Retro spotlight

The homepage for the column that looks back at games I just felt like writing about that day.

This page is meant to be a guide to all of the articles under the “Retro spotlight” label, which exists so I don’t have to stress about fitting a game I just feel like writing about into one of the newsletter’s various other labeled columns.

7/23/2021: Super Mario Kart (dev: Nintendo EAD, publisher: Nintendo, SNES, 1992)

7/26/2021: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (dev: Capcom Production Studio 4, publisher: Capcom, DS/Wii/3DS, Switch/PS4/Windows, 2005/2010/2014/2019)

8/2/2021: Crystalis (dev: SNK, publisher: SNK, NES/Switch/PS4, 1990/2018/2019)

8/13/2021: Mega Man X (dev: Capcom, publisher: Capcom, SNES/basically all modern platforms, 1993)

8/16/2021: World Court Tennis (dev: Namco, publisher: Namco, Turbografx-16, 1989)

8/20/2021: Kirby’s Block Ball (dev: HAL/R&D1, publisher: Nintendo, Game Boy, 1996)

10/6/2021: Phantasy Star (dev: Sega, publisher: Sega, Master System, 1988)

10/11/2021: Gears of War (dev: Epic, publisher: Microsoft, Xbox 360, 2006)

10/29/2021: Jungle Strike (dev: High Score Productions, publisher: EA, Genesis, SNES, Amiga, PC, 1993)

11/3/2021: Shining Force (dev: Sonic! Software Planning, publisher: Sega, Genesis, 1993)

12/6/2021: Catrap (dev: Kodansha, publisher: Asmik, Game Boy, 1990)

12/17/2021: Geometry Wars: Galaxies (dev: Bizarre Creations/Kuju, publisher: Vivendi, Wii/DS, 2007)

1/7/2022: Split/Second (dev: Black Rock Studios, publisher: Disney Interactive Studios, Xbox 360/PS3/PC/PSP, 2010/2011)

1/12/2022: Bit.Trip Beat (dev: Choice Provisions, publisher: Aksys Games, Wii/3DS/PS4/Windows/Mac, 2009-2020)

1/19/2021: Dead Space: Extraction (dev: Visceral Games/Eurocom, publisher: EA, Wii/PS3, 2009/2011)

2/4/2022: Super Mario Land (dev: Nintendo R&D1, publisher: Nintendo, 1990, Game Boy)

2/7/2022: Ristar (dev: Sega, publisher: Sega, 1995, Sega Genesis)

2/14/2022: Chulip (dev: Punchline, publisher: Natsume/Marvelous, 2007, PS2)

4/11/2022: Knuckles’ Chaotix (dev: Sega of Japan, publisher: Sega, 1995, 32X)

4/18/2022: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (dev: Sucker Punch, publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment, 2002/2011/2014, PS2/PS3/Vita)

4/29/2022: Metal Slader Glory (dev: HAL Laboratory, publisher: HAL Laboratory, 1991, Famicom)

5/30/2022: Adventures of Lolo (dev: HAL Laboratory, publisher: HAL Laboratory, 1990, NES)

6/6/2022: Dragon Quest/Warrior (dev: Chunsoft, publisher: Enix/Nintendo, 1986/1989, NES)

6/17/2022: Gunstar Heroes (dev: Treasure, publisher: Sega, Sega Genesis, 1993)

7/4/2022: Resistance: Fall of Man (dev: Insomniac Games, publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment, Playstation 3, 2006)

7/20/2022: Valkyria Chronicles (dev: Sega, publisher: Sega, PS3/4/5/Switch/Xbox One/Series S|X/Windows, 2008-2018)

9/26/2022: Super Battleship (dev: Synergistic Software, publisher: Mindscape, Genesis/SNES, 1993)

10/17/2022: TimeSplitters 2 (dev: Free Radical Design, publisher: Eidos Interactive, GCN/Xbox/PS2, 2002)

10/21/2022: Mega Man X3 (dev: Minakuchi Engineering, publisher: Capcom, SNES/Saturn/PSX/Windows, 1996-1998)

10/31/2022: Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (dev: Nintendo R&D1, publisher: Nintendo, Game Boy, 1992)

11/28/2022: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (dev: Nintendo R&D1, publisher: Nintendo, Game Boy, 1994)

12/13/2022: Phantasy Star II (dev: Sega, publisher: Sega, Genesis, 1990)

1/20/2023: Neutopia (dev: Hudson Soft, publisher: NEC, Turbografx-16, 1990)

2/8/2023: Earth Defense Force 2017 (dev: Sandlot, publisher: D3, Xbox 360, 2007)

2/20/2023: Beetle Adventure Racing! (dev: Paradigm Entertainment, publisher: EA, N64, 1999)

2/22/2023: Gears of War 2 (dev: Epic Games, publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, 2008)

5/15/2023: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (dev: Konami, publisher: Konami, SNES, 1993)

5/26/2023: Castlevania (dev: Konami, publisher: Konami, NES, 1987)

6/23/2023: Donkey Kong Country (dev: Rareware, publisher: Nintendo, SNES, 1994)

6/28/2023: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (dev: LucasArts, publisher: LucasArts, DOS, 1992)

9/4/2023: Red Faction (dev: Volition, publisher: THQ, PS2/Windows, 2001)

12/12/2023: Tetris 2 + Bombliss (dev: Chunsoft, publisher: Bullet-Proof Software, Famicom, 1991)

2/14/2024: Yume Penguin Monogatari (dev: Konami, publisher: Konami, Famicom, 1991)

4/29/2024: Yakuza (dev: Sega NE R&D, publisher: Sega, Playstation 2, 2006)

5/3/2024: Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (dev: Sega, publisher: Sega, Genesis, 1991)

5/31/2024: Empire Earth (dev: Stainless Steel Studios, publisher: Sierra On-Line, Windows, 2001)

6/26/2024: Heretic (dev: Raven Software, publisher: id Software, MS-DOS, 1994)

8/21/2024: Bomberman GB (dev: Hudson Soft, publisher: Nintendo, Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Super Game Boy, 1998)

8/30/2024: Mr. Driller (dev: Namco, publisher: Namco, ARC/PSX/DC/GBC/WSC, 2000/2001)

10/14/2024: Xevious (dev: Namco, publisher: Namco, ARC, literally everything else, 1983-2021)

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