Special Stage

Special Stage

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prAvJFoTD_E It's the Special Stage from Sonic 2! I know I featured one of JemenJ's remixes not too long ago, but this was too good a remix to pass up. He takes the Special Stage music and gives it a Zombie Nation feel - incredible stuff. Created by JemenJ…
Deep Mine Roller’s

Deep Mine Roller’s

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGVDLVCFz_Q This is a remix of Green's Stage in Gunstar Heroes on the Megadrive. Such a classic game, I remember loving the bit of the level where the goons have had a little accident in the bomb storage area on the train... This is a great remix. Created by…
Sky Sanctuary

Sky Sanctuary

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6J2SSVUD4 Now, I know I've not reached Sky Sanctuary Zone in my Sonic run-through yet, but it was too hard to pass this remix up. It's just so good. Sky Sanctuary from Sonic 3 totally re-envisioned as a euphoric house track. Amazing. Created by JemenJ What do you think?…
Circus Cave

Circus Cave

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh8oF0gh-mM This remix gives the original a bit of a creepy, circus vibe. All we need is Tails in clown make-up and we're done. Created by Malcos from OverClocked ReMix What do you think? You can check out the entire playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_IDh1OY5R9vLM7SMR8zVZG8OcOsp1wP
Xbox one, Xbox and Xbox One

Xbox one, Xbox and Xbox One

So, my work colleague asked me "do you have an Xbox yet?" today, and while I was sure what he was asking me, I was quite unsure how to answer him. See - I wanted to correct him. I knew he was asking me if I had an Xbox One yet, as he had recently bought one and has told…
Reminiscence

Reminiscence

I’ve had a funny old day today.

I’ve spent it mostly on here doing ArtRage paintings, on YouTube looking at old videogames, and in my head, thinking about stuff. I learned that NiGHTS into Dreams is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade on Friday, and that got me thinking about the old Sega Saturn – and what an amazing console it was. I’ve owned two in my time, one was packed off to make way for an N64 (such a bad move looking back now), and the second one was sold because I felt I never played it enough to warrant keeping it. Oh, and because we were moving into The Big House and we’d have nowhere near enough room to even think about having all my consoles set up. Jane bought me the second one for Valentines Day one year, she is so awesome. It’s weird thinking back about all those old consoles, I’d love to still own them, but they, along with all their games, take up so much space. I know I could download emulators and ROMs and play all these old games again, but there’s something special, some intangible feeling, about playing a physical copy on an actual console, something that digital copies can’t emulate.

I’ll leave talking about NiGHTS until I’ve played it again, but here are some of my favourite games for the Sega Saturn.

MGM – Why wait for Christmas?

MGM – Why wait for Christmas?

I like this one, it speaks volumes about the person I used to be - and reminds me never to be that kind of person again. It was October or November, 1991 or 1992. I forget, it was a long time ago. David had asked for a Sega Megadrive II videogame console for Christmas. Mum told me she had bought…
I’m playing Pokémon on my PSP

I’m playing Pokémon on my PSP

This week I finally got around to enabling homebrew on my PSP. It was very easy, mostly thanks to my PSP being one of the old "Phat" models. I eventually found some suitable emulators and some questionable software - It was a bit tricky thanks to the gamut of sites that are mostly keywords designed to send you round and…

Essential Charts Q1/Q2 2005

For the first and second quarters of 2005, I quite possibly overstretched myself and made the charts too unwieldy to continue. As well as PS2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, PC and Xbox games, I also included several retro consoles such as the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Here are the bloated results.