Released: Unreleased Format: Sega Master System Frequent Games Asylum readers may be questioning why we’ve picked a Sonic game twice in a row for our monthly retro gaming feature. Although it’s true that we do have a soft spot for the ‘hog, the story behind the unreleased Sonic’s Edusoft (sometimes referred to as Sonic Edusoft) …
After just one week Max Payne 3 has fallen from the top spot in the chart. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Solider: Future Solider is the new #1, pushing Max Payne 3 down to #2. We assume that people had an easier time finding a copy of Capcom’s spiffing RPG Dragon’s Dogma than we did, as …
We recently stumbled upon an unopened Mario Kart keyring from 1994. The reverse of the packaging raised a grin – not only is there a typo (“Koopa Troopers”) but Toad is referred to as Little Toadie: We bet the only time Toad goes by that name is when Mario wants to sweet talk him into …
Wow HD isn’t a website I frequently visit, but when they sent an e-mail reporting a massive 20% off all games this weekend the bargain hunter inside me couldn’t resist a look. I have been informed in the past that the Wow HD (formally CD Wow) is a little shady with reports of people receiving …
This month’s Street Viewtiful takes us all the way to Bucharest in Romania, the home of development studio Fun Labs. They’re the guys behind movie tie-in Men in Black: Alien Crisis – which is out this week – and the copious amount of Cabela hunting games. For years we’ve assumed that they’ve based in the …
Typical. We’ve been waiting patiently for SEGA Vintage Collection: Monster World only for it to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade the same day as SEGA Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. This may not sound like a bad thing to happen but it really is. Our feeble brains can only handle so much nostalgia, you …
We’re certainly not short on RPGs at the moment. If you’ve finished The Witcher 2 and Diablo 3 and don’t like the look of either Risen 2 or The Game of Thrones, then Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma could very well be your next addiction. Capcom have claimed that they hope to sell 10 million copies, and …
Just when we thought we’d seen the last of the special edition Skylanders until Skylanders: Giants arrives, Activision has slipped a few new ones out. Joining the rare gold and silver Skylanders toys are the similarly elusive glow in the dark and crystal clear figures. Wrecking Ball, Warnado and Zap seem to be the figures …
In the 12 years that this website has been around, we’ve never featured a book review. That changes today: two glorious Nintendo history books have recently plopped through our letterbox. Well, to be fair it was more of a floor-shaking thud. These books are rather on the heavy side containing over 200 colour pages of …
Now this is cool – Nike’s latest advert features a playable Sonic the Hedgehog mini-game set in the iconic Green Hill Zone. Towards the end of the advert a billboard appears on screen featuring a red and white football boot along with the words ‘Sonic X Vapor’. Click on this and the mini-game instantly appears. …
We weren’t sure if it was going to be Max Payne 3 or Diablo 3 that would be taking the top position of this week’s chart. Diablo 3 is the first big PC release in a very long time while Max Payne 3 has the advantage of being multi-format. Turns out it’s Rockstar’s purveyor of …
How times have changed. Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s most new releases were little more than shameless clones of Atari’s then ground-breaking arcade titles. Even Nintendo was guilty of this, releasing their own version of Breakout. Skip forward nearly four decades – Pong is 40 this year, would you believe? – and Atari are …
This week saw the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, a mere 19 months after Episode I. Can Sega really get away with calling that episodic? It’s a bit of a stretch. Perhaps Sonic the Hedgehog 4: It’s Not Long and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 v2: Let’s Have Another Go would have been …
Wednesday has been release day for new Xbox Live Arcade games for as long as we can remember, but over the past few months Microsoft has been releasing the occasional game on a Friday to liven up dull weeks. Today is a fine example – we’re being treated to an Xbox Live Arcade version of …
Two games out this week have been referred to as rescuers of this year’s slumping game sales. Those two are of course Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL (Max Payne 3) and Athletics Tournament: Summer Challenge (Diablo 3). Diablo 3 – Amazon.com’s most pre-ordered game of all time – didn’t get off to a smooth …