed off their officially licensed Sega controllers, both wired and Bluetooth controllers. John takes a look at the Retro-Bit official Sega Genesis and Saturn Bluetooth controllers. Are they worth your hard earned money? Let’s find out.
In this Video John takes a look at MegaCat Studios latest game for the NES, Genesis and SNES, Little Medusa. He looks and what comes with the complete package, shows off some gameplay and shares his thoughts if worth you hard earned money.
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Valkyria Chronicles was originally released on the PlayStation 3 in 2008 and at the time was considered by some to be a revolutionary take on the tactical RPG genre. Hailing an average score on Metacritic of 86 and selling just over 1 million copies worldwide it spawned two sequels on the PSP and last year was released on PC. Now the Remastered edition makes its way to the PlayStation 4. Does this 8 year old game still hold up?
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The Yakuza series has always had a strong cult following. Originally released in Japan in 2005 by Sega from director Toshihiro Nagoshi, telling the story of Kazuma Kiryu of the Tojo Clan. Every time Japan would get a new game in the series, the West would beg and plead for Sega to localize it. With most of the main games of the series released in the west, minus Kenzan!, Ishin!, and the two PSP spin-offs, Yakuza 5 seemed that it would not be heading to the West anytime soon. Originally released in Japan in 2012, Sega said they could not afford to localize 5, that they did not have the manpower or money. But, thanks to Sony’s #BuildingTheList campaign, they announced in December 2014 that they would be partnering with Sega to release the game digitally on PSN in the west. Now almost one year to the date of that announcement, the game has been released. How does the three year old game hold up in the tail end of the PS3 lifecycle? Read on to find out!
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I love the Sega Genesis. There are so many great games for that system. Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Golden Axe, the list goes on and on. But my favorite series was Streets of Rage. I am a huge fan of beat-em-ups. When M2 released 3D Streets of Rage on the 3DS I played it over and over for weeks. Now M2 has released 3D Streets of Rage 2 and as expected, it is as great as the original.
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M2 has done it again with their latest release of the Sega 3D Classics games 3D Fantasy Zone II. Like with 3D Outrun they have carefully crafted another 3D game that any 3DS owner would be happy to have in there collection. Here is our review.
Read MoreThis year marks the 15th anniversary of the SEGA Dreamcast in the US and EU. The Dreamcast scene over the past few years has seen a resurgence of sorts. With new independent games coming out and advancements in modes for the system it has helped make the Dreamcast a desirable system to have again. Who could have thought that a system that with such a short production life would still be around and kicking for so long.
Read MoreEvery weekend John from The Gamers Lounge sets down to share his thoughts and rant about what catches his eye in the way of video game news. Lets see what he has to say this week
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