Tinpot Gamer

Crap at video games since forever

  • About

Games #2 Lunar Legend (GBA)

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 10th May 2012
Posted in: Games. Leave a Comment
System: Gameboy Advance
Developer: Media Rings
Publisher: Ubisoft
Year: 2002

A re-publish of a moderately ranty review of Lunar Legend I posted on Gamespot in 2005.

Continue Reading

Mastering The System #2 Alex Kidd In Miracle World

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 19th March 2012
Posted in: Mastering The System. Tagged: alex kidd, master system, sega. 1 comment
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Year: 1986
Played Before: Yes
Progress: Finish (with save states)
Time played for review: 2 hours
If you ever owned or came into contact with a Master System, chances are you’ll be familiar with Alex Kidd in Miracle World. The big-headed, Beatles-haired ex-mascot is instantly recognisable to many of us who preferred to spend more time after school making a child prince punch eagles and fish than doing our homework.
Continue Reading

Mastering The System #1 My Hero

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 26th January 2012
Posted in: Mastering The System. Tagged: coreland, master system, my hero, sega. Leave a Comment
AKA: Seishun Scandal (JP), Gang’s Fighter (SA), Ttoriui Moheom (KO), Taekwon Sonyeon (KO)
Developer: Coreland
Publisher: Sega
Year: 1986
Played Before: Yes
Progress: 2nd round
Time played for review: 1 hour

Like so many memorable games (Double Dragon, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Wardner), My Hero begins with some dodgy-looking bloke nicking your girlfriend while you’re walking in what appears to be a park.
Continue Reading

Mastering The System

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 16th January 2012
Posted in: Games. Tagged: master system, sega. 4 comments

Sega’s Master System. Supported for almost a decade in Europe and with over 300 games released for it, Sega’s most well-known 8-bit console made some fairly decent headway and laid ground for the success of the Mega Drive.

I owned a Mark 2 model long after it had stopped being cared about in Europe and rarely played it before passing it on.

But have I missed out on something special from Sega?

Continue Reading

Games #1 Tomb Raider Anniversary (X360)

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 16th November 2011
Posted in: Games. Tagged: crystal dynamics, eidos, tomb raider, xbox360. Leave a Comment
System: XBox 360
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Publisher: Eidos
Year: 2007

Is Tomb Raider Anniversary a worthy remake of an iconic game or a cynical cash-in on nostalgia?

Continue Reading

Secret of Evermore (SNES) – I found a bug

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 4th September 2011
Posted in: General Waffle. Tagged: snes, squaresoft. 1 comment
System: Super Nintendo
Developer: Square USA
Publisher: Squaresoft
Year: 1995

So it turns out this game is rammed full of bugs, despite being plenty of fun. I found one that isn’t a game breaker or particularly exciting, but is nonetheless a little odd.

Continue Reading

First Impressions #1 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 3rd September 2011
Posted in: First Impressions. Tagged: psp, rant, square-enix, tacticsogre. Leave a Comment

Having finished Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis (KoL) twice and waited for a very long time for an English version of Let Us Cling Together (LUCT) (Super Famicom), I was recently given a copy of the PSP Premium Edition as a present (along with a PSP and loads of retro game collections thanks to my fabulous girlfriend).

Continue Reading

Let’s Go Shopping! #1 Wardner

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 9th August 2011
Posted in: Let's Go Shopping!. Tagged: arcade, letsgoshopping, taito, toaplan. Leave a Comment
System: Arcade
Developer: Toaplan
Publisher: Taito
Year: 1987

Hello, folks. I’ve been away on holiday and also planning something else for the site, so it’s been a short while and I’m very sorry to have neglected you. Let’s get this party restarted with a look at Wardner in the inaugural Let’s Go Shopping!

Continue Reading

An ad banner appears – Fight/Magic/Escape?

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 17th July 2011
Posted in: General Waffle. Leave a Comment

Yes, an ad banner for RetroGT.com has appeared on the sidebar of the site, but it’ll be the only one that does. This is a banner that’s been chosen by me, not served by a keyword robot from the datacentre of a faceless corporation. So, what’s it advertising?

Continue Reading

Opinion – Nintendo, 3DS and Wii U

Posted by Tinpotgamer on 14th July 2011
Posted in: Opinion. Tagged: 3DS, Nintendo, WiiU. 1 comment

I have major reservations about Nintendo’s current/future strategy. Here’s why.

Continue Reading

Posts navigation

← Older Entries
  • Follow me and leave comments on Twitter @TinpotGamer or email me.

  • @Tinpotgamer
    Latest Tweet

    tweets

    following

    followers
  • Categories

    • First Impressions
    • Games
    • General Waffle
    • Let's Go Shopping!
    • Mastering The System
    • Opinion
    • Welcome To Bonus Stage!
  • Archives

    • May 2012
    • March 2012
    • January 2012
    • November 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
  • Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries RSS
    • Comments RSS
    • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Parament by Automattic.