That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)

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PostThat RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by NickSCFC » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:04 am

What will you be buying?

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Micro Machines V3 (Monday)
DarkStalkers (Tuesday)
Alien Trilogy
Die Hard Trilogy
Onside Soccer
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Alien Trilogy
Die Hard Trilogy
Onside Soccer
Swagman
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Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall (Wednesday)
MechWarrior 2: Mercenary
Die Hard Trilogy
Enemy Nations
The Simpsons - Cartoon Studio


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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Mafro » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:07 am

Die Hard Trilogy :lol: Loved that game, especially 2 & 3.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by AndyXL » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:17 am

Yeap, that brings back all the memories of being a Nintendo-only gamer in 1996!

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Dig Dug » Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:08 pm

The saturn import of Darkstalkers Revenge was the way to go back then. Kind of like how importing Blazblue games is the way to go now.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:37 pm

I was playing Die Hard 1 and 2 on the Ps1 2 days ago. Suppose I will have to double dip now.
Still great, was actually playing my disc using epsxe. It up renders beautifully.

Micromachines V3 was also brilliant to. Lots of 4 player fun when I got it a couple of years in the future (1998, keep up) as an 18th birthday present. Might have to require.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Mafro » Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:03 pm

I wonder if you could get Die Hard 2 working with the Wiimote.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by bear » Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:31 pm

Did any of these games come out in September 96?

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Dig Dug » Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:47 pm

According to wikipedia the EU release for Darkstalkers on PS1 was November 96.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:52 am

Mafro wrote:I wonder if you could get Die Hard 2 working with the Wiimote.


No idea I'm afraid, but it's great with a mouse if you have never tried that.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Jazzem » Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:18 pm

Ahah fantastic. I have fond memories of Simpsons Cartoon Studio, likely super limited by today's standards but my brothers and I got a lot of mileage out of it.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by NickSCFC » Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:45 pm

Was Daggerfall any good? Was Elder Scrolls even popular back then?

As for the others, I did own both Die Hard Trilogy and Alien Trikogy, though not at launch.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Ironhide » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:39 pm

The only one of those games I owned was Micro Machines V3, bought a few years after release.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Green Gecko » Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:10 pm

I have Micro Machines V3 on PS1, it has a lovely menu but I'm not sure I dig the camera angles plus those bloody awful character animations and voices :lol:

One nice thing about playing the disk on backwards compatible ps3 is you don't need multitap, so it should work fine with 4 wireless dualshocks.

I booted up the SNES (or maybe it was MD) version in an emulator for a moment as a random test of 2 controllers and it was much more the micro machines I remember. It's all about anticipating the tracks. The tanks were also great.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by KK » Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:27 pm

Would love a new Die Hard game.

Was the first light-gun game I ever played at home. I don't know anybody who actually finished any of the 3 films though - it was phenomenally tough.

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PostRe: That RETRO Friday Feeling - UK videogame releases (06/09/96)
by Mafro » Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:39 pm

I completed Die Hard 2 with the controller.

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