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Welcome to Retro Garden, a site dedicated to finding and reviewing classic games, offering advice on Retro Gaming, and generally providing a warm and fluffy community for gamers to find out about games and old consoles. So if you're from the generation where "Waggling your joystick in your bedroom" was not a euphemism, or are dabbling your feet in retro games to begin with, then you will hopefully find some use to this site.
Sensible World Of Soccer tried something almost unheard of in the mid 1990's, trying to be two games at once - both a managerial simulation and a football game. Did it achieve one, both or neither at all. In this week's review, Retro Garden laces up his football boots to find out.
As this is Britain's Most Successful Olympic Games Ever, I thought I'd take a look down some of the other sport and athletic games from years gone by. I've decided to continue with Retro Garden tradition and focus on a game that didn't get much credit and is not particularly well known. I've focussed on Konami's 1984 Athletics game - Hyper Sports.
Punch Out is one of the best games ever made, and up there with some of the best boxing games, but what about the Super Nintendo Sequel - appropriately titled "Super Punch Out"? In this review of the Super NES game, Retro Garden finds out.
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Retro Garden has been a little quiet recently, I admit. Computer failure with all my articles on it meant I have been unable to review games, or post up one of my pre-written articles. As a way of saying sorry, I have created a Forum, enjoy!
A retro game question for you. Which two living human beings have featured in more arcade games than any other? You may point at big sports stars, but you'd be wrong. In fact, two men are William S. Sessions and William K. Reilly. Where have you seen their names? Well, do the words "Winners Don't Use Drugs" mean anything to you? If so, read on.
Controllers are the cornerstone of video gaming, as how can you play one without them? However, short of having square hands, which ones were truly good, and which were just a pile of donkey piddle? Retro Garden takes a look at the 10 best, and three of the worst.
FINISH HIM! Two immortal words and you have 10 seconds to input a complicated series of moves to land a finishing moves. But what were the best? Retro Garden today has a look of the three best. Keep an eye on B. Orchid's zip by the way, as for the fatalities it may not stay up that long....