Hello there! Okay, get ready for what is – I think – the biggest retro gaming news roundup we’ve done to date. Since last week’s news mailout, we’ve had the details about The Spectrum leaked and confirmed, and that’s not even biggest news. I was at a wedding in LondonRead More →
It’s not often we get retro gaming news of such gravity that it completely disrupts the newsletter, but this week, we have. As previously reported, Retro Games Ltd has pushed back the planned full sized Amiga 500 release. Various products were suggested as being likely insertions, and it seems thatRead More →
Hello! If this is your first GamingRetro newsletter, this midweek edition attempts to deliver all of the weekly retro gaming news so far, with the left overs squeezed into the weekend edition. These newsletters rarely pan out as planned. There I was, planning to get all excited about the potentialRead More →
This weekend seems to have rushed by, and while I don’t have the review ready that I’d hoped to have for you, I have a look at retro arcade gaming in seaside towns, specifically Whitby. Table of Contents Whitby’s Funland Amusements After Burner Climax The other retro arcade games RetroRead More →
Hello! I hope you’re doing well and your favourite retro games are as enjoyable as ever. I was all set to fire this email off when I discovered some late retro gaming news (it’s incredible how much there is these days!) so I’ve had to rework a bit of itRead More →
A number of new DOOM releated releases have landed in the past few days, thanks to QuakeCon, which is taking place this weekend. First up, DOOM + DOOM 2 is a new collection with enhanced versions of the first two games. They’ve been ported to the KEX Engine (previously doneRead More →
It has been announced that Virtual GP and Thunderhell – both by Paolo Cattani – are available on the A600GS, the new Amiga revival system from AmigaKit. Virtual GP (aka Virtual Grand Prix) was first released in 1999. It has an astonishing 3D engine developed by Cattani, and was intendedRead More →
Could Gordon Freeman’s services be called upon again? Almost certainly, if the Half-Life 3 rumours are anything to go by… I never imagined I’d ever be writing about Half-Life 3 in anything but wistful tones. Thoughts of a game that never was, of lost opportunities. Of a story unfinished. YetRead More →
A cool looking Android handheld for retro gaming and a bunch of retro game announcements, just for you… Barely an hour goes by without some new retro gaming news dropping into my inbox. It really is incredible that games and systems released up to 50 years ago are still generatingRead More →
