The Nintendo GameCube – perhaps one of the most loved consoles here at TGS, and not just because it has WindWaker & Double Dash, no, quite simply because it has the Game Boy Player, the spiritual successor to the Super Game Boy for the SNES, allowing GameCube consumers to play their handheld games on their televisions.

Reviews and Unboxing playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARvh3F8-AW9-vzs7LxLBi7fwMEP3XUen

● Connect with us on Social media ●
➜ Twitter: https://Twitter.com/GamesShed
➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Discord: https://discord.gg/KYJ9RXT

● Buy TGS Merchandise ➜ https://teespring.com/stores/the-games-shed

● Visit our Website ➜ https://www.TheGamesShed.com

Game Boy Player

The post GameCube Game Boy Player Review | Handheld games on the big screen! appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

More Than 1.5 Million Copies Downloaded

Publisher and co-developer Dotemu with co-developers Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games have announced a new patch for Streets of Rage 4 that brings almost 80 updates, bug fixes and balance changes to the game, all of which were tested by the community itself. The co-developer and publisher also revealed the title has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times.

Streets of Rage 4’s new patch brings enhancements and fixes to the game, including:

• Specials and start move can interrupt all hitstun states
• Axel has been buffed, with a faster move speed and less recovery on some moves
• Cherry has been buffed, with her flying punch from combos now being fully invincible 

The full patch notes can be found here.

“We couldn’t be happier with the reception of Streets of Rage 4. We thank the fans who have supported the game from day one – a lot of the updates in the patch enhance the replay value for folks who have been with us from the start,” Cyrille Imbert, executive producer on Streets of Rage 4, said. “Additional updates are currently in production and we’ll have more to share on that soon.”

Streets of Rage 4 is a revival of the classic beat em’ up series released in 2020 that was released earlier this spring on PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. After not seeing a release for 25 years, Streets of Rage 4 brought the series into the modern era, and received critical praise upon launch. The titlefeatured new and returning fighters, stylish hand-drawn artwork, brand new combat abilities and mechanics, retro pixel character unlocks, and a soundtrack crafted in homage to the sound and style that made the original games so popular. 
 

For more on Streets of Rage 4, visit www.streets4rage.com, 

The post Massive Streets of Rage 4 Update Now Available! appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

Did you ever wonder what happened to Fallout, actual classic Fallout? In the current days of XCOM and the great fantasy turn-based RPGs like Divinity Original Sin, Tyranny and Pillars of Eternity, the world is sorely lacking in great postapocalyptic turn-based RPGs that will have you staying awake until the wee hours before you realise you should’ve gone to bed several hours ago because you’re on morning baby duty.
‘Just a little bit more though, it won’t take that long’, I once told my wife during these evenings reviewing the game.

Hah! I woke her up at 2am as I was failing my [sneaky shit] check after playing the game for hours on end. It was a rough morning – but I still felt like it was worth the extra need to consume caffeine in the morning.. and so I had begun my journey into Wastelands 3.

Disclosure: I did not sit down with Wasteland 2 before jumping into the sequel, which I now regret in the sense that I now know I have definitely missed out, having previously had it on hold in my backlog for ages. I shall correct this mistake after I feel I’ve fully completed Wasteland 3, once solo and then again in co-op with the missus.

Creation

First things first, the character creation is a solid piece of work, offering plenty of options for different builds and playstyles, leaving options for multiple playthroughs, especially if you choose to play with character quirks enabled, allowing you to choose a permanent passive at the cost of a disadvantageous one. This may be a fun extra challenge for RPers, but I chose to abstain for my first playthrough as I’d like to familiarise myself with the game on normal difficulty first.

The game starts off introducing you to all the necessary basics of gameplay in the opening scenario, which is an introduction that shows off the at-times gruesome world you and your partner find yourselves in. Difficult choices are found everywhere, even here in the opening hour. Though, should you lack the correct skillset at the right time, you will be left with less options, possibly none, usually forcing you into a fight – this is not always desirable, especially if you, like me, end up running out of healing items due to… let’s call it for what it is, ‘overly ambitious’ choices, especially when things don’t go my way and I, setting a good example for my twins here, just refuse to accept things and go the forceful route.

Once you’ve set up camp in HQ, you’re out and about to fill it with people who can do the basic necessities for you, like a medic, mechanic and even a museum curator(!). This will come in handy for when your teammates need a respite and you can stock up on healing items or ammo for a cheaper price as your reputation with your Ranger faction increases (you will get cheaper items from other factions too as you grow closer with them as well).

