Retro Gaming News
The Atari 2600+ builds on the legacy of the original machine with modern quality of life features such as HDMI output, USB power and multiple screen resolutions, and includes an exact replica of the original CX40+ Joystick. The cartridge slot is backwards compatible with hundreds of original Atari 2600 and 7800 games. The ‘10 Games…
Just don’t expect AAA power. AYANEO is famous for its line of well-built and powerful handheld PCs, but it has recently announced an initiative which expands its range into products such as desktop PCs, power banks and even Game Boy-style Android portables. The AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01 is the first release in the company’s…
Updated rosters! Gameplay tweaks! And graphical enhancements! EA Sports NHL ’94 is often considered to be one of the best hockey games of all time, so it should probably come as no surprise then, that there is still a tremendous community out there dedicated to updating the game, with new players, tweaks, and bug fixes…
Join GenXGrownUp for 24 Days of Pac-Man all through the month of December! GenXGrownUp.com/PacMan24 Each day leading up to Christmas, GenXGrownUp is releasing a new short video featuring a different Pac-Man collectible. It may be modern or vintage – rare or common; you just won’t know until you click and watch! Join us in ringing…
Includes homebrews, prototypes, and more! Later today, at 2 pm GMT, the publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are adding 12 new titles to their interactive documentary Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in a brand new free update to celebrate the holiday season. The collection (which was launched last year across Nintendo Switch, Xbox One…
‘Eclipse’ eventually morphed into the 1992 space shooter ‘X’. The Video Game History Foundation revealed yesterday in a blog post on its website that it had managed to find and preserve Argonaut’s legendary Game Boy demo Eclipse, which is credited with selling 3D to Nintendo and ultimately led to the creation of the 1992 Japan-exclusive…
“We’re going to have to have a press announcement. We’re going to have to apologize”. On January 14th, 1999, members of the Tiger Woods ’99 team turned up to work at Electronic Arts’ Redwood studio and were confronted with some surprising news. Reports had started circulating the office that somebody had called into a radio…
The inside story of Atari’s battle with Nintendo. We recently had the extraordinary good fortune to sit down recently for a chat with video game industry veteran Lawrence Siegel to discuss his amazing career and his fascinating battle with Nintendo during his tenure at Atari. Siegel oversaw the release of the Atari Lynx, a powerful…
The “Ghost Boy” was a concept that sadly never made it to the screen. Last year, Christian Pearce, a senior concept artist at Weta Workshop, released a bunch of the concept art that he had created for 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. This included a fascinating glimpse at an unused, alternative spin on the Ghostbusters’ PKE…
“I can only reveal this much for now”. Chinese firm Aya Neo has really shaken things up in the portable hardware space via its range of powerful handheld PCs, but the company is branching out with its range of retro-inspired products – the first of which, the AM01, is a mini PC with a case…