Category: Retro

Retro Walkthroughs: Pokémon (GameCube edition)

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This column is dedicated to collecting YouTube walkthroughs of those retro classics we love to play.

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Pokémon Colosseum – Chuggaaconroy

“In the new Orre region, a sinister organization is capturing Pokémon and misusing them. It’s up to you to restore balance. Seek out all the Shadow Pokémon, snag them, and restore their spirit.”

First released in Japan in 2003, the Nintendo GameCube game “Pokémon Colosseum” follows the standard path of battles like the N64 Stadium games. The game gives players an option to connect their Game Boy Advance games; Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Ruby, so as to use their team in the “battle mode”.

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Pokémon: Gale of Darkness – giancarloparimango11

“The game once again takes place in the Orre region, about five years after the events of Colosseum. In their second attempt at world domination, the criminal organization Cipher has created a Shadow Lugia, codenamed XD001, claimed to be immune to purification. A young Trainer, Michael, aims to defeat Cipher and prevent their plans.”

Gale of Darkness is the second, lesser known follow up to Colosseum. If you have this to play through, you should keep hold of it! It’s a collectable.

Back in Time: Banjo-Kazooie

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Banjo-Kazooie made its debut in 1998 on the Nintendo 64. Photo: gamerscoreblog (via Flickr)

A honey bear and a large red bird don’t sound like the most exciting premise for a video game; however Banjo-Kazooie proved otherwise.

The plot behind the games saw Banjo (the bear) and Kazooie (the bird) attempt to thwart Gruntilda’s (the witch) various evil schemes, with the protagonists collecting musical notes and jigsaw pieces in order to progress through Gruntilda’s lair.

Created by Rare, Banjo-Kazooie made its debut on the Nintendo 64 in 1998, with the sequel Banjo-Tooie releasing on the console two years later. Both titles were also ported to the Xbox Live Arcade to coincide with the release of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for the Xbox 360 in 2008 – ten years after their original appearance. Banjo-Kazooie also made an appearance in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, which released in 2010.

Each of the games received favourable reviews from critics. Nevertheless, the future doesn’t look too bright as there are currently no plans to bring the pair back, despite rumours that Rare were in talks with Nintendo to bring the duo to the 3DS.

Majora’s Mask rumours

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A couple of months ago the above trailer went viral, amassing thousands of views and exciting Zelda fans across the globe. It showed a the side N64 Zelda title The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask remade for the Wii U, and after Nintendo previously announcing that the console would hold both a new Zelda game and a remake, it was easily assumed that this was it. Read more

Motoring Mayhem: B.O.R.E’s top five retro car-combat games.

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Twisted Metal is the longest running game franchise in the list and comes in at number 3. photo: Christopher Thompson

Twisted Metal is the longest running game franchise in the list and comes in at number 3. photo: Christopher Thompson

 

During the 90’s there was a phase of ‘vehicular combat’ games, that  became incredibly popular. Sick and tired of the standard racing format that saturated the market, there was a noticeable demand for alternative driving games. Here is B.O.R.E’s top five countdown of these unorthodox motoring games of the 1990’s;

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