Combat

Combat is well done, straightforward and realistic (for the game world), focusing on smart choices for placing your units as you advance or defend points, meaning you’ll be aiming to stay fairly covered while trying to find exploitable weaknesses in your enemy’s defenses. Grenades being the best option for when you don’t have a clear line of sight, but they’re rare and cost a decent amount of money, so I ended up using them sparingly and relying and good strategies once I got comfortable with my unit’s different skillsets and weaponry limitations.

Armor and weaponry is all moddable and only limited by your skill and what you find/can afford – this also goes for your vehicle, the Kodiak, another combat unit you will certainly want to make sure is ready and available in tougher encounters, as it has saved my hide many a time.

Story

The main story itself is simple enough, but the amount of politics and relationships between people is seeping into it so much it is a delight to behold as I move on and I start caring about which factions to side with and which I inherently oppose.

Most choices I make leave an impact on the world, usually in the way of the person I am talking to having a relationship with another somewhere else or representing a faction, which may or may not be on their own or working with another. I always feel like I have to weigh my choices before making them, to avoid unwanted outcomes. This comes to light when you may recruit certain characters who represent something that is viewed as horrible by most people or a specific faction. I.e. recruiting, instead of killing or arresting a deranged murderer to your party, makes for… ‘interesting conversation’ as the world reacts to your party members – and they react to the world around you.

The people, and by that I mean pretty much every single one of them feels distinct, are interesting and quite a few have made me laugh hard at my screen. Tiny details like a busker coming to the Downtown area of Colorado Springs, singing his songs when one of my people join in because they know the songs, being from Arizona – pure gold! This is one of those rare cases in games today that I can honestly say I’m in blatant awe of the writers of Wasteland 3. They’ve outdone themselves to the point where I can stand by my claim that this game is what a Fallout 2 sequel would have been, should it have been released in 2020, and that is a bold claim from a dinosaur like myself.

The only wish that I find worthy of mentioning is that I hoped talking to characters felt a bit more cinematic, with zooming in on the two people talking, so I could feel more immersed in the plentiful conversations the game offers. This is also why I wanted more detailed character faces, but that would only be a ‘necessity’ if the cinematic conversations were patched into the game at some point.

Summary

If you enjoy great writing, character driven stories and a dark world filled with lighthearted moments of dark humour to balance the atmosphere perfectly on the knife’s edge, this is going to be a game you will enjoy to the fullest – provided you have the time for it and you can afford to sit up later than you probably should in your daily life.

The game itself is going to be a long journey, probably around 80hrs+, but I already know, 30hrs+ in, that I’m in for the long run, because I already love my crew and I cannot wait to see which of the hundreds of different epilogue endings I get when I finish my story. It has the potential to be my Game of the Year of 2020.

•        Title – Wasteland 3
•        Genre – Squad-Based RPG
•        Modes – Single Player / Co-op!
•        Platform – PC / PlayStation® 4/ Xbox One / Xbox Game Pass
•        Setting –Post-apocalyptic frozen Colorado
•        Release – 28 August 2020

Reviewed by Kjetil S.

The post Wasteland 3 – Review appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

In today’s video I’m going to show you how to hack your Sega Mega Drive Mini using Project Lunar to add as many games onto it as it will hold! Imagine adding games like Moonwalker, Micro Machines, Fifa 95 and loads more!

Mod My Classic homepage – https://modmyclassic.com/project-lunar/

Click here to download – https://github.com/Project-Lunar/Project-Lunar-Issue-Tracker/releases/tag/1.0.5

Join TGS as a member to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7IILtphuYzsdB7OKsgGxw/join

● Previous Episode: How to mod your Playstation Classic – https://youtu.be/Saty6dLqSc4

● Mystery Episode: https://youtu.be/buP7LIDUGQo

● Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARvh3F8-AW-1La1glbrvwg1vD1IKcOGS

● Connect with us on Social media ●
➜ Twitter: https://Twitter.com/GamesShed
➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Discord: https://discord.gg/KYJ9RXT

● Buy TGS Merchandise ➜ https://teespring.com/stores/the-games-shed

The post How to Soft Mod your Mega Drive Mini | Project Lunar 1.0.5 appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

Yesterday at 9pm BST we finally got a look at some of the forthcoming PS5 Game. A random assortment of indie and triple A titles spanning all sorts of genres.

We’ve collated every PS5 Game trailer for you to have a look at in case you missed the event.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Gran Turismo 7

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Project Athia

Stray

Returnal

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Destruction AllStars

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Goodbye Volcano High

Oddworld: Soulstorm

GhostWire: Tokyo

JETT: The Far Shore

Godfall

Hitman 3

Astro’s Playroom

Little Devil Inside

NBA 2K21

Bugsnax

Demon’s Souls

Resident Evil Village (8)

Pragmata

DEATHLOOP

Solar Ash

GTA V

Horizon Forbidden West (HZD2)

The post Every PS5 Game Trailer appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

Easy tutorial to modify your PlayStation Classic so you can load new games onto the system and also play games from other retro consoles like the SNES and Mega Drive.

