If you own an original PlayStation or the smaller PS1 in good condition, you probably don’t want to risk reducing its value. One way this can happen is by installing a modification chip (modchip) to enable backup discs to be played. Original PlayStations have various checks for fake game discs.Read More →
Released on November 13th 2020, the 35th Super Mario Bros edition of Nintendo Game & Watch is coming to the end of its life. Along with other celebratory products (such as Nintendo Switch collection Super Mario 3D All-Stars), it will become unavailable on March 31st 2021. Featuring Super Mario Bros, SuperRead More →
Building retro gaming systems is a great way to keep busy over a weekend. You could start with a Raspberry Pi or similar PCB and end up with a full sized gaming cabinet. Alternatively, your retro gaming project might be replacing the innards of a broken 8-bit or 16-bit computerRead More →
As Raspberry Pi based retro emulation projects go, this one takes some beating. Redditor jamhamster has squeezed a Pi Zero W into an old Boots cassette to emulate ZX Spectrum games. Released in 1982, the ZX Spectrum was insanely popular in the UK. Basically, of you didn’t have a CommodoreRead More →
A legendary name from the classic era of video gaming, David Crane, is throwing his joystick back into the ring. The Activision co-founder has formed a new retro gaming studio, Audacity Games, with Garry Kitchen and Dan Kitchen. A pioneer of the 8-bit gaming era, Crane was a driving forceRead More →
Before Sensible Soccer there was MicroProse Soccer – and it’s now available on Steam. But this isn’t the classic Commodore 64 version. Why would anyone play the DOS version? Pre-match infodump: MicroProse Soccer was a top-down football simulation on the Commodore 64. Designed by Sensible Software with graphics by JonRead More →
Back in the day, I was very much a fan of the Commodore 64 before progressing to the Amiga. Consoles were not for me – despite spending 95% of time playing games, I valued the option to stop that and explore utilities and maybe even think about programming (still atRead More →
As hinted previously, Recalbox is now including around 150 free games with Recalbox 7.1.1. These free retro and retro-style games are fully approved, with distribution rights so that you can play them on any suitable device. Now, “free” does not mean “worthless.” Some of these games are available on physicalRead More →
Ever get annoyed that you have to switch between devices to play classic games? RetroArch has a plan to change this, and it starts with “ProjectFuture” – the RetroArch Open Hardware project. The idea is simple: “with the RetroArch integration, we finally get the promise of a true cross-platform gameRead More →
