All Things Retro
Life imitating art, or the other way around? The phrase “Egg of Columbus” is used to describe a brilliant discovery which seems so obvious after the fact. It’s something we’ve been pondering for weeks now, ever since interviewing former games journalist Frank O’Connor for our recent ‘Nintendo’s Golden Ticket’ feature. “I might conflate my discovery…
All the gear, and a great idea. First released in Japan in October 1990, the Game Gear was Sega’s first portable games console and was in direct competition with Nintendo’s Game Boy, Atari’s Lynx and NEC’s PC Engine GT. The Game Boy would emerge the ultimate victor, but the Game Gear lasted longer than its…
v1.1.30 adds support for N64 Element Module. A few weeks behind schedule, and Polymega’s v1.1.30 update is finally live. The headline news is that the EM05 Ultra Module is finally supported. Many of those who had pre-ordered the N64 module received their units last week, only to discover that, without the firmware update, the modules…
Save yourself some pennies. Panorama Cotton is one of the most sought-after Mega Drive games, thanks to its low print run in Japan. Thankfully, you’ll no longer have to part with the eye-watering price this game commands, because Columbus Circle is about to release a reproduction in Japan. Read the full article on timeextension.com Save…
Crowdfunding as we speak. The Retro Gaming Watch is taking ‘gaming on the go’ to a whole new level. Created by Jason Rogers, it’s like a Game Boy SP you wear on your wrist – but it can be detached from its strap when you fancy a quick gaming session. Read the full article on…
“I’m tickled it remains a topic of conversation all these years later”. Mario, as we’re all aware, is one of the most successful and instantly recognisable video game characters of all time. He’s starred in more games than you’ve had hot dinners and, via these escapades, has racked up combined sales of around 400 million…
Nintendo stock has continued to soar overnight on the back of a strong earnings report in which the company disclosed that they have now sold over 132.46 million Nintendo Switch systems and have over 28 million Nintendo Switch Online paid subscribers. Nintendo shares have gained 4.43%, adding to the 6.09% surge yesterday. The Nikkei overall share average rose…
“I wanted sensory overload and information overload”. If you live outside of North America and Japan, you might not have heard of the BattleTech Centers – but they were amazing places, years ahead of their time. There were around 26 of them at one point, dotted across the United States, Canada and Japan. They were…
You never know what you’re gonna get? Buying retro games today usually involves hitting eBay, trawling Facebook Marketplace or visiting one of the tiny handful of dedicated vintage gaming stores around the world – but, if you’re in one of the regions where the company operates, CeX (also known as ‘Complete Entertainment eXchange’, or, to…
Cannon Dancer. For the avid shoot-em-up enthusiast, CAVE’s incendiary rise and fall was a journey of rare wonder. Rising from the ashes of eminent ’80s software developer Toaplan – and consisting of several former employees – in 1995, CAVE tore into Japan’s arcade landscape like a band of unruly upstarts. As shoot-em-up heavyweights Raizing and…