All Things Retro
Raising Steam. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX has been ported to PC, giving us one of the best possible versions of this classic Game Boy Color title. A massively expanded view, improved frame rate and much more besides are all part of this unofficial port, which isn’t emulation – it is the game…
Video Games — Auction Preview by Cierra Caballero Our December 14th Power of PlayStation Showcase features a pair of dazzling copies of ParRappa the Rapper, widely considered the first true rhythm game. We’ve got a shiny VGA 90 NM +/MT copy as well as a pristine Wata 9.8 A+ example. PaRappa has always been ahead…
Mitsuo Kodama, an artist on KoF ’94, shared his memories on Twitter. Since its debut in the arcades back in 1994, The King of Fighters 94 has quite rightly been regarded as one of SNK’s greatest-ever fighting games, kickstarting a series that continues even into the modern day. However, not everybody always expected the game…
A list of supported titles was also given. In its latest blog post, Evercade has detailed some of the exciting new features and improvements that are arriving for the Evercade VS and Evercade EXP with its December update. Among these are a heavily requested Turbo Fire feature, the ability to save high scores without save…
Along with the already-confirmed Jet Set Radio. Sega appears to be in something of a revival arc at the moment, having announced that it has new entries in the Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi and Virtua Fighter franchises in development. It would appear that this is just the beginning, as…
5 Nintendo Gadgets We Wish Existed, Based on Actual Patents They say that the book is humankind’s greatest invention — durable, navigable, versatile and non-reliant on external power sources or connectivity. Perhaps gaming’s equivalent invention is the deck of cards — be they the familiar 52 poker cards, Top Trumps or any other variation. Nintendo…
Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more… If you’ve followed my work over the years you’ll know I’m a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the non-canonical material, even things like Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon – to the point where I was the only person to interview…
While Electronic Arts’ Earl Weaver Baseball series is heralded as the game that brought realism to the forefront of video games based on America’s pastime, Atari subdivision Tengen’s RBI Baseball was easily the first truly amazing home console recreation of the sport. The first game to feature a license with the Major League Players’ Association…
Take me to the ’90s. You might think your car’s speedometer is pretty cool these days, given that most come with fancy LCD displays and the like, but is it as cool as a Game Boy? Nope. It is not. As spotted by Jalopnik, Instagram user zaku_mods has turned Nintendo’s iconic handheld into the ultimate…
Including Cyber City Zone, Wood Zone, and Sand Shower Zone. The Video Game History Foundation is currently in the middle of its Winter Fundraising Campaign and has been sharing all kinds of brilliant retro discoveries on its social media. The most recent of these is an amazing new video published on its YouTube channel looking…