All Things Retro
The perfect desk screen? Spanish artist and modder JC Ayala – better known as Retroldtech – is creating a series of replicate Sony PVM monitors that are proving to be a hit with retro gamers (thanks, Retro Dodo). Built around a 3.5-inch or 5-inch LCD screen but looking every inch like a classic PVM display,…
Time to get your guesses in now on what they are! Blaze Entertainment has released an updated roadmap for its Evercade line of consoles for 2024, and it looks like the company has some exciting plans for the rest of the year. The roadmap starts by highlighting the previously announced Piko Interactive Collection 2 and…
Update: Preorders are now live. Numskull has just announced that Taito’s Elevator Action and Zoo Keeper are joining its Quarter Arcades series, with pre-orders going live later this month. Both cabs will be available for £219.99 GBP / $249.99 USD / €249.99 EU. Early bird pricing is £199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99). Read the full…
The commemorative event will take place on May 18th. Hamster Corporation has announced that it will be holding a special event on May 18th, in Japan, to celebrate 10 years of Arcade Archives (thanks Famitsu!). Arcade Archives, in case you’re unaware, is a series of emulated reissues that started back in May 2014, with the…
Having owned every Final Fantasy up to this point, I didn’t want to miss this one. Sneaking food at work during the day, and ramen packets at night would allow a broke 19-year-old to buy this masterpiece. It was all worth it. Final Fantasy X took graphics, storytelling, and gameplay to a whole new level….
Alan-1 is collaborating with Atari on a new series of cabinets. Earlier this month, we shared the news that after 25 years away Atari was returning to the arcades with a bunch of new cabinets based off of its Atari Recharged series of games. Well, now we’ve finally got our first proper glimpse at what…
The tale of “Castlevania: The Bloodletting”. When Konami released Castlevania: Bloodlines on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, it marked the long-awaited debut of the franchise on Sega hardware. Saturn owners would later be treated to a port of Symphony of the Night, but had things gone a little differently, Sega fans would have had…
My Arcade released the Atari Gamestation Pro Q4 of 2023 and it has quickly become a hobbyist’s playground as we find new ways to explore just how much can be done to expand upon what comes in the box. We knew it was only a matter of time before some community firmware came along, allowing…
Two pads are better than one. Like many retro games, Zelda II has its fair share of bugs and glitches – one of which involves pressing left and right at the same time to dash through levels, including locked doors. This ‘acceleration’ glitch is detailed in this excellent video, but is practically impossible to do…
My Arcade released the Atari Gamestation Pro Q4 of 2023 and it has quickly become a hobbyist’s playground as we find new ways to explore just how much can be done to expand upon what comes in the box. We knew it was only a matter of time before some community firmware came along, allowing…