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Summer Camp was great fun and remains so to this day. As a fan of old movies even as a kid, I also recognised the music 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine' from Laurel and Hardy's Way out West.

@LowDefAl I think Frank was talking it up as 'arcade quality' if I remember right.

My friend had a CPC 464, but I preferred the C64 and the Spectrum. The GX4000 was in East Enders once I recall, Pete Beale and Arthur Fowler were gaming at Christmas (I think) and Frank Butcher was trying to flog the consoles. I never saw one in real life.

@JackGYarwood Yep, it's a good game, as fun as Quackshot I'd say. Chirpy tunes too! Thanks for the informative article, was an interesting read.

Ha I still have my Master System cart, it's a tough game.

@Dehnus It's great... makes we want to get my Saturn with the Japanese version OutRun out for a play through!

The OutRun start line is one of the most iconic images in video games for me. Stilll possibly my favourite game of all time, I even have the soundtrack on vinyl. I like this!

I'm sure a PSP and DS version of Last Ninja were on the cards at one point, recall reading that in Retro Gamer. Very interesting interview, really glad to see the series coming back in a Switch compilation as I still play the first two occasionally on the C64. Loading LN for the first time really impressed me, the music and the graphics were great, those isometric jumps somewhat less so, but hey, I liked thst you could continue to play each stage as you reached it. Made the multi load much less annoying than was often the case with tape versions of Ocean games. International Karate is also one of my C64 favourites.

System 3 have some other enjoyable C64 games too, like Turbo Charge and Vendetta.

@-wc- Yep, it went from paying once to own something, to paying in perpetuity to own nothing.

If I travel back to the time in my memory (I did buy SEGA Power) I'd probably say that's wicked man. Also rhyming 'dealer' with SEGA, I always pronounced it See-ga myself back then.

That's a great little time capsule, 'nah man were stayin' in to check aut our brand new sega console'.

I was a SEGA console owner from the Master System onwards, and a big fan of the Saturn. SEGA seemed to have it right with Dreamcast, the demo units with Ready to Rumble were really impressive and arcade ports lined up popular games. It was a shame that VF3 TB and SEGA Rally 2 both felt a bit lacking around launch, after the Saturn had great versions of VF2 and SEGA Rally.

I played the Deamcast for years and Skipped PS2 at the time, I bought a GameCube next. Shenmue 2 was a great late release in Europe at least. Still have my console packed up, great memories of that era.

International Karate and Last Ninja were really stand out games on the C64. I still remember loading up the first game (purchased on cassette in WH Smith) with that amazing tune by the late Ben Daglish, and International Karate with Rob Hubbard's riff on what I later learned to be Sylvian and Sakamoto's Forbidden Colours. I still play LN and LN2 if I feel like playing some C64. For me this is really great news, though be interesting how they handle the 50Hz originals on 60Hz hardware. The Turrican collection managed it though. Having said that, those isometric jumps in the first stage of the first game frustrated me a lot as a child (without save states).

I also remember at one point System 3 was pitching new DS and PSP versions of Last Ninja, I recall seeing a screen shot of the latter at some point but they never materialised.

@KingMike Wow that takes me back to all the trouble I had getting my Wii points back for LN3... and encouraging Nintendo Life (or was it VC Reviews back then) to mark their Wii VC review score down, which they did. I still have the disc Retro Gamer magazine gave away where you could progress to the second stage stage, so there is hope!

The big thing for Wii was making it the default controller, it defined the system as a result and the rest is history.

The Dreamcast triggers can hurt after extended use in something like Crazy Taxi... I really enjoyed this console, from seeing an import version running SEGA Rally 2 in CEX Rathbone Place window, to the Ready to Rumble demo units in Game, to playing Sonic Adventure for the first time. The annoying 'beep'when the VMU battery was dead and towards the console's end playing Shenmue 2 with its cliff hanger ending. The Saturn analogue controller seemed to be a dry run for the Dreamcast model.

