An exciting development for fans of PlayStation 2 retro gamers: over 750 demos and prototypes have been uploaded to the Internet Archive. Described by archivers Hidden Palace as “a project so massive it practically eclipses everything that we’ve tackled up until this point” the Project Deluge collection is made upRead More →
It’s not often you see a new retro game that gets you excited for a particular era, but Electrobots from 0xC0DE has certainly done that for me. With graphics from the great mid 80s era of Acorn/BBC Micro gaming, Electrobots looks great. The year is 4096. 3 Electrobots are searchingRead More →
Limited Run Games confirms that it is releasing a 3,500-unit run of SEGA’s Astro City Mini Arcade retro console for the US market. Offering a collection of 36 classic SEGA arcade games, the Astro City Mini Arcade is a mini version of the full sized Astro City Arcade cabinets. ItRead More →
If you need your Nintendo 3DS repaired, you might be hard pressed to find the right parts because, following Nintendo’s announcement that it would stop supporting original 3DS, 3DS LL, and XL models, the company has actually sold out of spare parts. At least, in Japan. Nonetheless, this means thatRead More →
Check out the world’s smallest ever N64 – as verified by Guinness World Records! Following limited releases of smaller versions of the NES and SNES, fans have been begging for a similar re-release of the much-loved Nintendo 64; alas, the company seems reluctant to do so Gunnar Turnquist from WalthamRead 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 →
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 →
