Christian Cawley - Gaming Retro

PocketGo S30 Handheld Unveiled

On: December 1, 2020

Featuring SNES like D-Pad, ABXY and Start/Select buttons, the PocketGo S30 is a Chinese-built handheld gaming system that can play PS1, PSP, MAME, Dreamcast, and SNES titles. Believed to feature an A33 ARM Cortex-A7 chip with four 1.2Ghz cores and a Mali400 MP2 GPU, prototypes have 512MB of RAM. TheRead More →

Firebird Classic Booty Clone Gets Amiga Re-release: “Looty”

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 22, 2020

In: Retro Games News

Back in 1984 I was presented with my first computer, a Commodore 64, which shipped with one game: Galaxy, an adequate take on Galaxians, for £7.99. After several weeks of struggling to get past stage 3, my mum finally acquiesced and agreed to buy some extra games. The result wasRead More →

Daley Thompson’s Decathlon

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 17, 2020

In: Retro Games News

Legendary Olympian Daley Thompson is trending on social media today, so what better time to remember one of the greatest 8-bit era games of all time, Daley Thompson’s Decathlon? Released in 1984 following Thompson’s second Olympic gold medal in the 10-stage event, Daley Thompson’s Decathlon was an early success forRead More →

Half-Pint Turns Half-Life into an Escape Room Challenge

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 16, 2020

In: Retro Games News

TWHL Tower 2 is a new Half-Life mod that compresses 12.5 hours of gameplay from the original game into a series of escape room challenges. It’s a complete revision of the whole concept of the 1998 game that nevertheless looks superb. A follow-up to the collaborative mod TWHL Tower fromRead More →

Analogue Duo Console Looks Amazing, Revives PC Engine Platform

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 15, 2020

In: Retro Consoles

The Analogue Duo is a new take on the NEC PC Engine, complete with support for its key variants. Having failed to make inroads in the west against the dominance of Sega and Nintendo, PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and its CD-ROM expansions are largely unheard of outside of the retro community. WhileRead More →

Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Hacked Already

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 14, 2020

In: Retro Games News

Just hours after launch, Nintendo’s retro revival of the Game & Watch brand has been hacked! Boasting a full-colour version of Super Mario Bros., the new Game & Watch looks just like the retro LCD handhelds. There’s a D-Pad, A and B buttons, and the usual menu/start/select options. While itRead More →

Switch to the Vivaldi Browser and Play its Built-in Retro Arcade Game, Vivaldia

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 13, 2020

In: Retro Games News

The freeware cross-platform Vivaldi browser has launched an arcade-style runner game, Vivaldia, as part of Vivaldi 3.4. Built into the browser itself, the game is “set in a world where humans and technology collide, the hero of the game, Vivaldia, fights to overcome evil and claim her city back.” ARead More →

Back Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 13, 2020

In: Retro Merchandise

After launching in the 1980s, British home computer the ZX Spectrum sold 5 million units over 10 years, leaving a legacy of popular games and affordable computing. So indelible was its impact that games continue to be released 25 years after production stopped. Harking back to the days of monthlyRead More →

Radio Free Matlock’s CHIP SID Show with Max Hall

By: Christian Cawley

On: November 12, 2020

In: Retro Games News

Lovers of classic 8-bit video game music should check out the CHIP SID Show with Max Hall, a regular feature on Radio Free Matlock, a volunteer-run online radio station based in Matlock, Derbyshire. The show features a collection of 8-bit music from the Commodore 64, so if blasting out SID-basedRead More →