TGH writes:
""Retro Game Challenge" was made for the, now grownup, children of the 1980s - if you're birthday is after December 31st,1984, you won't be old enough to fully appreciate all the little touches that were included in all of the games, or all of the humor behind the conversations with young Arino. It was as if they filmed my friends and me when we were playing video games when we were younger - all excited, and sitting on the floor, willing to believe everything your classmates told you. In all honesty, it's one of the first games that really brought back memories of playing games when I was younger - not just memories of the games themselves. The game even includes a replica Famicom, and Famicom carts, which I totally would have reminisced about if I was Japanese, but I'm not going to complain about localization, since I'm thrilled that it was localized. While the little touches..."
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."
