Welcome to Retro Garden, a site dedicated to finding and reviewing classic games, offering advice on Retro Gaming, and generally providing a warm and fluffy community for gamers to find out about games and old consoles. So if you're from the generation where "Waggling your joystick in your bedroom" was not a euphemism, or are dabbling your feet in retro games to begin with, then you will hopefully find some use to this site.
Sonic the Hedgehog has gone through the mill recently with poor games, with many people blaming the fact the game it is in 3D means that it's poor. However, it's not strictly true. With the right team behind them, Sonic can make the translation into 3D, as this article from Simon Parry says. Check it out.
Although popular in Europe, the Sega Master System was remarkably popular in the Far East. Some games that were huge hits out in Japan were changed for a western taste. One such game was the game based on Fist of the North Star, which became the rather bland sounding Black Belt. In this review, Hamish Smith reviews this game, to see if it made the translation.
It was a damn shame how poorly the Sega Dreamcast did commercially, as critically it received some of the highest plaudits. In this review, Adam Vjestica reviews Power Stone on the Sega Dreamcast, check it out.
In our latest feature, Dave from Retro Gamer Japan talks his way through fixing Nintendo Controllers. Their controllers are prone to break, so to get them fixed does take a bit of work. Check out this feature.
My Hero is an odd occurance, a completely original side scrolling beat em up for the Sega Master System. With an odd feature. Want to find out what it is? New reviewer Hamish Smith reviews this Master System Classic.
Wario Ware is a mental game which defined a genre. Small mini games that main game relied on. In this review, Robbie Morrissey reviews the Game Boy iteration of the game. How does it transfer to the small screen? We found out now.
In this review, I take a look at Shock and Awe, the latest game from Derail Games. Aliens have taken over the world (again), and you and upto 3 mates can stop them in this shooter. But is it worth your money? We'll see in this review, check it out.
We have a little treat here for Retro Garden Readers. In this article, Dave from Retrogamerjapan.com will tear apart a Famicom, the Japanese equivalent of the Nintendo. He'll show you how to pull it apart in such a way that you can put it back together again. Check it out.
The Legend of Zelda has a long & confusing timeline, with plenty of the games intertwined and release dates not matching story dates. Thank goodness, therefore, for Daniel Spicer who has tried to deceipher the timeline. Check it out.
