The March ’99 announcement of the upcoming PlayStation 2 console instantly triggered a mental countdown timer for me. I knew I had to keep my finger on the proverbial pulse to ensure I could reserve one at my local EB Games store. I asked the store’s team to keep me abreast of when the PlayStation…
“PLEASE DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS SCAM SITE”. DK Oldies, an 18-year-old, family-owned business selling vintage and classic video games and hardware, was apparently hacked in the past 24 hours, with the perpetrator revealing information about the company’s controversial pricing policies. The message “F**K DKOLDIES AND THEIR SCAM” was seen by several people before…
New hack adds Hi Score S-RAM, new modes, new difficulties, & more! If you’re a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, we have some good news to share. An exciting new fan hack for the Mega Drive / Genesis title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist has just been released online, adding a bunch of…
“The Dungeon on Blood Island”. Games industry legend and Fighting Fantasy co-creator Sir Ian Livingstone has revealed that he has penned another sequel to 1984’s Deathtrap Dungeon. The original book turns 40 this year and was followed by direct sequels Trial of Champions (1986) and Armies of Death (1988). Read the full article on timeextension.com…
You can preorder the book now from Amazon. A new book focusing on Nintendo’s ill-fated stereoscopic console the Virtual Boy has just been announced and is scheduled to be released next month on May 14th. Seeing Red: Nintendo’s Virtual Boy is a new entry in MIT Press’s “Platform Studies” series (a series focusing on the…
The key to success. Accessory maker 8BitDo is releasing another mechanical keyboard, this time based on the iconic C64. The second in the company’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard series, which includes a NES / Famicom version, which we reviewed not so long ago. It’s essentially the same deal here, just with design flourishes which mimic Commodore’s…
“The speed of advancement surpassed even my expectations”. It’s doubtful that the video game world will experience a change quite as dramatic as the shift from 2D to 3D again. Within the space of just a few years 3D gaming became the norm, and the transition was so swift that it even took the legendary…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Omega ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made to these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…
Another Friday heads up for you all, as we’ve recently been told by Saberman. That the previously announced Arcade to Amiga conversion of Irem’s classic 1982 scrolling shooter of ‘Moon Patrol’, has now been teased with the first alpha download for you to play test by JOTD and n09(music). For those of you who don’t remember…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Delta ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made to these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…