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📢 From November to February, there will be changes to this retro gaming/retro anime blog on Medium.

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Mr. Driller, a 2000 puzzle game for the Sega Dreamcast developed and published by Bandai Namco.
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Dreamcast Game #14: Mr. Driller. ミスタードリラー, Misutā Dorirā | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Mr. Driller is a 1999 puzzle arcade game developed and published by Bandai Namco (Namco at the time of the release). Versions for the PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows PC, Game Boy Color, WonderSwan…

09:05 PM - Dec 02, 2023

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1080 Avalanche, a 2003 snowboarding video game for the GameCube.
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Snowboarding Game #04: 1080° Avalanche | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

We haven’t reviewed a GameCube game since the one-year hiatus. Anyway, I have another snowboarding game for you: 1080° Avalanche (known in Japan as 1080° Silverstorm), the sequel to the 1998 video…

04:57 PM - Dec 01, 2023

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Donkey Kong Mania! This post includes a selection of Donkey Kong games for the SFC/SNES, N64, and GameCube.
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Donkey Kong Mania!. The sequel to Super Mario Mania on… | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

The sequel to Super Mario Mania on Medium, but Mario and DK are in the same universe. This article has a selection of DK video games by me. Donkey Kong is Mario’s first antagonist (before King…

06:25 PM - Nov 30, 2023

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Snowboard Kids 2, a 1999 snowboarding game developed by Racjin (then known as Racdym) and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 64.
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Snowboarding Game #03: Snowboard Kids 2 | Shinkansen Retrogamer

Snowboard Kids 2 is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Racjin (then known as Racdym at the time of the development before changing its name in 2000 to make it more easily…

06:23 PM - Nov 29, 2023

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Lego Island, a 1997 Lego-themed open-world action-adventure game developed and published by Mindscape.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #pcgaming #actionadventure #lego

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Lego Island + Lego Island 2. レゴアイランドの大冒険～ブリックスターをつかまえろ!!～ (Rego… | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Lego Island (stylized as LEGO Island) is a Lego-themed open-world action-adventure game developed and published by the now-defunct Mindscape which was released for Microsoft Windows in the fall of…

04:32 PM - Nov 29, 2023

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Do you remember Dynamite Cop on the Sega Dreamcast? I do!
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Dreamcast Game #20: Dynamite Cop. ダイナマイト刑事2, Dynamite Deka 2 | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Hello there! I’m here for another Dreamcast game to review — which is another game from our childhood — Dynamite Cop! It is a 1998 3D beat ’em up video game published by Sega and initially released…

10:11 PM - Nov 28, 2023

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Jet Force Gemini, a 1999 third-person shooter developed and published by Rare Ltd. for the Nintendo 64.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #nintendo64 #shooter #actionadventure #platformer

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Jet Force Gemini. スターツインズ (STAR TWINS) | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

The world needs another Nintendo 64 game on Medium as we take a trip to the United Kingdom, and it’s called Jet Force Gemini (known in Japan as Star Twins), a third-person shooter developed and…

05:35 PM - Nov 27, 2023

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25 years ago today, the Sega Dreamcast was released in Japan.

04:06 PM - Nov 27, 2023

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, a 2003 egg-rolling platformer for the Nintendo GameCube developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. #gaming #retrogaming #sega #sonicteam #gamecube #platformer

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. ジャイアントエッグ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～, Jaianto Eggu… | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (or simply Billy Hatcher) is a 2003 3D platform game developed by Sonic Team (the same creators behind the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise) and published by Sega for the…

11:34 AM - Nov 27, 2023

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Critical Blow, a 1997 3D fighting game developed by Racdym and published by Banpresto for the Sony PlayStation.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #fightinggame #sonyplaystation

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Critical Blow. クリティカルブロウ | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

This Japan-only 3D fighting video game for the PlayStation console was released in late 1997 that features character designs by manga artist Ryōji Minagawa (皆川亮二), is called Critical Blow. It is…

04:53 AM - Nov 26, 2023

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Dinosaur King, a card-based arcade game that has an anime adaption.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #anime #adventure #urbanfantasy #fantasy

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Anime of the Childhood #18: Dinosaur King | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

In 2007, 4Kids Entertainment brought Dinosaur King to North America (specifically, the United States) using much of the same cast from their previous mon success, Pokémon. You can watch it on Netflix…

04:31 AM - Nov 26, 2023

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Before there was Just Dance, there was Space Channel 5 for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Dreamcast Game #16: Space Channel 5 | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Cory Roberts reporting: Space Channel 5 is what we’re going to review today! Before the days of Just Dance and Dance Central (the former of which is Xbox exclusive) would kick in, there was this…

11:17 PM - Nov 24, 2023

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Gabe Hoffman

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30 years ago Sonic goes to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and dies.

Sonic Balloon Crashes Into Lamppost At Macy's Parade (1993) - YouTube

Finally after 26 years, footage of Sonic's balloon crashing into a lamppost at the 67th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was released by Eyewitness News...

01:35 PM - Nov 23, 2023

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This Thanksgiving week, Shinkansen Retrogamer will be on a break. Happy early Thanksgiving, everyone!

