GamerDad writes: "Hey everyone! You're not gonna BELIEVE what happened to me! I'm in big trouble! Last night I was playing Bikini Zombie Slay…er, I mean, I was playing Animal Crossing, yeah, Animal Crossing, and then all of a sudden, this giant floating head named Arino came on the screen! He sent me back in time to the 80's and turned me into a little boy! And the only way I can get back to the present is to play a bunch of made-up 8-bit retro games and pass Arino's challenges in them. I know that seems hard to believe, especially since you're reading this blog now. What I did was handwrite this message back in the 80's and mailed it to a friend in the future with instructions to post this on my blog when blogs get invented. I hope this works!
Anyway, so Game Master Arino, as he calls himself, sent me back in time to the 80's and turned me into a little boy. At first I was like, 'Big deal, I was a kid in the 80's once.' And aside from my parents getting a divorce when I was little (which royally SUCKED), the rest of my childhood was pretty happy. It was great being a kid in the 80's. We had awesome toys (Transformers), awesome movies (Ghostbusters, Gremlins), awesome arcade games (Pac-Man), awesome Saturday morning cartoons (Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends), and awesome music (well, 80's music was pretty cheesy, but in an awesome way). Combine that with all the advantages of being a kid, period (no work, no responsibilities), and I was all like, "Hey, thanks Arino!" at first!"
In Anthony's final 8-Bit Chronicles for 2019, he dives into...a DS game? That's right: it's Retro Game Challenge -- based off the Japanese TV show Game Center CX!
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido released earlier this month! We say that because E3 makes June a busy time, and also because, if early reports are accurate, not a lot of players picked it up. This is not new for developer indieszero, making its decades-long mission delivering interesting, quirky games that may slip your notice! Let's look at the team's history and break down what you may have missed.
From the article, "Which is a shame, because Retro Game Challenge, and the succession of Game Center CX games that have been released since, offer an equivalent, and often superior experience. Granted, they don’t cash in on the real nostalgia value of offering actual NES and SNES games to play, but the fact that people are earning full games makes up for that."
