When it comes to cheap yet worthwhile Atari 2600 games, the usual suspects like Asteroids, Missile Command, and Space Invaders tend to dominate the conversation. And for good reason: they’re iconic, easy to find, and still offer plenty of arcade fun. In fact, many of the system’s most common cartridges are inexpensive precisely because they…
Sul sul! If you’ve ever spent extended time with The Sims, don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m saying—we’ve all been there. It’s never enough to open a game in the series for a quick session. You’ve got to spend hours micromanaging households, building new homes, and coordinating fancy ‘fits. More quizzes! (Image credit:…
Truxton Extreme! Game Boy mods! 3DO! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Truxton Extreme! Game Boy mods! 3DO! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
“Pa pi pu pe po!”. Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we looked at Diddy Kong Racing for the N64, pitting North America and Europe against Japan in a good ol’ duel. Japan won the battle this time, netting 66% of the vote. Well done! Read the…
Introducing “Memories and Beyond”. At Anime Expo this week, Sega shared a “sneak peek” of its upcoming 35th anniversary short form animation, Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond. This was revealed during the “Sonic the Hedgehog Animated Shorts: A Frame-by-Frame Retrospective panel”. As you can see, it stars Sonic and the rest of his crew,…
In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris “Peri Fractic” Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64 Ultimate, the slimline 64C, and a line of merch including, er, a backpack holster? Until last month, that is, when Commodore unveiled…
Including “Performance” and “Quality” modes. Square Enix recently announced it would be releasing DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition for the Switch 2 this September. The official game site has already revealed certain information about this version of the game, and now it’s been updated again with the resolution…
As spotted by Japan’s IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University’s MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular. The study’s purpose was to analyze the significant number…
“We would like to continue exploring a variety of possibilities”. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has reiterated in a recent (and now translated) shareholders meeting how the Japanese firm will continue to “create opportunities” for people to experience Nintendo’s past with “initiatives” such as Switch Online. This was tied to a question asking about Nintendo’s views…
“Sony licensing couldn’t get their act together about the royalty terms”. Sony almost crammed a PlayStation inside a DualShock controller, it has been revealed. The unreleased hardware was shown off by former Sony and DMA Design staffer Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson at an event hosted at The Retro Collective museum in the UK (thanks, GamesRadar). Read…