If it's like the C64 will have a 'classic' boot option. I had a C64 at the time but will get this, nice it has The Great Escape (which I enjoyed on the C64) and Where Time Stood Still (which had no C64 version and I've always meant to get around to playing). I remember having to choose between the Spectrum 128 and C64 as a child, but really I would have liked to have both and an Amiga. Now all three have will have a Retro Games version.

Just read your 2600+ review, I was unaware there were issues with the hardware when playing PAL cartridges. I'd not really thought about that as my old Atari was connected with a RF cable back in the day, and was before I was even aware of 50 / 60 Hz. I'll certainly look into this more if I consider a purchase.

I've bought two peices of their hardware, the original handheld which now won't fully charge, and a VS that was faulty out of the box and wouldn't update (so was sent back). I have a bunch of early carts so might consider the VS-R, once it's out. The new portable doesn't appeal to me as they removed the HDMI out.

I played the first game originally on Saturn, replayed on the remastered collection. Original tank controls are best for these game anyway in my opinion, but having the games on Switch makes this release not something I'm interested in.

My favouite thing on Evercade was probably the Mega Drive version of Midnight Resistance, just as an actual real copy costs almost £100. I also liked the Oliver Twins collection too as never played the NES Dizzy ports.

I started gaming on the Atari 2600, probably around 1982... darn, I am getting old.

@Carck I don't dispute the question why, just the suggestion it's new. You could write a whole book on the history of this topic in games specifically.

It's not new though is it. Streets of Rage 2 and 3 were censored, along with many other games. The main difference was there was no internet for people to go to, that's what's really changed the most.

@Blast16 Seems there is a Switch Demo in the UK eShop at least, I tried it the other day.

This game had great atmosphere, on the Spectrum. The C64 version I played years later and it's a poor port. Wouldn't mind this on my Switch.

Perhaps in order to gain publicity? Seems to work.

I still have the PC disc released version, I installed it on my laptop a year or so ago and it ran quite well. I usually play 2006 on the Xbox 360 via backwards compatibility as I don't have a PC that can run the game properly. The emulation has a few glitches but it mostly works. It's such a shame SEGA can't officially sell this game now, it's one of my favouite ever arcade racers.

@Bod2019 Wow, now I know why I never owned it. I did manage to play the game (I think a friend had it), looked great at the time, but I was suprised by the limited amount of tracks. I don't think I'd played the arcade version at that point.

I went on to buy the Saturn port years later, and still play the game now and again on Switch.

I can't recall how much it cost in the UK at the time for the game, too much for me is all I can remember!

@Daniel36 Yep, I went from Zzap!64 to reading SEGA Power and SEGA Force mostly, but had a Game Boy so also had the odd issue of Total (or read at my friends house). Those guys put together a great magazine, really memorable to everyone who read them I'm sure, I just can't believe was 30 or so years ago.

Hopefully you get around to Dizzy one day, if not on the NES, on the Spectrum or C64.

That's really sad to hear. I was thinking recently about Total Magazine as I think I had issue two after my friend bought the first one and showed me the mag. I remember a few of the photos you have in this article from the magazine, where they were reviewing the NES piano thing. Back then in those pre internet days you tended to read a mag a lot if you had one, and Total was a funny read, I still remember those first issues to this day.

10 years... I loved watching The Young Ones as a kid, and Bottom as a teenager. I often went past the bench from the opening of Bottom in Hammersmith on my way to work, it was covered in tributes after he passed away.

We used to have import shops in London... I bought a lot of my Japanese Saturn games in Game Focus in Goodge St. Still have my Japanese GameCube copy of Sonic Gems I pre ordered there, the shop is long gone sadly. Ha, I only ever buy retro games to play them in the first instance, lots of them are in the loft now though. Be nice to visit Japan one day.

@NewBond For me the original was worth it for Midnight Resistance on the Data East cart, the actual Mage Drive version goes for around £100. Plus, the Oliver Twins collection as was interesting, to play the NES versions of Dizzy, plus the Namco collections. I still plug the original hand held into the TV now and again, but the battery seems to only charge half way these days. They also had some weird choices, a Bitmap Brothers collection without Amiga versions was pretty odd.