Here’s what you need:

● PS Classic – https://amzn.to/2RrW3Xy
● Sandisk 32GB USB 2.0 Stick – https://amzn.to/2RpcvrJ
● Project Eris Website – https://modmyclassic.com/project-eris/

Join TGS as a member to get access to perks including early viewing of videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7IILtphuYzsdB7OKsgGxw/join

● Previous Episode: Bleemsync 1.1 – https://youtu.be/8E1JvVKwMco
● Mystery Episode: https://youtu.be/8e3_v0-ghUQ
● Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARvh3F8-AW_vrmJbfuewKyE9N2ltjpUh

● Connect with us on Social media ●
➜ Twitter: http://Twitter.com/GamesShed
➜ Instagram: http://instagram.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Discord: https://discord.gg/KYJ9RXT

● Buy TGS Merchandise ●
➜ https://teespring.com/stores/the-games-shed

The post How to mod your PS Classic using Project Eris | Fresh Install 0.9.5 Tutorial appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

In todays video I bring you a brand new First 15 and this time its 15 minutes of Streets of Rage 4 gameplay.

Join TGS as a member to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7IILtphuYzsdB7OKsgGxw/join

Parental Advisory – May Contain Strong Language

● Previous Episode: https://youtu.be/TRetuA36G50
● Mystery Episode: https://youtu.be/eO3cDpYmMXU
● Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARvh3F8-AW9rDqQ9nwdlAvpHsU4e66qK

● Connect with us on Social media ●
➜ Twitter: http://Twitter.com/GamesShed
➜ Instagram: http://instagram.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGamesShed
➜ Discord: https://discord.gg/KYJ9RXT

● Buy TGS Merchandise ●
➜ https://teespring.com/stores/the-games-shed

The post Video – Streets Of Rage 4 – The First 15 minutes of Gameplay appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

The Evercade from Blaze Entertainment is a cartridge-based handheld Retro Games console that also allows you to play on your TV via mini HDMI. A selection of games are included on each of the 10 available cartridges including classics such as Pac Man, Earthworm Jim, Battle Chess and loads more!

Grab yourself an Evercade from Funstock – https://funstock.co.uk/collections/evercade-bundles

Visit https://www.evercade.co.uk/ for more information

**Please note – We were sent over this Evercade bundle from Blaze for review purposes, this video was not a paid for promotion**

● Previous Episode: Not For Broadcast Highlights – https://youtu.be/buP7LIDUGQo

● Mystery Episode: https://youtu.be/KNGFcLGIXkk

● Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARvh3F8-AW-kEYKVgcgwyDMp42DSG4Fg

The post Evercade Unboxing & First Impressions – Full package – All 10 Cartridges! appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

To summarise Moving Out is fairly easy, but to convey the delight the game brings is far, far harder.

A brand new multiplayer co-op cutesy time based move-em-up sees you simply empty houses, restaurants, offices etc. of furniture and such and fill up a removal van with the aforementioned goods. Of course there is a catch – that catch is physics.
You can get your furniture into the van from the property in any way that works within the parameters given. You can throw the items out of the window onto the pavement beside the van, you can run the objects directly to the door of the property to then fling them into the van from the roadside, or you can be systematic and careful, placing objects delicately in the van. All this whilst keeping an eye on a countdown timer – giving a GOLD, SILVER or BRONZE time award. I mentioned physics, and there is a good reason, you see, you can obviously fling a box of crockery fairly far, but they will break, so you’ll probably want to be cautious about these items, you’ll also not get very far trying to sling a sofa anywhere. Moving Out will have you devising complex strategies on the fly whilst frantically tearing about picking up toasters and telly’s, knocking over gnomes and jumping through windows.

The one thing this game really does nail is those physics, and there they really come into play and where the heart of the game sits is in co-op play. Trying to communicate a 2-person lifting job of an L-shaped sofa around a tiny apartment, down some stairs, around a corner and into an already near-full van will cause arguments and hilarity in equal measure. You move left, your co-op partner moves right, you move back, they move forward.. the slightest misstep and you will find yourself wedged and the timer will rapidly deplete leaving your score to vanish before your very eyes, along with your marriage / friendship. Moving Out is the perfect example of a pick-up-and-play game. A game which anyone who can navigate a controller will instantly be able to play and become an expert at. Hardly any guidance will be needed, the game is about as user friendly as they come. My wife was barking instructions at me within a handful of seconds of play time, telling me what I was doing wrong, what I should be doing, what her strategy was (meaning our strategy, obviously) and how we should pack the truck for maximum speed and efficiency.

