Retro Gaming News
Chinese firm Sipeed is working on a new portable. Chinese hardware maker Sipeed has announced that it is going to release a handheld games console built around ‘Field Programmable Gate Array’ technology. Unlike software emulation, FPGA devices can emulate the performance of retro consoles at a hardware level, which means accuracy is excellent – as…
Along with Jack Black and Giovanni Ribisi… Cameo appearances by video games in mainstream media certainly aren’t a new thing, and during the ’90s, several big titles were featured in both movies and TV shows. One example we’ve been reminded of by Twitter user Rooflemonger is a memorable appearance by Sega’s iconic Virtua Fighter 2…
I was out of commission this afternoon hanging out with old friends in Brooklyn at the Atlantic 10 college basketball tournament, but I’m back with a vengeance this evening. The awesome material has been piling up. Let’s kick things off today with an awesome new homebrew pinball machine themed after the horror franchise “Saw.” In…
Former Democratic Senator has died aged 82. Joe Lieberman, former Democratic Senator and key figure in the war against video game violence in the 1990s, has passed away at the age of 82 following complications from a fall, it has been reported. While Lieberman was famously selected by former US Vice President Al Gore as…
“Sega Genesis Blast Processing MAXED OUT ???”. Indie and homebrew developer Shannon Birt has just shown off a tech demo for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive which shows the original hardware being pushed to utterly insane limits. The footage – which isn’t a game as such, but a demonstration of how far the ageing…
Myriad of issues present. Microsoft is closing the Xbox 360 online store this July, and this move will have had many people booting up their dusty old consoles in an attempt to grab what they can before the plug is pulled. However, as this new video from Randomised Gaming shows, even ahead of the planning…
The perfect desk screen? Spanish artist and modder JC Ayala – better known as Retroldtech – is creating a series of replicate Sony PVM monitors that are proving to be a hit with retro gamers (thanks, Retro Dodo). Built around a 3.5-inch or 5-inch LCD screen but looking every inch like a classic PVM display,…
Time to get your guesses in now on what they are! Blaze Entertainment has released an updated roadmap for its Evercade line of consoles for 2024, and it looks like the company has some exciting plans for the rest of the year. The roadmap starts by highlighting the previously announced Piko Interactive Collection 2 and…
Update: Preorders are now live. Numskull has just announced that Taito’s Elevator Action and Zoo Keeper are joining its Quarter Arcades series, with pre-orders going live later this month. Both cabs will be available for £219.99 GBP / $249.99 USD / €249.99 EU. Early bird pricing is £199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99). Read the full…
The commemorative event will take place on May 18th. Hamster Corporation has announced that it will be holding a special event on May 18th, in Japan, to celebrate 10 years of Arcade Archives (thanks Famitsu!). Arcade Archives, in case you’re unaware, is a series of emulated reissues that started back in May 2014, with the…