A beta release for Amico HomeTM is available to try now on Android, putting an Intellivision Amico into your pocket. If you’d thought all hope was lost for the Intellivision Amico, you might be surprised to learn that the new Amico HomeTM app offers the Amico gaming experience on AndroidRead More →
A Raspberry Pi and Greaseweazle floppy drive adapter can be used together to read and image Amiga disks. Pulling an old Amiga 1200 out of a box and hoping it will work is always worrying. If it turns out the board is ruined (sub-standard capacitors were used on original A1200s,Read More →
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of a very important British computer. The Acorn Electron celebrated its 40th birthday on August 25th, ,marking four decades since its release at an astonishing £199, around £700 in modern terms. (For comparison, a Commodore 64 in 1983 would set you back around £300.)Read More →
It’s been over a year since Retro Games Ltd wished the ZX Spectrum a happy 40th anniversary while teasing a new mini system. Naturally, everyone assumed that a ZX Spectrum Mini was on the cards. But at the time of writing, 16 months later, nothing has happened. In fact, theRead More →
Slightly rare titles like a Pokemon Limited Edition game are going for absolutely silly money on eBay. The used market for retro games is a fluid, ever-changing landscape where our childhood memories can be worth anything from pennies to thousands of pounds. The latter certainly holds true for an eBayRead More →
Think the number of classic games you can play on current systems is good? Think again – we’re missing a lot of old titles. A recent study undertaken this month has highlighted the concerning ordeal of retro video games becoming increasingly difficult to obtain or access. We already know thatRead More →
I’m not saying it was the greatest computer of all time, but the fact the Amiga cart for Evercade has reached #40 in the UK games chart should not be ignored. Ithad its share of turkeys, bu the computer was pushed to the limit by certain developers, Team17 among them.Read More →
Perhaps the best thing about the Evercade platform is that the physical cartridges come in old-school-style cases. The problem with that, however, is that it’s pretty hard to find Evercade carts in the shops. Why is this? Why must I wait for an unreliable Amazon delivery (it has a poorRead More →
No one needs to navigate a wall of PlayStation controllers hanging on a hook. Retro gaming stores are the visible side of the renaissance in old arcade, computer, and console games. Yet they invariably look like a bomb has just gone off. Carts and discs strewn in glass cabinets (alongsideRead More →
