All Things Retro
Ho ho ho! When we wished you a Merry Christmas at the end of 2022, Time Extension had only been in existence for a few months. Fast forward to the present day, and the site is over a year old – and we couldn’t be prouder of the work we’ve put out over that time….
Just in time for Christmas. Update 2.0 has just gone live for the Analogue Pocket. This update brings with it a new CRT screen filter, just like the one that shipped with the Analogue Duo. Read the full article on timeextension.com Just in time for Christmas. Update 2.0 has just gone live for the Analogue…
The Atari 2600 “Joystick” to me is the father of them all. There have been controllers made before the little black stick with the red button, but this controller changed the way gaming was played on what is considered the birth of home console era. The idea was simple; to design a controller that…
“We were so low-budget, which is funny to think about now”. Correction: the original article mentioned Rockabilly as an influence on the logo’s distinctive yellow background. Scott has since clarified that she meant late 1960s/early 1970s rock music instead. We’ve updated the article to reflect this. The Rockstar logo is one of the most recognizable…
Let there be light (gun). Light gun games aren’t a new invention – in fact, some of the earliest games consoles came with their own guns – but in recent years, this unique aspect of video gaming has taken something of a backseat, and that’s arguably down to the way ‘traditional’ light guns work. Guns…
It’s a Christmas miracle! A while back, modder Frogbull got Konami’s Metal Gear Solid running on the Sega Saturn – a technical trick which got a lot of Sega fans dreaming of what could have been, had Sega’s 32-bit system been a little more popular. Now, Frogbull is back with another impressive technical achievement –…
Location, location, location. We can all agree that retro games have the ability to transport us to a different time. For some, titles like Tetris, Street Fighter II, Sonic and Super Mario have strong links to a particular moment in their formative years; perhaps they rekindle memories of playing with friends after school or long…
Happy Holidays everyone! iiRcade has added yet another fun Christmas themed game to the iiRcade. 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…
“Everyone were saying ‘Super Nintendo isn’t that big, because here’s Sonic’”. Back when Sega first released Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991, it was still the underdog. Nintendo still controlled the North American video game market, as it had done for many years, and it didn’t look likely it would release its grip on gamers’ wallets…
Sam Barlow talks for the first time about the doomed sequel. “This is one of the most troubled franchises in history,” says Sam Barlow of the Legacy of Kain series. “I think every single entry, even if they launched, launched in a cut, curtailed, broken state. This was a franchise that has never gone to…