The game is delightful, simple and fun in equal measure and rightly so being called the next Overcooked.

8/10 – Simply brilliant co-op gaming.

Out 28 April 2020 £19.99 / €24.99 / $29.99 for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

The post Moving Out – Review appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.

Let me tell you, I’m not a fan of humble pie. I don’t like to eat my words, either. Admitting I was wrong isn’t a speciality. Today I feel I must. And this article is me doing just that.

4 weeks prior to launching the Nintendo Switch in January 2017, I released a video on our YouTube channel entitled “The Great Nintendo Switch Nope!” in which I bad-mouthed Nintendo’s forthcoming system and their many odd business decisions.

I said I was dubious about the hardware specs having been kept a secret, the line-up of games announced, the 3rd party developer roster, the paid for subscription model (which, please note – as of Jan 2017 was meant to have included SNES games too, it still does not – but that’s an issue for another day) and the price of the console and bits and pieces to get you up and running (the console, a game, a pro controller and a case all setting you back over £400).
I clearly stated I’d not be pre-ordering a Switch, but I would be buying one. Well, exactly two years have passed since I made that video, so I thought it would be fun to revisit those thoughts and see just how wrong (or right) I was.

Straight out of the gate I want to tell you, the Nintendo Switch is my current favourite gaming device. I have a PlayStation 4, I have an Xbox One, I have a very powerful and up-to-date gaming PC, I have all the mini consoles and I have a multitude of other gaming devices, such as a GPD XD, a Raspberry Pi (with RetroPie), a GPD Win and most mainstream and a fair few more obscure systems besides. The Nintendo Switch is my favourite gaming device as of exactly a month and a half ago in December 2018. I’ve owned my Nintendo Switch since January 2017. I kept my word. I didn’t pre-order. Mark here at TGS pre-ordered several, thinking there would be stock shortage, as so often is the case with Nintendo products. I bought one of his the week of launch at face value.

As I sit here and write these thoughts I can very clearly hear Mark saying “I told you so” in relation to him reading this article – for the very same reason I mention at the very start of my Nintendo Nope video. Mark would buy a turd if it had the Nintendo Seal of Quality on it. The reason I am in love with my Switch is all because of Mark. Not because he pestered me into loving it. Not because it’s all he ever talks about. Not because it’s all he ever streams on our live streams. In fact, I honestly don’t think I’ve ever actually seen Mark streaming his Switch. Nor does he really go on about it too much. He’s still a huge Nintendo fan, but more recently he’s actually started bad-mouthing certain practices of theirs, to a degree I’ve never seen from him.
The reason Mark is to blame for my Nintendo Switch love is one simple sentence about 6 months ago – “Remember to take your Switch with you. It’s going to be a long day“.

I travel loads for work. Just back in September I was over in Sydney, Australia. Flight time: 23hrs each way (inc a painful 7 hour layover in Singapore). Plenty of Nintendo Switch time. I took my Switch. I played it on the outbound and home legs.
I’d not played my Switch too much up until that point, having been devastated with not enjoying either Breath of the Wild or Mario Odyssey (If you fancy hearing my moans about either of those games, either drop me a tweet, or catch me on a livestream, my ranting on these games is too long to go into right now). Having blown off a literal layer of dust on my Switch I got stuck into Azure Reflections, a fantastic shmup. I enjoyed this, but not to any degree that I thought the Switch was the best thing since sliced bread. When I was in Australia I bought a Switch cart – South Park: The Fractured But Whole. I played about 4 hours of this on the return flight to London. Again, very enjoyable, but not the cup of tea I craved. Back went the Switch, into its dock – where it would stay until exactly the 13th of December 2018.

“Remember to take your Switch with you. It’s going to be a long day“. I heard this as I headed out the door with a bag packed with portable battery, Lucozade, Dextro energy tablets, massage oil, a huge rubber ball, an iPad heaving with films, a portable speaker, an iPod, some essential oils, some jaffa cakes, a couple of pairs of pants and some new socks. Grabbing my Switch, my wife and I headed to the Royal Free hospital in North London. It was December 13th 2018. It was time for my wife to give birth to our child.

