A really great game including several enjoyable fake-retro games. A must have for any old-school gamer.

User Rating: 8 | Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou DS
This game has masses of potential to be a perfect game. You are sent back in time to a teenage boy's house in the 80's, where you must complete challenges on the newest games of that time. A crazy game master (which is that boy when he is older) tests your gaming abillity by starting you off with one or two simple challenges, but they will get harder as they go on. By the way, none of the games included in the game are real, they were all influenced by NES games.
Your first game is a shoot 'em up called Cosmic Gate, very similar to games such as Galaga. You simply shoot all the alien things that come towards you for points, and also shoot asteroids in bonus stages. The game is really great.
I won't spoil the games too much for you, but there is a full RPG (which I do NOT like much at all), some platformers, another shoot em up and a great racing game.
The strong points of Retro Game Challenge are the racing game and the shoot 'em ups. However, I really didn't like the RPG much. Despite being a huge fan of RPG's, this Final Fantasy influenced RPG could be good, however it doesn't fit in well with the other games, which are quick, simple and don't take too much time. However this, being an RPG of course, took a lot longer, and I found it pretty hard at times to the point that I got bored of it and stopped playing RGC.
Beside the games, there are some really cool features such as the magazines. You can browse through realistic looking gaming magazines that your friend has bought, which contain gossip on the next games you will unlock, as well as hints and cheats for the current games.
And that brings me to one last down side. The cheats. Sure, you don't HAVE to use them, however they are an official part of the game. Therefore it's like not using a power-up in Mario. Basically, they make the game you use the cheat on ridiculously easy, for example the "invinsible" cheat, and ones on the platformer that, when you die, allows you to carry on playing from where you were before.
Overall, this is a really good game, up until the RPG where you just want to skip it. But you can't. However, that could just be my dislike of the game, so don't take my word for it. But overall, this is a must have for any game who loves a bit of retro gaming.