Retro Respawn – Adidas Power Soccer 98Michael FitzgeraldDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Adidas Power Soccer 98 answers the question of “what if you released a mediocre football in order to hock Adidas branded merchandise?”. Because ultimately that’s...
Retro Respawn – Tommi Mäkinen RallyMichael FitzgeraldNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021 When it comes to racing games, you can either lean into the more arcade-influenced style for pick up and play accessibility (Ridge Racer), or you...
Retro Respawn Tandem – Ridge Racer Month Part Four – Ridge Racer Type 4Michael FitzgeraldApril 13, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldApril 13, 2021 “Ridge Racer Month” comes to an end with the final fifth gen release of the series in the form of Ridge Racer Type 4, and...
Retro Respawn – Ridge Racer Month Part Two – Ridge Racer RevolutionMichael FitzgeraldMarch 30, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldMarch 30, 2021 Welcome to the second week of “Ridge Racer Month”, where I will be writing about the four Ridge Racer games that made their way onto...
Retro Respawn – Demo 1 (Demo Disc Retrospective)Michael FitzgeraldDecember 15, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldDecember 15, 2020 Back again with a Demo Disc Retrospective as I feel it makes a nice change of pace now and then and allows me to revisit...
Retro Respawn – Soul Month Part One – Soul BladeMichael FitzgeraldNovember 3, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldNovember 3, 2020 Soul Blade (Soul Edge if you lived outside Europe, Australia and North America) is the first game in the Soul series of games, created by...
Retro Respawn – Top Ten Stage Themes from the First Three Tekken GamesMichael FitzgeraldSeptember 9, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldSeptember 9, 2020 Last week I took a journey back to the original PlayStation to play Tekken 2 for the first time, and one of the aspects of...
Retro Respawn – Tekken 2Michael FitzgeraldSeptember 1, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldSeptember 1, 2020 Tekken 2 is a supremely well-made game with nicely designed fight stages and a thumping soundtrack. I might even go as far to say that...
Retro Respawn – PlayStation Beginner’s Guide: 15 Games You Should TryMichael FitzgeraldAugust 4, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 4, 2020 At the turn of the year, I presented a Beginner’s Guide for the Super Nintendo where I came up with a list of 15 games...
Retro Respawn – Brian Lara Cricket (PlayStation)Michael FitzgeraldAugust 22, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 22, 2017 This week’s Retro Respawn has been a bit of a struggle for me because there really isn’t a lot I can say about Brian Lara...
Retro Respawn – Madden NFL 98 (PlayStation Version)Michael FitzgeraldMarch 14, 2017March 14, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldMarch 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Until Madden NFL 11 on the Xbox 360, I had never actually played a Madden game before. This was mostly down to the fact I didn’t...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Viva FIFAMichael FitzgeraldFebruary 23, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldFebruary 23, 2017 Once upon a time, there was a decade known as the 90s, and in the 90s there were a shedload of football/soccer games on the...
Retro Respawn – WipeoutMichael FitzgeraldAugust 2, 2016 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 2, 2016 What do you say about a game like this? I think I can say with confidence that most people in the 25-35 age bracket have...