Great to see, over at 1UP, that they've started a 'Retro Roundup' for the latest classic gaming news, thanks to teh Parish - it's nice to have a good regular column for this kind of 'retro on next-gen' goodness.

As it's explained: "Each week, we'll offer you a quick synopsis of new Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade releases, an even quicker glance at individual retail (re)releases, and a look ahead at the next episode of our classic gaming podcast, Retronauts. So read on, and grab your wallet -- there's some good stuff out this week, whether you're a violent space jockey or a gentle granola-munching hippie."

The Wii Virtual Console's latest line-up is reviewed, for starters: "The Turbografx-16 had a reputation for being home to a whole lot of great shoot-em-ups, and Super Star Soldier is exactly why. It's a classic example of the type -- which means it's incredibly challenging, blazingly fast, and somehow throws more crap at you than you'd expect the hardware to be able to handle... since it's so fast, you don't really notice Virtual Console's sub-par TG16 graphical emulation. The only real drawback is the sound quality, which is embarrassingly weak."