12:18 PM - Nov 19, 2023

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ChuChu Rocket! is an action puzzle game for the Dreamcast developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #sega #segadreamcast #puzzlegames #sonicteam

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Dreamcast Game #22: ChuChu Rocket! | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

For nearly three years, I’ve been reviewing Dreamcast games on Medium since I wrote about Blue Stinger. Some of the articles will be rewritten, but today I have an action puzzle Dreamcast game that…

12:13 PM - Nov 19, 2023

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Crazy Taxi, a 1999 racing/score attack game originally made for the arcades and later ported to the Dreamcast.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #segadreamcast #sega #racinggame

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Dreamcast Game #06: Crazy Taxi. クレイジータクシー | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Crazy Taxi is a racing/score attack video game developed by the now-defunct Hitmaker and published by Sega. It is the first game in the Crazy Taxi series. The game was first released in arcades in…

09:19 AM - Nov 18, 2023

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@cbouzy

This guy is really something else.

When Spoutible was trending every other day on Twitter, Elon suspended our Spoutible and Bot Sentinel accounts and restricted our API access without warning. He is whining about collusion while retaliating against smaller competitors.

08:05 AM - Nov 18, 2023

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Bulk Slash, a 1997 third-person action mecha simulation shooter game for the Sega Saturn in Japan.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #shooter #action #segasaturn #hudsonsoft

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Bulk Slash. バルクスラッシュ, Baruku Surasshu | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Bulk Slash is a third-person action mecha simulation video game developed by CAProduction (which consists of former Techno Soft employees) and published by Hudson Soft (absorbed by Konami; see the…

09:09 AM - Nov 17, 2023

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@cbouzy

I am in both trailers and episode 5, and you still missed me.😭

Dolores Dace @dedace

I watched the whole thing, but missed the part he was in. When was his appearance?
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09:03 AM - Nov 16, 2023

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Nights into Dreams, a 1996 Sega Saturn action game.
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Nights into Dreams. ナイツ, Naitsu, Stylized as “NiGHTS into… | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Nights into Dreams is a 1996 action game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. The story follows the teenagers Elliot Edwards and Claris Sinclair, who enter Nightopia, a…

08:22 PM - Nov 15, 2023

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Today (or tomorrow, since I live in North America) marks the sixth anniversary of the passing of Hiromi Tsuru, the original Bulma from Dragon Ball. She was also Madoka Ayukawa in Kimagure Orange Road. #dragonball #retroanime #anime #manga

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Akuji the Heartless is an action-adventure video game released in early 1999 for the PlayStation.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #playstation #actionadventure #eidosinteractive #crystaldynamics

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Akuji the Heartless. アクジ・ザ・ハートレス | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

Hello there. This Medium post is dedicated to Richard Roundtree (pictured above), who voiced the game’s titular character. You may know him as Detective John Shaft in the 1971 blaxploitation crime…

03:54 PM - Nov 15, 2023

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Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram, a robot-fighting Dreamcast game.
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Dreamcast Game #30: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

I’ve got another 3D shooting/fighting Dreamcast game for you, and it’s the sequel to the 1996 video game: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram! It was released in 1998 for the Japanese Sega…

02:47 PM - Nov 15, 2023

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Tomba!, and its sequel, Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return, two PlayStation platform-adventure games developed by Whoopee Camp and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #playstation #platformer

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Tomba! and Tomba! 2 | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Tomba! and Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return are two platform-adventure games that did not gain much attention before Whoopee Camp, the game’s developer, went out of business. Please note that because…

07:24 PM - Nov 13, 2023

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Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, a robot fighting game made by Capcom in 1995 for the arcades and Sega Saturn.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #fightinggames #arcadegames #segasaturn #capcom

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Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness. サイバーボッツ | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Medium

Today we will review Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, made by Capcom which was released in 1995… and guess what? This is the game where Jin Saotome and Devilotte de Deathsatan IX originated (details…

01:12 PM - Nov 12, 2023

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If you remember playing the Ratchet & Clank series on the PlayStation 2 like I do, here it is.
https://medium.com/shinkre... #gaming #retrogaming #ratchetandclank #playstation2 #insomniacgames #platformer

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The Ratchet & Clank series. ラチェット&クランク | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

I’m Cory Roberts. Do you need some Ratchet & Clank on your Medium and also on your social media? Here you go! Ratchet & Clank is a series of action-adventure platform and third-person shooter video…

11:16 AM - Nov 12, 2023

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@cbouzy

Use the explore section, spout more, but also reply to other users. The data shows people who interact more receive more engagement...etc. We are about to release interest-based connections and recommendations which will also help.

Profit Greenly @ProfitGreenly

Sincerely happy for the work you've done here and for your engaging like this. In the months since I've joined this site I've struggled with finding people to follow here and recruiting those I follow elsewhere to join. I see desperate need for a twitter alternative pre2024 and I hoped it'd be this.
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Happy 25th birthday, Spyro! Here's the collection of the original Spyro trilogy for the PlayStation.
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The Spyro Trilogy. 25 years of burning and charging… | by Cory Roberts | Shinkansen Retrogamer | Nov, 2023 | Medium

Happy 25th anniversary, Spyro! Today, we’re going to talk about the Spyro video game series that features the adventures of Spyro, a 12-year-old purple dragon who is the main protagonist. The series…

03:08 PM - Nov 11, 2023

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@cbouzy

He paid $44 billion to do this nonsense.

05:25 AM - Nov 11, 2023

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