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Retro Game Challenge

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Retro gameplay based upon the Japanese TV show GameCenter CX. A unique universe is created where the player must complete challenges by playing through all-original games with a retro style.

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Giant Bomb Review

"Retro Game Challenge has some awesome concepts behind it, but it gets painfully repetitive in spots, which throws a wet blanket on an otherwise-charming game."

— Giantbomb

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4.09/5

Average score of 11 user reviews

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A Time Capsule of Nostalgia and Cultural Transcendence

by pauljeremiah on July, 26 2023

In Retro Game Challenge for the Nintendo DS , time-honoured gaming experiences intertwine with cultural transference to deliver an enchanting journey back to the golden age of video games. This deligh… Read more

Time travel back to the Glory Days

April, 15 2011

There’s a fun television show from Japan called Game Center CX , where a comedian named Shinya Arino tries his hand at popular video games. Fans can wax nostalgic as the host plays popular titles, par… Read more

Study in the mind of a game freak.

January, 23 2010

Retro Game Challenge is about the Game Master, a man who drowned his sorrows in 8-bit video games to suppress his self-esteem issues. The levels of his party in Final Fantasy would rise inversely with… Read more

Out with the old, in with the... old?

July, 18 2009

When I think about the NES days, I remember some of my favorite gaming moments. If I sit here and try to come up with my favorite titles, over 50 different games pop into my head almost immediately. B… Read more

Rewinding the gaming clock.

by dolphin_butter on April, 12 2009

Being born in 1989, I never experienced the 8-bit era of gaming. While my collection consists of classics from Bionic Commando to Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, I never had the pleasure of walking into a sto… Read more

Very fun retro game.

April, 1 2009

This game focuses on reaching specific goals in old fashioned retro style games. The game play is simple but addictive at times and it's pretty neat how much it reminds me of my youth, although admitt… Read more

Fun, but you'd better like retro gaming.

February, 22 2009

If you like retro gaming, chances are that you got really excited when you heard about Retro Game Challenge and got even more excited when you started seeing the first media that slipped onto the 'net… Read more

The best games you've never played

February, 15 2009

Retro Game Challenge is retro gaming bliss. The best retro game collection released in decades is made up entirely of fake games, many outright clones of titles you may have grown up with. Scandal? Ha… Read more

Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou (DS) review

August, 6 2008

Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou is based on the popular Japanese video game show, Game Center CX. It stars comedian Shinya Arino who tries throughout an episode to complete a video game, typically… Read more

Game details

Name

Retro Game Challenge

Platform

Nintendo DS (Platform)

Developer

indies zero (Company)

Publisher

Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company), XSEED Games (Company)

Genre

Action (Genre), Shoot 'Em Up (Genre), Role-Playing (Genre), Driving/Racing (Genre), Minigame Collection (Genre), Adventure (Genre)

Theme

Alternate Historical (Theme)

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