RetroMartin
@retromartin.bsky.social
Retro gaming, modern gaming, films and music. Owner of the #MegaDriveChallenge and a YT channel - https://youtube.com/@theretromartin?si=KVeE-M2A7sd09JPz
Tonights completion - Heavy Nova for the #MegaCD This has TODAY been converted to work on PAL & NTSCU consoles so I'm the first person to finish it in 50hz on a stock machine (wow...what an achievement...😂) A launch title for the machine, it's...badly made but some GREAT ideas & music.
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tonights completion - Heavy Nova for the #MegaCD This has TODAY been converted to work on PAL & NTSCU consoles so I'm the first person to finish it in 50hz on a stock machine (wow...what an achievement...😂) A launch title for the machine, it's...badly made but some GREAT ideas & music.
Loved coming home from work at near 0200 to a parcel containing my Evercade VS I finally snagged. Looking forward to getting it setup and seeing how good it is tomorrow (well...today!)
September 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Loved coming home from work at near 0200 to a parcel containing my Evercade VS I finally snagged. Looking forward to getting it setup and seeing how good it is tomorrow (well...today!)
My latest pickups. Shinobi is in excellent condition and Assault Suit Leynos 2 is a fun little game on the Saturn though can be a bit too tough for its own good at times! The release has the usual helpful modern bells and whistles such as rewinding and saving but otherwise is just an emulated port.
August 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
My latest pickups. Shinobi is in excellent condition and Assault Suit Leynos 2 is a fun little game on the Saturn though can be a bit too tough for its own good at times! The release has the usual helpful modern bells and whistles such as rewinding and saving but otherwise is just an emulated port.
My copy of ZPF (+ Soundtrack) has turned up for the #MegaDrive This is going to be great fun to get stuck into, especially with 4 days off coming up!
June 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My copy of ZPF (+ Soundtrack) has turned up for the #MegaDrive This is going to be great fun to get stuck into, especially with 4 days off coming up!
Today through the door - some 8 and 16-bit Indie goodness! Sadly had to open at work so won't get to play them until Monday but glad they're here.
#MasterSystem
#MegaDrive
#MasterSystem
#MegaDrive
June 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today through the door - some 8 and 16-bit Indie goodness! Sadly had to open at work so won't get to play them until Monday but glad they're here.
#MasterSystem
#MegaDrive
#MasterSystem
#MegaDrive
Had loads of fun at #RetroFest running at the STEAM Museum in Swindon with Swindon Museum if Computing. Was wowing people with a Chinese Famicom Clone & a BBC Micro and there was some great stuff such as running Ceefax, console mods, a dial up internet system, and more. Will be back for more Sunday.
May 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Had loads of fun at #RetroFest running at the STEAM Museum in Swindon with Swindon Museum if Computing. Was wowing people with a Chinese Famicom Clone & a BBC Micro and there was some great stuff such as running Ceefax, console mods, a dial up internet system, and more. Will be back for more Sunday.
#MegaDriveChallenge scores for Xenocrisis from BitmapBureau
Just 3 entrant which has allowed me to screenshot the scores!
@hadyn79.bsky.social - 87,103
@johnbunday.bsky.social - 224,154
@retromartin.bsky.social - 337,954
Some excellent efforts lads and heres to the next challenge coming soon!
Just 3 entrant which has allowed me to screenshot the scores!
@hadyn79.bsky.social - 87,103
@johnbunday.bsky.social - 224,154
@retromartin.bsky.social - 337,954
Some excellent efforts lads and heres to the next challenge coming soon!
May 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#MegaDriveChallenge scores for Xenocrisis from BitmapBureau
Just 3 entrant which has allowed me to screenshot the scores!
@hadyn79.bsky.social - 87,103
@johnbunday.bsky.social - 224,154
@retromartin.bsky.social - 337,954
Some excellent efforts lads and heres to the next challenge coming soon!
Just 3 entrant which has allowed me to screenshot the scores!
@hadyn79.bsky.social - 87,103
@johnbunday.bsky.social - 224,154
@retromartin.bsky.social - 337,954
Some excellent efforts lads and heres to the next challenge coming soon!
Tonight's completion is Wonder Dog for the #MegaCD My first completion of the game. Not great but not bad either. Definitely an Amiga-style game though! Quite tough in places but the bosses aren't especially hard.
April 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Tonight's completion is Wonder Dog for the #MegaCD My first completion of the game. Not great but not bad either. Definitely an Amiga-style game though! Quite tough in places but the bosses aren't especially hard.
Now is this your German voice or your Scottish one? 😉
April 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Now is this your German voice or your Scottish one? 😉
I fished out my old early 90s (roughly 1992 i got this) age 5-6 #SonicTheHedgehog waistcoat and bowtie that are still immaculate but clearly don't fit me anymore. However here it is for everybody to enjoy a little 90s nostalgia! The label tells us my folks got it from Marks & Spencers!
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I fished out my old early 90s (roughly 1992 i got this) age 5-6 #SonicTheHedgehog waistcoat and bowtie that are still immaculate but clearly don't fit me anymore. However here it is for everybody to enjoy a little 90s nostalgia! The label tells us my folks got it from Marks & Spencers!
