February is Retroary! Welcome to the 3rd annual Retroary event! Come get your taste of gaming’s past. Relive the glory days. For Retroary 2016, we will continue the proud tradition of reviewing all game’s, hardware, and more from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s! Come get a taste. It’s so crispy up in here.
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Celebrating Retroary 2015!
Sure, you can play retro games anytime you please. And we do! But how often do the retro games get honored and celebrated? Welcome to the 2nd annual Retroary Event at nerdbacon.com where we honor the games that helped mold today’s gaming landscape into the world’s biggest entertainment industry! Swing through, stay a while, and relive your past.
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure – Sega Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Interplay Publisher: Interplay Release Date: 1994 Genre: 2-D Platformer Nerd Review: 4/10 Reviewed by Greg Mustache In the 90’s, we had this weird… thing about gross-out humor. In 1992, MTV’s Beavis and Butthead and Parker Brothers’ The Grape Escape (a cartoonishly gruesome board game about fruit murder that most of us probably remember… Continue reading Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure – Sega Genesis
Paperboy – Sega Genesis
Covering the chronicles of a mild-mannered Paperboy as he wades through the minefields of dystopic suburbia leads to surprising, if frustrating, insights.
Sonic the Hedgehog – Sega Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): June 23, 1991 Genre: Platformer Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Reviewed by Nerdberry *NOTE: This Sonic the Hedgehog is not to be confused with Sonic the Hedgehog for the Game Gear, Sonic the Hedgehog for the Game Boy Advance, or Sonic the Hedgehog… Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog – Sega Genesis
Comix Zone – Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Sega Technical Institute Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): August 1995 Genre: Beat’em Up, Action Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by NerdBerry Released at a time when the Sega Genesis was old news and 3D disc-based gaming was a hot ticket item, Comix Zone failed to make waves despite excellent… Continue reading Comix Zone – Genesis
Chiki Chiki Boys – Sega Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Capcom and Visco Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): 1990 Arcade / 1992 Genesis Genre: Platformer Nerd Rating: 6.25 out of 10 Reviewed by NerdBerry Chiki Chiki Boys, or better known as the Mega Twins in Japan on the arcade, is a platforming game running with the pack of other platformers gracing… Continue reading Chiki Chiki Boys – Sega Genesis
The Konami Justifier
Reviewing the Colt Python Wannabe, The Konami Justifier. A cool .45 revolver light gun for the Sega Genesis and Sega CD! POW! POW! POW! I mean, CLICK CLICK!
Sega Genesis Arcade Power Stick
The Sega Genesis Arcade Power Stick takes your average boring games and puts the arcade experience in your hands… in your home!
Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Sega CD
Bram Stoker’s Dracula adds some unique gameplay to a rather terrible gaming system…. the Sega CD. Graphics and challenge take center stage!
Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters – Sega Genesis
Lethal Enforcers II puts you in the wild west with a Konami Justifier pistol in your hand… Taking on all the outlaws solo is why you’re so badass!
Should Sega Make a New Video Game Console?
Sega came. They conquered. Then they left. Do they have a chance at a comeback?
6-PAK – Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: SegaSoft Publisher: SegaSoft Release Date (NA): Summer 1995 Genre: Compilation Nerd Rating: Individually rated Genesis 6-PAK is a compilation cartridge released by SegaSoft in the summer of 1995. It always amazed me how they can fit 6 FULL games on 1 cartridge, but they can’t add more content to the individual… Continue reading 6-PAK – Genesis
Toy Story – Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Release Date (NA): 1995 Genre: Platformer, Game-based-on-movie Nerd Rating: 6 out of 10 Toy Story was a smash success movie that garnered 3 Oscar Nominations plus multiple other nominations and wins. Toy Story the movie was released in 1995, so the release of… Continue reading Toy Story – Genesis
Taz in Escape from Mars – Genesis
Platform: Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Developer: HeadGames Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): 1994 Genre: Platform, Action – Adventure Nerd Rating: 3.5 out of 10 I was warned to stay away from Taz in Escape from Mars. This game was $1 at a used book store in Raleigh, NC. The cashier asked… Continue reading Taz in Escape from Mars – Genesis