In hospital the birthing process took about 3 days for baby to arrive. This was due to a number of factors, all of which far too gory and unnecessary for this piece, but just know, I was there throughout and my bed was an armchair. By about 2am on the first night I’d finally run out of people to WhatsApp and magazines to read, so I delved into my bag of goodies for my Nintendo Switch. I had nothing on it I fancied playing so I visited the store. The Royal Free has wifi, so I was good to go. I bought Ikaruga. Another shmup. The Switch does shmups very well and there isn’t really a better one than Ikaruga. I then bought the Archives version of Donkey Kong. Then Sonic. Then Windjammers, Blazing Star, Shikhondo, Resident Evil Revelations and Puyo Puyo Tetris. I’d gone mad with nostalgia. I’d realised that the Switch is the perfect platform to play classic games. So what if it isn’t the most powerful system, it can play games I love. I can play them whilst slumped in an armchair at 4am in a room full of women who are in agony. I bought Gunbird, R-Type Dimensions & Pang Adventures. My thirst for classic franchises has carried on. I signed up to the Nintendo Online Service. I now have over 30 NES titles. I played Ninja Gaiden & Dr. Mario way into the early hours, exclaiming “FUUUCCCKK” multiple times – which ironically was how I ended up in this room in the first place.

Fast forward several days and it’s dawned on me. I am a father now. Baby takes up a lot of time. Baby needs me, quite a lot more than I thought was possible. Gaming instances have become fleeting and far between. I’ve realised that now more than ever is when the Switch will shine. I keep my Switch docked, therefore charging, all the time. It’s hooked up so it plays through my PC monitor via an AverMedia capture card. This means that, because my PC is always on, if I get a few minutes to myself, I’ll no doubt be on my PC, checking e-mails or trying to work on a YouTube video, but I might just fancy some fullscreen gaming. I turn on the Switch and within seconds I’m up and running. I’m blasting ships in R-Type or looking for the long straight piece in PuyoPuyo Tetris, or hunting for that last Yoshi coin on a level long since completed in Super Mario U Deluxe. The Switch allows me to console game in seconds and flick between all the games I love. If I hear baby stir, I can undock the console and sit in the same room as baby, continuing my game, seamlessly. It’s a dream come true. Half the time baby falls back asleep within a couple of minutes. I can carry on in handheld mode or just slap it back in the dock and go full screen. It is joyful.

My 2019 most anticipated games outlook would have been filled with the likes of the huge triple A titles, had you asked me a few months ago, but now I more often than not get overly excited when hearing about the next classic game to be heading to Switch. Most recently it was the news of GRID Autosport which absolutely floored me. This is one of my most beloved games ever, let alone beloved racing games.

I guess pre-Switch, I was expecting a console which doubled as a handheld. On par with the Xbox One, to play huge titles by Activision and Ubisoft, which, if charging for an online service, should have an offering fitting with on ongoing financial outlay. What I got, was a handheld, which doubled as a console, on par with.. well, nothing really, which charges for a service I didn’t know I wanted, but am quite happy to keep paying for as I love the nostalgia.

Nintendo has a crafty way of getting you to pay for things you already own. They’ve done it time and time again with the Virtual Console – I bought the games originally on the NES, then on SNES compendiums, then DS, Wii, 3DS, now Switch, but this time, I don’t mind nearly as much, because they are making me buy 3rd party titles. If they had a Virtual Console on Switch I’d 100% be spending a fortune on Nintendo games I already own, but for a reason no one is really sure of, other than those crazy people at Nintendo HQ, Virtual Console just isn’t coming.

In short, I never expected to love the Switch. I knew it’d have that Nintendo charm. I thought I knew I’d love the first party titles. In fairness, I don’t love the first party titles this generation (I was gifted Smash this Christmas, I’ve pumped dozens of hours into that, and still don’t get the hype). Yet, even without the first party love I expected to give, it still has that mystical Nintendo wonder about it. I’m playing those third party gems I’ve loved on systems of yesteryear. I’m playing indie smash hits from the last five years. I’m playing arcade oddities I’ve only read about in gaming history books. And I’m doing all of this on the toilet, or on a screen – be it a PC monitor or my 49″ 4K, or on the commute to a far-flung land.

I love my Switch. I’m sorry I doubted it. I’m sorry I left it for the best part of a year and a half in its dock, collecting dust. I’m sorry I paid £50 for Mario Odyssey, when I could have got 5 to 10 timeless classics I’d only played in the retro zone’s of various gaming expos. I’m sorry I thought the 3rd party developer support was likely to be poor. What I’m not sorry for, is actually taking Mark’s advice, probably for the first time in the 20 or so years we’ve known each other.

“Remember to take your Switch with you. It’s going to be a long day”

Thanks Mark.

Love,

Jamie

The post The Nintendo Switch – My new BFF (How I f*cked up) appeared first on The Games Shed | Retro & Modern Gaming.