Thursday, June 18, 2020

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I am lucky rabbit?

I answer one of life's most thoroughly perplexing, impenetrable BIG questions; who are the people featured in that wall mural in the beat 'em up arcade and home computer game, Shadow Warriors? Also known as Ninja Gaiden.

I suppose I may as well give it a quick review while I'm on a roll.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Saturday, June 06, 2020

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Fight fire with marshmallows

Toys - the 1992 satirical fantasy film directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams - is the most bizarre, yet intriguing commercial flop ever committed to celluloid. Fight fire with marshmallows is my (no doubt inadequate) effort to make sense of it, as well as its unlikely adaptation to the world of licensed video games.

Published in 1993 for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was met with an equally bemused critical response. Many gaming aficionados aren't even aware it exists. Those who are, like to pretend it doesn't.

download ebook in epub format

Friday, April 12, 2019

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The best of Kookosity - retro gaming edition ebook

A few years before moving to Blogger I wrote articles for an independent web site that no longer exists. Not even a crumbling headstone with fuzzy moss obliterating the inscription. Anything worth salvaging was rescued and reproduced here, so taking the two hosts into account, some point this year (probably around Christmas time) marks the 20th anniversary of my online presence. Woohoo! etc. etc.

Come on, settle down now, don't blow all the party poppers at once! Brexit could happen at any moment, honest.

Anyhow, to celebrate I thought I'd check the entire blog for dead links, upgrade the images where possible (still no HD releases of GamesMaster or Bad Influence after all these years) and produce an ebook compilation of my favourite (retro gaming themed) entries. What a wild life I lead, eh. :|

These highlights include my...

  • Two part GamesMaster retrospective
  • Bad Influence retrospective
  • GamesMaster episode database
  • Amiga game remakes database
  • Amiga emulation guide covering WinUAE and Winfellow
  • Joystick and joypad reviews roundup and charts
  • From Bedrooms to Billions DVD review
  • Amiga demo scene retrospective
  • Brief DOSBox emulation guide
  • Kid Gloves Amiga game review
  • Interview with Richard Sekula (the man responsible for the golden GamesMaster joystick concept)
  • General games emulation advice, retro gaming news and associated waffle