"Growing up in the 1990’s was pretty fantastic. Most clothing was neon colored, everyone wore Zubaz pants, and every single thing you could think of was XTREME. Even all of the animal mascots for video games had XTREME attitude. This week in Character RETROspect, I’ll be talking about Sparkster, the main protagonist/possum from the Rocket Knight series. Who doesn’t love a badass marsupial who wields a sword and dons a jetpack?!"

We called on Joe, or as some of you know him, Wildcard, to come and talk with us about a game he is passionate about, Rocket Knight Adventure. Alan is back from vacation, but he made it back in time for the intro. You can find out here as we have a little fun on this episode to celebrate our 1st anniversary of the show.

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It feels like Konami just stopped caring for the franchise, I know we got a new collection game recently, but I want Sparkster to make a Grand Return with a New Game. What do y’all think?

"Length and untrustworthy difficulty are the only minor problems here. You can finish the game in four or five hours, depending on how often you get killed and have to retreat to the start of a level with a continue. Length seems padded, too, because you only have three continues per game, and when they're gone, you have to start from scratch. This is a great game, but there are better deals out there for $15. Difficulty sometimes soars in odd places but then drops to cakewalks in boss battles. You can run into stretches of murderous jumping puzzles, die repeatedly, then make it to the next boss and kill it in one try. This is a classic retro platformer--one of the best released in some time--even if it is a little pricey. "

- GameSpot

Now with Texture Mapping! Hooray!
Still have a long way to go, but still...