Retro Gaming News
Say hello to the MagicX Zero 40. Emulating systems like the Game Boy Advance, SNES and Mega Drive / Genesis is pretty straightforward these days, but the Nintendo DS is a slightly trickier proposition, thanks to its dual display format and touchscreen capabilities. We have the AYANEO Flip DS, but that powerful handheld PC is…
“There’s more to being a good person than just having a stereo television”. No matter how much you think you know about video games, there’s always information out there you’re not aware of—and today is one of those days for us here at Time Extension. Thanks to a social media post by iFixRetro, we’re now…
“Tektites! Pe-pe-peahats!”. The latest episode of the Video Game History Hour (the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast) has just been released, and it’s a good one, featuring an interview with the “marketing mastermind” Gail Tilden (who you may also know as the founding editor of Nintendo Power). The interview was originally recorded in front of…
151 Gen 1 Pocket Monters replaced with Mario characters. We’ve seen quite a few fun (and unofficial) ROM hacks which have tinkered with famous Nintendo franchises, but a new effort has just been announced which looks very interesting indeed. DogPond4 has just confirmed that they’re working on a new ROM hack which adds Mario and…
If you owned an Amstrad CPC back in the day, you would’ve played at least one Roland game from the Amsoft pack. Either Roland Ahoy, Roland on the Ropes, Roland in the Caves or even one of the rarer titles in my personal collection, Roland on the Run. So named for Roland Perry, a computer engineer who…
A Kickstarter for the game is now live. The Game Boy Color had no shortage of cute and colourful platformers, thanks to games like Shantae, Rayman, Croc, and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. And that number has only grown in recent years, thanks to the emergence of the homebrew scene that has been busy creating new…
TA-TA for this TATE goodness. When Blaze updated its Evercade handheld back in 2022, one of the key features it added to the EXP version was a TATE button which allowed users to experience vertically-oriented arcade games the way they were supposed to be played. As we noted in our review, while this was a…
Pac-Man Fever. This year marks the 45th anniversary of Namco’s ridiculously popular and influential arcade game Pac-Man. So, to celebrate this important milestone, the company has revealed a year-long celebration of the series, to take place throughout 2025 and into early 2026, which spans video games, live events, and more (h/t: Gamespot). Read the full…
Sticks, be gone. As per rumours, AYANEO has refreshed its excellent Pocket Micro handheld in the form of the Pocket Micro Classic (thanks, Retro Dodo). The big change here is that the Android-based device does away with the dual analogue sticks and reduces the price to $179—$20 cheaper than the original model, and comfortably the…
The kids are alright! Connecting a video game console to your TV today is a pretty straightforward process. But that hasn’t always been the case, as a group of school kids recently found out when their teacher challenged them to plug in an original Nintendo Entertainment into an old black & white TV from the…