In a shock move, Bethesda has announced a new add-on for DOOM and DOOM II! Developed by modder James Paddock using Ultimate Doom Builder and SLADE, the new maps are based on modding work he did in his own time in the early 2000s. Earthless: Prelude is the latest inRead More →
Crank powered, retro-feel handheld game system Playdate is finally set to launch this month when pre-orders open for the quirky device. This Thurdsay, July 29th, at 10:00 AM PDT, you’ll get the chance to secure your own Playdate, and begin imagining various uses for that handcrank. In an email toRead More →
The world of indie retro gaming continues to surprise, as this demo of the forthcoming Amiga title Super Delivery Boy demonstrates. Sporting cute 16-bit graphics, this immersive platformer is set for a full release later this year but the demo (seen here) is available now as a download from itch.io.Read More →
An incredible auction of Nintendo memorabilia took place recently, with a pristine Super Mario 64 selling for $1.56 million. The big question is: why? After all, a similarly-pristine copy of the game sold for just $13,200. The Super Mario 64 cartridge was graded Wata with a 9.8 A++ rating. ToRead More →
Evercade’s Renovation Collection 1 has been announced, a compilation of 12 games from Japanese publisher Telenet and US subsidiary Renovation. Scheduled as the first release of 2022, collection 23 is jam-packed with 16-bit games. Most interestingly, the 12 titles were never released in Europe during their original run outside ofRead More →
TikTok has been analyzed to find the most popular games on the social network – and happily plenty of retro games can be found high in the list. Top10Casinos.com used Metacritic’s official ranking of the top 100 most played games of all time, then tracked their popularity on TikiTok. GamesRead More →
Remember when Sony announced the end of the PSP store, along with the PS3, and PS Vita stores, and then backtracked? Well, the time has come. While the PS3 and PS Vita stores will survive, the PSP store’s end is here. But all is not lost. Searches of the PSPRead More →
A development-hell port of Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis has finally completed! Rewind to 1996. I’ve finished my (deferred) A-levels and it’s a long hot summer. When I’m not playing guitar or watching Euro 96, I’m playing games on an Amiga 1200 (in the midst of the home PCRead More →
It’s the question almost no one has asked: what if Lego characters could play Elite? Thanks to Twitter user @Okuboheavyind, we now know… A recent tweet demonstrated a vide of Elite running on an Adafruit QtPu and ssd1306 128×64 OLED monitor. While not a playable version, it looks superb. https://twitter.com/Okuboheavyind/status/1406146016508743685Read More →
