All Things Retro
The studio’s first Microsoft game. The Xbox exclusive Grabbed by the Ghoulies turns 20 today. It launched in North America on October 21st, 2003, and would arrive in Europe a month later, on November 21st. Designed by Gregg Mayles and developed by a programming team led by Chris Sutherland, this spooky action adventure has the…
Boy, that’s a shock. Nintendo’s Game Boy Color turns 25 today. The colour screen handheld hit Japanese store shelves on October 21st, 1998, arriving in North America and Europe in the following month. Read the full article on timeextension.com Boy, that’s a shock. Nintendo’s Game Boy Color turns 25 today. The colour screen handheld hit…
Today, October 21st. 2023, the Pinball Expo with be entering its 39th year since the start in 1984. One of the founders and promoters of this event from Day 1 is Rob Berk. Lets look back at the interview I did with him back in 2019 when the event was located in Wheeling, IL. This…
Remember when we said that the classic platformer of ‘Prince of Persia’ was getting a ColecoVision, MSX and SG-1000 port by Under4Mhz? A game which has been released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund. Well there’s some great news today! As thanks to another heads up from a good friend of ours, we’ve…
Coming later this year. Analogue made waves this week with the announcement of its Analogue 3D system, which will use FPGA technology to replicate the performance of the N64. However, that wasn’t the only piece of news from the company. As spotted by Retro Dodo, Analogue has also revealed that the Analogue Pocket will be…
Update: FPGA system arriving late in 2023, says Analogue. Update #2 : Analogue has reiterated that its Analogue Duo system will still launch in 2023: https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1713939537821393016 Read the full article on timeextension.com Update: FPGA system arriving late in 2023, says Analogue. Update #2 : Analogue has reiterated that its Analogue Duo system will still launch…
The game will also be playable at the event. The developers of the Star Ocean The Second Story R, the upcoming remake of Enix’s classic PlayStation 1 RPG, will attend this year’s MCM Comic Con event in London, to give a special panel about the development of the game ahead of its November 2nd release…
There are ones for Killer Instinct too! Do you have a bunch of money burning a hole in your pocket and an intense love of all things Battletoads? Well then, you probably should know about these ridiculously cool Battletoads statues from Premium Collectibles Studio that were recently spotted online by the legendary ex-Rare artist Kev…
Spot any bargains this month? Love it or loathe it, CeX is one of the world’s major high street retailers of retro games these days, thanks to its wide network of franchised stores which deal in second-hand gaming goods. The retailer – which began life in the UK in the early ’90s – sells all…
Incoming! Martyn Brown, the co-founder of Team17, is planning to open a brand new arcade in the UK, as recently announced in a Facebook post. The arcade will be situated in the West Yorkshire town of Horbury in Wakefield, and will apparently include classic machines such as Missile Command, Battlezone, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Tempest, Centipede, Millipede,…