Retro Gaming News
“Not a fan of this advertising approach”. Video games, like movies and music, have increasingly become a digital medium in recent years. The rise of the internet has resulted in amazing convenience for consumers, who are now able to download films, albums and games without having to leave the comfort of their homes. Read the…
“We could benefit from reduced exposure”. A screen from Scrooge 64, a Christmas-themed Super Mario 64 hack CDRomance, a popular online source of ROM hacks and pre-patched retro games, is no longer being updated, it has been revealed. Read the full article on timeextension.com “We could benefit from reduced exposure”. A screen from Scrooge 64,…
Happy Holidays everyone! CLUASCRAFT is a fun fast paced game of retrieving presents and dropping them off to the funnel that sends the gifts to the workshop. The game, made by InCiti GAMES, has leaderboards that keep the competition fresh and wanting to play more. The rules of the game are pretty simple. You can…
Can you guess what’s top? Long-running Japanese video game publication Famitsu recently asked its readers to select their favourite PlayStation games to mark the 30th anniversary of the brand. Over 4000 votes were submitted, allowing the magazine to select the 30 best PlayStation games across all of Sony’s consoles. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Having only seen the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level; it was hard to guess what to expect from the Mega Man short. The only real unifying principle of any episode of Secret Level is that engages with some kind of idea from the video game in question. As it turns out, the Mega Man…
Two players! More enemies! 60fps! Back when Tim Burton released his Batman Returns movie in the early ’90s, the video game rights were split across more than one format, with Sega, Atari and Nintendo consoles getting their own unique versions. The Genesis, for example, got a 2D action platformer that was also released on the…
It’s horrific, for sure. Back in 1991, Sega was getting ready to release the Mega CD in Japan, the often misunderstood add-on to what many consider to be one of the greatest consoles ever made – and it seems that nobody misunderstood that system more in its early days than Sega itself. Wonder what I’m…
Although I first began playing video games on my cousin’s Atari Pong in 1975 and on my friends’ Fairchild Channel F systems in 1976 (both my next-door neighbor and another buddy a mile away had a Channel F – crazy!), the first console I actually owned was a ColecoVision, which I received for Christmas in…
Attack of the clones. Anbernic has shown off its next emulation handheld, RG34XX. The new device will come in four colours: indigo, green transparent, red transparent, and black. Read the full article on timeextension.com Attack of the clones. Anbernic has shown off its next emulation handheld, RG34XX. The new device will come in four colours:…
Would you play a game called “The Adventures of Rupert the Battlesheep”? Recently we had the chance to speak to various ex-Bullfrog developers about the making of Powermonger, the studio’s forgotten RTS follow-up to Populous, and in the process, ended up hearing a lot of interesting stories about the game that we sadly ended up…