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crowdfunder

Open-source FPGA recreation of the Game Boy crowdfunding

2025-08-28
By: Christian Cawley
On: August 28, 2025
In: Retro Consoles, Retro hardware

A brand new open-source FPGA recreation of the Nintendo Game Boy, GBC, and GBA is currently looking for funding on Crowd Supply. Game Boy style handhelds are ten-a-penny these days. If it’s not a reconditioned and seriously souped-up Game Boy, it’s an emulation unit, or a DIY Game Boy withRead More →

Retro-esque platformer Necrofugitive is now on Kickstarter

2025-07-16
By: Christian Cawley
On: July 16, 2025
In: Retro games news

Aiming for PC and console release, Necrofugitive has great retro style graphics and is inches from its Kickstarter target! Launched a couple of weeks ago on Kickstarter, Necrofugitive looks like the sort of game you really want to play, regardless of what playform it is on. Developed by four-piece teamRead More →

This Time Crisis AI lightgun looks like a must-buy

2025-06-04
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 4, 2025
In: Retro merchandise

Launching soon as a Kickstarter, the Time Crisis AI lightgun is one of several similar devices that are promising to revolutionize FPS games. Like many people my age, I had a job when I was younger. Post college, I worked in a few local pubs, and had a misguided fancyRead More →

NES-ential Celebration

Back The NES-ential Celebration, a tasty looking book on Kickstarter

2025-06-03
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 3, 2025
In: Retro merchandise

If you owned a Nintendo Entertainment System console in the 1980s or early 90s, The NES-ential Celebration might be the tribute book for you. Here’s a fact that regularly baffles Americans: hardly anyone in the UK owned a console until the SEGA Mega Drive came out. While a few outliersRead More →

UrbX Warriors

Back UrbX Warriors: New original game for the Spectrum Next

2025-05-26
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 26, 2025
In: Retro games news

80s/90s game development legends Tony Warriner and Stoo Cambridge are collaborating on UrbX Warriors, launching on May 28th as a Kickstarter. The game is planned to release on the Spectrum Next and PC. I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, although I can’t really think of any that I’ve backed thatRead More →

Echoes of the Unread

Echoes of the Unread 8-bit adventure Kickstarter hits target!

2025-05-22
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 22, 2025
In: Retro games news

Mega Cat Studios and Clever Cat Games are producing a non-feline 8-bit adventure, Echoes of the Unread. The Kickstarter has launched, and already hit its £11,173 target in just 24 hours since launch. But while those 185 backers should feel pretty pleased about the prospect of a digital copy orRead More →

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