A few days ago, the MAME 0.274 emulator suite was released, bringing with it a powerful new feature and a host of improvements across the emulation landscape. This month’s release is headlined by the highly anticipated 64-bit ARMv8 recompiler back-end, promising significant performance gains for systems with RISC CPUs. So,Read More →
A trip out in the car yesterday unlocked a number of retro games locations in Halifax, a town in West Yorkshire that I’d somehow never been to before. The main reason for the visit was to check out the Piece Hall. A former trading post for cloth merchants, the GradeRead More →
It’s already met its target but you can still back Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the N64 Library 1996-2002 on Kickstarter. The creators of the Ultimate Nintendo series have launched a Kickstarter for a brand new book, this time looking at the Nintendo 64. Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the N64 LibraryRead More →
Rare arcade and Dreamcast title Under Defeat is now available to play on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox platforms, and Nintendo Switch. Originally released in arcades back in 2005 and later on the Dreamcast, this unique semi-isometric shooter is now available on thanks to a collaboration between Clear RiverRead More →
The Raspberry Pi Pico is the heart of potentially the smallest emulation platform. Twitter user bobricious has created a system that run Commodore 64, Atari 800, and ZX Spectrum games with a VGA output. With just a 133 MHz dual-core RP2040 processor, the sub-£5 board can be attached to aRead More →
UPDATE: Jaz Rignall’s The Games of a Lifetime is released on February 10th. The Games of a Lifetime by Julian “Jaz” Rignall is by someone well-known to British retro gaming fans . He was a regular contributor in various classic 1980s and 90s video games magazines, and revealed the forthcomingRead More →
Forget emulation and virtualization. If you’re a hardcore MS-DOS or Windows 9x gamer, you want a genuine x86 system. Forget wheezing old IBM compatibles, Time machines, Compaqs, and Gateway systems. There is an alternative: the weeCee. Essentially a single-board computer (SBC) with an SD card slot, PS/2 mouse and keyboardRead More →
A new range of European keyboard layouts is coming to the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard range. I’ve never really taken to mechanical keyboards. In fact, until the last few years, I didn’t even know they were actually a thing. As a kid my mum had a typewriter. That’s probably theRead More →
It’s been a big few weeks for Evercade, but there’s a bit of a downside to some recent excitement. Indie Heroes Collection 1 and Worms Collection 1 (Cartridges 17 and 18) have been delayed to July 30th, 2021 due to a supply issue. Furthermore, the issue also impacts restocking existingRead More →
