For years, transistor-based tech covered in wood failed to look awesome or retro or steampunk, instead looking cheap. In most cases, the words “school woodworking project” would be an apt description. Which brings us neatly to ANBERNIC’s RG351V, a forthcoming retro handheld… Inside the wooden chassis (there seems to beRead More →
More evidence that the Nintendo Switch is the best option for retro gaming this week, with the announcement of four classic Nintendo titles heading to Switch Online. SNES titles Psycho Dream, Doomsday Warrior (both 1992), Prehistorik Man (1995) and NES game Fire & Ice (aka Soloman’s Key 2 from 1992)Read More →
The choice for retro gaming enthusiasts continues to expand, with devices available in virtually all form factors. While some prefer authenticity over playability, others are attempting to take retro gaming to a whole new level: atomic. One example is microByte from Byte-Mix Labs. Launched on CrowdSupply, the microByte basic versionRead More →
Leak of GoldenEye 007 for XBLA. This version will run on Xenia or a modded Xbox 360 console. Many video game rumours remain just that. The titles never got off the drawing board or perhaps a few levels were coded before the plug was pulled. Some get stuck in developmentRead More →
Turrican Flashback is finally here, bundling four classic Turrican versions into one for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. I could literally write all day about Turrican. Discovering its astounding graphics in Zzap!64 back in 1990, I resolved to buy it as soon as possible. It’s hard to underline this 30 plusRead More →
In 1990 Rainbow Arts, Probe Software, The Code Monkeys, and Factor 5 welcomed you to Turrican. A stunning parallax scrolling arcade shooter with a tremendous range of weapons, immense playability, striking music, and – especially in the case of the then 8-year-old C64 – stunning graphics, Turrican and its sequelsRead More →
Recent checks show that this partnership has ended, along with Plex Arcade. Original article follows. Media streaming service Plex has launched a new retro game streaming platform, Plex Arcade. Featuring classic Atari titles and streaming games from your own media server to any compatible device, Plex Arcade extends Plex’s alreadyRead More →
A Commodore 64 playing the first scene between Harrison Ford’s Deckard and Sean Young’s Rachel in Blade Runner? Well, sort of. As uploader Hakon Soreide explains: What if the movie Blade Runner was made for running on a Commodore 64, each frame made up only of the standard character set,Read More →
YouTuber ETA Prime has shared some leaked news about upcoming Raspberry Pi-based retro handheld systems from ExperimentalPi. These include a Gameboy-esque Raspberry Pi 4 system, and a Gameboy Advance-like Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4-based unit. Joining the existing PiBoy DMG kits, the devices look promising, if a little bulky. PiBoyRead More →
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