All Things Retro
“I guess they thought it was a sales vehicle loaded with SNK games”. Once upon a time, SNK’s Neo Geo was the absolute pinnacle of gaming luxury. Here was a home console capable of playing actual arcade games; no wonder so many kids desired one. However, its high cost (not to mention the fact that…
Complete with touch controls and plenty of connectivity. TR Fight Stick, the company behind the fully-funded Octopus Arcade Stick, has revealed that its next project relates to the popular MiSTer FPGA retro gaming platform. The company is launching a crowdfunding campaign for the TR Quantum, “a sleek MiSTer case designed with you in mind.” Read…
Zapping through the decades. Nintendo’s iconic NES light gun shooter Duck Hunt turns 40 today. Inspired by Nintendo’s 1976 Duck Hunt electro-mechanical arcade game, it was first released on the Famicom in Japan on April 21st, 1984. Read the full article on timeextension.com Zapping through the decades. Nintendo’s iconic NES light gun shooter Duck Hunt…
Complete with ‘electric blowback’. The Japan-exclusive Cyber Stick controller – which was released alongside the Mega Drive Mini 2 in that region – is getting a gun attachment complete with ‘electric blowback’. The attachment is being created by Far East Pinball, an independent manufacturer that makes pinball, electromechanical games, and gaming devices. The company is…
1994’s most extravagant console? While Sega made plenty of odd hardware choices during the ’90s, one particular product always fascinated me as a kid – the Multi-Mega. The moment I saw the first print advertisement for this all-in-one Mega Drive and Mega CD console – which proudly showed its actual size on a single page…
A pocket-sized revolution. The Nintendo Game Boy turns 35 today. Released in Japan on April 21st, 1989, this monochrome handheld would quickly become one of the hottest consumer products of the early ’90s; a famous anecdote claims that a Sony executive was furious with his designers and stated that the Game Boy should have been…
Bring your beloved PlayStation Portable up to speed. The PSP may be getting on a bit now, but it still feels like a futuristic device to us; that sleek design, pocket-sized frame and wide selection of amazing games means that it’s still a great daily driver, even in 2024 – but, as is so often…
Developed by Rand and Robyn Miller. A hitherto unknown port of the 1988 adventure game The Manhole has been discovered and preserved, we can report. Created by Cyan, the company established by siblings Rand and Robyn Miller, the game was initially released on floppy discs before being published on CD-ROM in 1989 – the first…
WWE star Asuka lends her support. Not so long ago, we reported that an arcade in Japan which took ten years to build had been destroyed by fire. Read the full article on timeextension.com WWE star Asuka lends her support. Not so long ago, we reported that an arcade in Japan which took ten years…
Access to community creations no longer available. Earlier this year, Sony was forced to take LittleBigPlanet 3’s servers offline due to technical issues. Now, the company has confirmed that the servers will remain offline “indefinitely”, which means players no longer have access to creations made by the community. Read the full article on timeextension.com Access…