I've just lost interest in Evercade at this point, I liked it when it was a basic system with some unusual cartridge releases. I have a Saturn and can play PS1 on my PS3, and have NSO on my Switch, so I really doubt this will reignite my interest.

Ha I do remember these...

Nice, I like this one, also remember that the C64 version had a bug with an impossible jump over a fire pit. Master Sytem version was great though.

I've not had good experiences with their hardware, and some weird problems with the carts. I did get a VS last Christmas but it wouldn't update out of the box so I sent it back. PS1 Tomb Raider wouldn't really get back into this system when I can play better versions of the games on Switch. Still happy to have the original Data East collection though (mainly for Mega Drive Midnight Resistance) and the Oliver Twins collection cart is good. I think I have six or seven of the early released carts.

Sad times... I miss Zzap! 64. I never owned an Amiga (too expensive), but the C64 is probably my favourite ever home mirco, I still enjoy Platoon, Last Ninja, Batman the Movie, Stunt Car Racer, Bubble Bobble, International Karate, Dizzy... even the Ocean Loader is forever in my memory.

I have two 16-bit soundtracks on vinyl, Streets of Rage and Super Castlevania IV, I very much enjoy the SNES and the Mega Drive for their respective qualities. My other favouite sound chip is the SID in the C64, remarkable for its time, so many great tunes.

I never visited this store, but I do remember the basement in Rathbone, bought my region modded SEGA Saturn in there I think. There was also Game Focus on Goodge Street which was great for imports, was a real loss when that went too.

I was near Rathbone recently and went into the basement, it's all just DVDs and Wii games, the service counter downstairs is long gone, along with the massive retro collection in one place. It's a weird feeling to go back there now.

Well that's out of the blue, now I'm thinking of the catchy music on the C64, and the nice box art it had. I did like the games simplicity at the time (plus it was a single load off the cassette, which was always nice when many games had cumbersome multi-loads). Be great if they included the original as an extra.

I still have my boxed US copy I obtained on import. Played it a lot back then.

I've been enjoying playing this, it is a bit odd having to open a menu for the English translation but overall it works well enough, and I'm glad to get to play the game on Switch. Also bought Uforia the Saga 2.

I always find these lists a bit odd to be honest. I'm happy with the games I'd consider to be my favouites of all time and their validation in a collective list, or not, doesn't trouble me much.

...and I paid £10 or so for a big box version on the C64, that they knew was broken!

I still have issue one with it's cover disc. I think I recall it was going to be a quarterly magazine originally, but it became popular really quickly so became monthly. I still have the whole first run and the various cover discs, up to when they had to change publisher. I sadly no longer regularly buy the mag, but I do check in on whats covered and buy the odd issue here and there these days.

Thinking back to first finding and buying the magazine at the time, seems retro in itself these days.

I remember Retro Gamer magazine covered the Multisystem in it's really early days, which seems retro in itself now. Pretty interesting to see this game see the light of day.

How awful, something so unique and created with passion for retro gaming to go up in smoke. Hope they get the insurance and can maybe start again.

I remember all the Hollywood surnames I rescued in Burning Rangers on the Saturn, Mark Brando, Mira Ringwald.. of course, Castlevania on the NES has the classical Hollywood credits, Christopher Bee and so on.

Wow, takes me back, I went the the re-curated 2.0 exhibition at Barbican in 2010. I can't remember it so well now, but I recall was pretty good.

@no_donatello Over in the PAL regions, modding the Saturn for 60Hz output was also pretty essential as we were still often receiving non optimised, boardered and slower running games. Modding the console and importing was well worth it at the time. I own the offical 1MB and 4MB versions which came with specific Japanese releases. Of those I own, Xmen vs. Street fighter is the stand out, loading in almost non existent and it's an outstanding port. It's a shame it never saw a western release at all.