February 2016 – RETRO GAMESMASTER

Virtua Fighter 3

29th February 20168th April 2022 Peter Ward

Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by SEGA-AM2 Co., LTD. Released 1998 Also For Arcade Released along side the Sega Dreamcast console in 1999 Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle was an Arcade perfect conversion from AM2, trouble is the Arcade game was not all that good to begin with. First the good points, the tried and tested Virtua Fighter gameplay is still there with it’s slow and more realistic gameplay (no fireballs here), there is also the addition of a ‘Dodge’ button to further increase the strategy involved in each fight. All of the…

James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing

26th February 201624th May 2021 Peter Ward

Published by SEGA of America, Developed by Taito Corporation Released – 1990 Also For Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing was released for the Sega Megadrive in 1990, known as Final Blow on other formats the name was changed to capitalise on the popularity of Douglas who had just defeated ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of The World. Sadly this moved backfired as Douglas lost his Title to Evander Holyfield just prior to the game’s official release! The gameplay…

Power Stone

25th February 20168th April 2022 Peter Ward

Published by Capcom Entertainment Developed by Capcom Released – Sept 09 1999 Also available for Arcade Released in late 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast Powerstone is a superb 3d arena based one on one beat em up, an extremely original game for the time. The gameplay is really fun and very different to other one on one beat em ups of the time (such as Virtua Fighter 3 and Soul Calibur) in that here you can pick up items in the 3d arena and use them against your opponent. These…

The Chaos Engine

24th February 201624th May 2021 Peter Ward

Published by Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. Developed by The Bitmap Brothers Released – 1993 Platforms – Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, BlackBerry, DOS,Genesis, J2ME, Linux, Macintosh, SNES, Windows The Chaos Engine was released for the Amiga 500 in 1993, a top down run and gun game with elements of Steampunk this game was great fun and very original at the time. The graphics are superb with very large chunky sprites and very detailed backgrounds (the artwork throughout the game is outstanding). The sound is also excellent with very meaty…

Marvel Vs Capcom

23rd February 20168th April 2022 Peter Ward

Published by Capcom Co., Ltd. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released Jan, 1998 Also For Dreamcast, PlayStation Marvel Vs Capcom was released on the Dreamcast in late 1999, the game follows on from Capcom’s superb range of 2d beat em ups on the Saturn (including X Men:Children of The Atom and Marvel Super Heroes). There is much to enjoy in this game, firstly the roster of available fighters is superb including the best of Marvel such as Spiderman, The Hulk, Wolverine and Captain America and the very best of Capcom including Ryu, Zangief and…

Chrono Trigger

22nd February 20168th April 2022 Peter Ward

Published by Square Soft, Inc. Developed by Square Co., Ltd. Released Aug 11, 1995 Also For Android, iPhone, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP,PS Vita, Wii Sit back and relax, because we’re going for a ride through time. Chrono Trigger for the SNES is hailed as one of the greatest RPG’s of all time. I would do anything to go back to 1995 and play this for the first time all over again. Of course it would take me days to write out the entire story of Chrono Trigger. Besides, Squaresoft already did it…

X Men: Children of The Atom

19th February 20168th April 2022 Peter Ward

Published by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released 1996 Also For Arcade, DOS, PlayStation X Men: Children of The Atom was a 2d beat em up released for the Sega Saturn in 1996, converted by Capcom from their arcade hit of the same name. This game plays very similar to the Street Fighter Alpha series (also from Capcom) but with X Men characters in place of the Street Fighter cast. The graphics are superb with colourful and well animated sprites and the backdrops are brilliant including one which takes place on…

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19th February 201624th May 2021 Peter Ward

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We have made the press

18th February 201624th May 2021 Peter Ward

A game enthusiast from Dover has launched a website to celebrate games of the past and interview people from the industry. Peter Ward, of Balfour Road, started the site three years ago but it was not until October last year, after learning more about web design from maintaining the Charlton Churches website, that Retro Gamesmaster really took off. He said: “I never imagined my first interview would be with the Oliver Twins, creators of Dizzy. They really helped raise the profile of the site. I have interviewed many pioneers of…

Eternal Champions

18th February 201624th May 2021 Peter Ward

Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by SEGA Interactive Development Division Released Aug 14, 1993 Also For Wii, Windows During the early nineties the one on one beat em up genre was very popular mainly due to the success of Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat. There were many clones released during this including this one Eternal Champions from Sega. Considering Sega’s fantastic pedigree in the video game industry I was expecting great things but to be honest this game is a mixed bag. Firstly the good points, the graphics are very good with…