Slowly catching up on the franchise with a completion of #Yakuza 6. Thoroughly enjoyed it with lots of drama and good fights. Zero is still my favourite so far. I've just started Ishin and want to continue Judgement before I start Yakuza Like a Dragon
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Slowly catching up on the franchise with a completion of #Yakuza 6. Thoroughly enjoyed it with lots of drama and good fights. Zero is still my favourite so far. I've just started Ishin and want to continue Judgement before I start Yakuza Like a Dragon
Latest Japan pickup. Two mostly #MegaDrive centric soundtracks courtesy of Wave Master music. The MegaDrive Last Action Heroes CD with Pulseman, Ristar, Virtua Racing & Comix Zone and the Golden Axe set with every arcade and 16/32bit game music within. Cracking stuff!
February 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Latest Japan pickup. Two mostly #MegaDrive centric soundtracks courtesy of Wave Master music. The MegaDrive Last Action Heroes CD with Pulseman, Ristar, Virtua Racing & Comix Zone and the Golden Axe set with every arcade and 16/32bit game music within. Cracking stuff!
Now this is a very exciting box turned up today! I wonder what it is? 😂
February 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now this is a very exciting box turned up today! I wonder what it is? 😂
Ladies and gents I give you Tempo (US/JP only) converted for PAL via this handy repro on the #32X
I really enjoy the series all round! Now if only my 32x was less temperamental.
I really enjoy the series all round! Now if only my 32x was less temperamental.
February 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ladies and gents I give you Tempo (US/JP only) converted for PAL via this handy repro on the #32X
I really enjoy the series all round! Now if only my 32x was less temperamental.
I really enjoy the series all round! Now if only my 32x was less temperamental.
Bar the epilogue (which I've started so I could save it to do tomorrow) that's the main game of #LUNAR Eternal Blue completed on the #MegaCD Absolutely phenomenal game with a cracking cast. Some tough fights and very mazey dungeons but overall a brilliant JRPG experience.
January 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I wouldn't say I took care so much as got lucky they didn't get trashed. S&K I broke the box day 1 as it was fiddly to open. Wasn't happy! It certainly pales next to my collection nowadays (pic is outdated as I have a few more than that now!)
January 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I wouldn't say I took care so much as got lucky they didn't get trashed. S&K I broke the box day 1 as it was fiddly to open. Wasn't happy! It certainly pales next to my collection nowadays (pic is outdated as I have a few more than that now!)
We've had crossover fighters but have we had many crossover shooters? Well TAITO & SEGA have busted out the crossover with DariusBurst CS Core Taito & Sega pack, featuring ships from Night Strikers, Galaxy Force, Fantasy Zone & more with included stages/music!
#STG
#SHMUP
@bloggospow.bsky.social
#STG
#SHMUP
@bloggospow.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We've had crossover fighters but have we had many crossover shooters? Well TAITO & SEGA have busted out the crossover with DariusBurst CS Core Taito & Sega pack, featuring ships from Night Strikers, Galaxy Force, Fantasy Zone & more with included stages/music!
#STG
#SHMUP
@bloggospow.bsky.social
#STG
#SHMUP
@bloggospow.bsky.social
Apart from my copy of Quackshot which got sold when I loaned it to my cousin's, I have every single MegaDrive game I had as a kid still CIB on my shelf.
My collection as a kid is below (minus S&K which I still have but the box is trash)
My collection as a kid is below (minus S&K which I still have but the box is trash)
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Apart from my copy of Quackshot which got sold when I loaned it to my cousin's, I have every single MegaDrive game I had as a kid still CIB on my shelf.
My collection as a kid is below (minus S&K which I still have but the box is trash)
My collection as a kid is below (minus S&K which I still have but the box is trash)
Tonight's game is #GameArts Dinosaur Island for the #SegaSaturn which effectively feels like a spiritual follow up to Yumimi Mix. Whilst it's untranslated just watching it is utterly mental it can be and quite amusing. It's fun to see Angie Ito is just Sakurako Sakurazaki 2 😂
January 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tonight's game is #GameArts Dinosaur Island for the #SegaSaturn which effectively feels like a spiritual follow up to Yumimi Mix. Whilst it's untranslated just watching it is utterly mental it can be and quite amusing. It's fun to see Angie Ito is just Sakurako Sakurazaki 2 😂
Well I enjoyed the game, so I checked out the D-1 Devastator anime. I enjoyed the 1st ep despite being untranslated but the general plot could be followed with visual elements. Coming from Takara there's a bit of Diaclone/#Transformers vibes. A bit fan-service in areas, but fun!
January 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well I enjoyed the game, so I checked out the D-1 Devastator anime. I enjoyed the 1st ep despite being untranslated but the general plot could be followed with visual elements. Coming from Takara there's a bit of Diaclone/#Transformers vibes. A bit fan-service in areas, but fun!
I haven't actually watched Home Alone in so many years. Keep wanting to watch with the kids (still vetoed by the wife 😭) So tonights film is Home Alone! Absolute classic and one of my favourite films as a kid.
December 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
I haven't actually watched Home Alone in so many years. Keep wanting to watch with the kids (still vetoed by the wife 😭) So tonights film is Home Alone! Absolute classic and one of my favourite films as a kid.
My first proper attempt at the #MegaDriveChallenge with Sol Deace 57,468. Stage 3 is insane with how many enemies fly at you. If you lose your power ups you are screwed. Can't believe I used to complete this no problem 😂
December 18, 2024 at 9:59 PM
My first proper attempt at the #MegaDriveChallenge with Sol Deace 57,468. Stage 3 is insane with how many enemies fly at you. If you lose your power ups you are screwed. Can't believe I used to complete this no problem 😂