Imagine being able to pick up a new magazine dedicated to the Nintendo Game Boy. Well, now you can – it’s GB Studio Magazine, and it’s out today. You’ll detect from the name that the mag isn’t a modern retread of classic handheld gaming – instead, it focuses on developmentRead More →
On newsstands now is Retro Gamer 247, which dedicates several pages to Outrun 2. Developed and published by Sega in 2003, Outrun 2 is the sequel to the original OutRun game released in 1986, albeit one that ignores the existence of Turbo Outrun and Outrunners. The game features high-speed racingRead More →
Team17 has announced a Worms board game that will be launching on Kickstarter this summer. Be ready to face a fusillade of holy hand grenades, exploding sheep, and rocket launchers that will obliterate kitchen, dining, and café tables across the globe, as Team17 Digital and Mantic Games have announced theirRead More →
Revisit classic TMNT arcade machines thanks to Numskull’s Quarter Arcade cabinet range. Numbskull has just revealed the latest mini arcade cabinets in their ever-growing line of Quarter Arcades. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Turtles In Time (1991) each have their own unit, and theyRead More →
One of the best magazines for retro computing right now, Pixel Addict is about to hit its 12th issue, and this time focuses on digital preservation. This month’s cover feature is dedicated to the people who preserver old media, from punch cards and magazines to floppy disks and manuals. Elsewhere,Read More →
The unmissable Amiga magazine for is available to preorder now. Quite simply my favourite magazine in the world is back for another issue on June 1st, with a collection of reviews, features, and interviews. After two years, the Amiga centric magazine also brings you its first readers survey. There’s alsoRead More →
The explosion in interest in retro gaming in recent years has unsurprisingly resulted in books joining the myriad of t-shirts, retro console remakes, documentaries, and rereleased games. Crowdfunding is a regular home for video game nostalgia, and recently fulfilled on Kickstarter is From Vultures to Vampires: 25 years of CopyrightRead More →
In the 80s and 90s, pinball machines were an essential part of any arcade. Even though the player only controls the flippers, there are dozens of moving parts in each pinball machine, and no two are alike. Nowadays, it’s much harder to find them in the wild, let alone inRead More →
A Kickstarter campaign is live for a physical book covering arcade shoot-em-ups. Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide – Shoot’ Em Up Collection Volume 1 covers 66 games across 136 pages and is planned to be the first of 4 books in the series. The Kickstarter page is full of images fromRead More →
