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Handheld: 26 16/32bit Computers: 667 8bit Computers: 383 8bit Consoles: 58 16bit Consoles: 78 32/64bit Consoles: 105 |
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| Best on 8bit micro! |
International Karate + - Commodore64 Xyphoes Fantasy - AmstradCPC Arkanoid II - AmstradCPC Pang - AmstradCPCPlus Wrath of the Demon - Commodore64 Night Hunter - AmstradCPC Barbarian - AmstradCPC Prince of Persia - SamCoupe Lemmings - SamCoupe |
| Best on 16bit micro! |
Turrican II - Amiga Shadow of the Beast - Amiga Jim Power - Amiga Turrican 2 - AtariST Project X - Amiga Super Frog - Amiga Flashback - Amiga Wrath Of The Demon - Amiga Dark Seed - Amiga Stardust - AtariSTE Stardust - Amiga Flashback - Archimedes Warlocks - Archimedes Cannon Fodder - Amiga Turrican II - PC Universe - Amiga Tyrian - PC Super Stardust - AmigaAGA Pac-Mania - X68000 |
| Best on 8bit consoles! |
Pac-Mania - MasterSystem The NewZealand Story - MasterSystem Pang - GX4000 Batman Return of The Joker - nes Battletoads & Double Dragon - nes |
| Best on 16bit consoles! |
Jim Power - snes Donkey Kong Country - snes Aladdin - snes Comix Zone - Megadrive Alien Soldier - Megadrive Blazing Lazers - pcengine Raiden - pcengine Super Star Soldier - pcengine |
| Best on 32bit consoles! |
G-Darius - psone Super Mario 64 - n64 ISS - psone Perfect Dark - n64 Dino Crisis 2 - psone Resident Evil 2 - psone Metal Gear Solid - psone Oddworld: Abe - psone Klonoa: Door To Phantomile - psone Nights Into Dreams - Saturn Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams - Saturn Flashback - CDi |
| Best on 128bit consoles! |
God Of War - PS2 Gran Turismo 4 - PS2 Halo Combat Evolved - xbox SoulCalibur - Dreamcast Under Defeat - Dreamcast Soul Calibur 2 - GameCube |
| Best on handhelds! |
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 Anyone who had the pleasure of growing up in the late 80's and early 90's will undoubtedly hold a place in their heart for the oldschool video games. It was all about having some fun and you didn't need an expensive console or home computer to do so! Retroshowcae.com is a website created back in 2004 exclusively for retro gaming fans. The main idea behind our work was based on our affection towards the retro gaming scene and every retro gaming machine. We actually lived and watched the gaming evolution from 1986 till today, starting with an Atari-clone and an Amstrad CPC 464 and, up to now, we have collected a whole bunch of retro gaming 'stellars'. We do not want get exhaustive so we just make brief reviews for every retro game we like with most of them containing our very own gameplay video. No walkthroughs or longplays this time. We just make a sample video for you to enjoy and motivate you to try it yourselves. We lived it on its core and we still keep retro gaming alive by also participating in major gaming events. The simple fact is that no matter how much technology seems to advance, retro gaming will always be interesting enough to spend a chunk of your time... | ||
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The Amstrad CPC+ series phenomenal!  In 1990, Amstrad decided to refresh the CPC model range by introducing a new range labeled as PLUS or CPC+. The main goals were numerous significant hardware enhancements to the existing CPC range. Regardless, this new version of the CPC didn't last long. The 8bit technology behind the Plus was starting to look a little out of date by 1990. But still, it was an amazing range of 8bit computers offering some state -more- |
The Atari ST and Amiga computing evolution!  The Amiga and Atari ST computers (of course along with Macintosh and Apple IIGS) had enough processing power to perform calculation-intensive graphics (and other type of processing) activities at acceptable speeds. Surely back in the mid 80's the great processing speed of the Motorola 68000 chip (65816 on the Apple IIGS), the high memory capacity, and of course the ability for the programmers to call native system -more- | |
An 8bit gaming miracle!  Among the best video-game consoles that offered high quality visuals and sound, PC-Engine's (Turbografx16 in America and Europe) featured a mixed 8-16bit based architecture developed from Hudson Soft and NEC. I will not go through the advanced features of TurboCD (same CPU/GPU though CD-based audio, extra RAM), and I'll stick on the original, pure PC-Engine / Turbografx-16 here. -more- |
Atari ST: A great pixel-painting tool!  In 1985, the new Motorola 68000 CPU-based machines such as the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga (1000) hit the market, offering similar ease of use and superior graphics capabilities, including great depth of color palettes and animation capabilities. And since they cost less, both machines have opened up the computer graphics field to even more software developers and consumers back then. The little computers are starting -more- | |
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Jack the Nipper II ZX Spectrum (1987) | Mirax Force Atari XE/XL (1987) | Robocop C64 (1988) | 3D Grand Prix CPC (1985) | |||
Pang CPC Plus (1991) | Tennis Cup 2 CPC Plus (1990) | R-Type MSX (1987) | Aleste MSX2 (1988) | |||
Sensei IIGS (1991) | Robocod STE (1991) | Operation Stealth ST (1990) | Arabian Nights Amiga OCS/ECS (1993) | |||
Ishar III Falcon (1994) | Pac-Mania Archimedes (1991) | Monkey Island 2 PC MS-DOS (1991) | Super Stardust Amiga AGA (1994) | |||
The NewZealand Story Master System (1989) | Out Run Master System (1987) | Pang GX4000 (1991) | The NewZealand Story NES (1989) | |||
Aladdin Super NES (1993) | Alien Soldier Megadrive (1995) | Street Fighter 2 PC-Engine (1991) | Street Fighter 2 Super NES (1991) | |||
Burning Soldier 3DO (1994) | Captain Quazar 3DO (1996) | Lucky Luke CDi (1996) | Litil Divil CD32 (1994) | |||
GoldenEye 007 N64 (1997) | Ridge Racer Playstation (1994) | Rayman Jaguar (1995) | Nights Into Dreams Saturn (1996) | |||
Gran Turismo 4 Playstation 2 (2004) | Resident Evil Zero GameCube (2002) | Black XBOX (2006) | SoulCalibur Dreamcast (1999) | |||
Metroid Fusion GBA (2003) | Batman Returns Lynx (1992) | Blue Lightning Lynx (1989) | Fatal Fury F-Contact Neogeo Pocket (1998) | |||
Super Hang-On X68000 (1988) | Creepy Castle Macintosh (1991) | |||||
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