All Things Retro
Hong Kong 97 has to be played to be believed. If you haven’t done so already, you should really download Hong Kong 97, which is widely regarded as one of the worst video games ever made. Created in just two days by Japanese game journalist Kowloon Kurosawa and his friend under the name HappySoft, the…
Including The Dark Eye, Wrath of the Gods, and more. In a recent blog post, ScummVM announced that 7 Macromedia Director titles will be supported in its upcoming 2.8.0 release and are currently being put through testing in its daily builds. This list of games most notably includes Inscape’s 1995 psychological horror The Dark Eye…
“The baby is her”. Nintendo’s original ’80s Mario mascot costume was reunited with a member of the public during the recent Sac Gamers Expo, with heart-warming results. As noted by The Art of Nintendo Power – which owns a wonderfully-resorted version of the Mario costume used by Nintendo of America for promotional events – back…
It’s time to move away from the Platform genre and look towards classic Puzzle games for our retro fun, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris, you’ll be pleased to know that as of today, you can download the very latest Tetris game of ‘Tetris Recoded’ by RetroBytes. A recoded version which came…
I have been wanting to discuss this many time but never had the chance to until now. I wanted to voice my opinion on how the gaming world is going mini crazy. I am indeed am one of those gamers. I can’t help but collect all the new mini versions of the same game, that…
Mega! Back in Christmas 1991, the Sega Mega Drive had just enjoyed its first full year on sale in the United Kingdom and was fast becoming the country’s most popular game console. Publisher EMAP – which had multi-format magazines such as Computer & Video Games and Mean Machines under its belt – noticed this shift…
“Your imagination was kickstarted by the pictures and text on the box”. Preserving history is often all about archiving before it is too late, especially when it comes to games. Saving that floppy before it becomes unreadable, ripping that CD before ‘bit rot’ sets in and a hard drive before it dies a quiet (well,…
See Luigi in Super Mario 64 for the first time! Various pieces of evidence have appeared over the years to confirm that Super Mario 64 was originally going to include Luigi as a playable character. In several interviews, including a 1996 interview translated by shmuplations, Miyamoto went on the record as saying that the character…
“Kept you waiting, huh?”. In the past, Uniqlo has occasionally collaborated with the video game publisher Konami to produce clothing like t-shirts based on the Metal Gear Solid series. These were typically only available for a short period, but are set to make a return next year on Uniqlo’s website as well as in some…
Getting to know you. You might be getting ready for Christmas and the New Year, but we’ve one favour to ask before you don your festive jumper and tuck into those mince pies – we’d love it if you could spare a few moments to fill in the user survey below, which has been lovingly…