Xmas2025 tagged entries (R)

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Resident Evil

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Posted: , last updated: by Frank Gasking

How can you possibly squeeze a 32-bit PlayStation CD ROM game into a small Game Boy Color Cartridge? Well, HotGen would attempt to do just that with a conversion of Resident Evil in mid-1999 and to make it as close as possible with similar 3D perspectives using scaled sprites.

There were delays and a lot of struggles to cram everything in. There were of course a number of restrictions and tweaks made along the way, but HotGen had a pretty decent stab at it and had a title which was certainly pushing the 8-bit hardware. Continue reading →

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Rooster Booster

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(GTW64 entry)
Posted: by Frank Gasking

Whilst working on preserving Mark Greenshield’s C64 disks, we were told to look out for a game called Rooster Booster. An interesting name, and when asked what it was – we were told that it was the original name for Bombo, which was released by Rino Software. A great Bombjack clone which many felt was better than Elite’s official effort. Continue reading →

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