Retro Gaming News
When was your first trip to Tamriel? Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series is now 30 years old – the first instalment, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, launched on March 25th, 1994. Released exclusively for MS-DOS PCs, it used a combination of 3D environments and 2D sprites to create a rich and complex world to explore and would…
Namco’s arcade business took a turn for the worse in the late ’90s. During the PlayStation One era, Namco established itself as one of the most successful video game publishers in the world, releasing a string of fantastic conversions based on its arcade masterpieces — helped along, of course, by the creation of the System…
We chat to former Namco US product manager Jerry “Blood & Guts” Momoda. Jerry Momoda may not be a name that many modern Tekken fans are familiar with, but the former Namco US product manager played a huge part in launching the iconic fighting game in North America. Momoda originally arrived at Namco in 1993,…
Alex T bags amazing 16,248,080 score. There’s been an awful lot of activity in the world of competitive Tetris high scores lately. Willis “Blue Scuti” Gibson became the first person to “beat Tetris”, and then Gibson’s record score – 6,850,560 points – was surpassed by PixelAndy, who achieved a 8,952,432 game. Read the full article…
A mod for the masochists among you! A Sonic modder named Weezley has just released a devious new mod called Desert Bus Frontiers, which recreates the infamous joke game Desert Bus inside of the PC version of Sonic Frontiers Originally conceived as a joke minigame for the cancelled Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors from…
ETH2GC is an open-source revolution. Like its rivals the PS2 and Xbox, the GameCube had the ability to go online – although it didn’t get the kind of software support to make this an entirely worthwhile venture. Due to this, the official GameCube Broadband Adapter is quite expensive – and not worth the effort, as…
The PlayStation 2 was an amazing leap for gaming in the 2000s. Despite the transition from the original ‘FAT’ PS2 to the Slim in America, we saw fewer variations or limited editions. The introduction of DVD/CD Rom, internet, and backward compatible capabilities in one package provided the PS2 a life that extended well into 2013….
“This is Tetris for like 300 IQ people”. When Tetris became a pack-in title for the Nintendo Game Boy in 1989, it also became a global smash hit, selling millions of copies and establishing itself as the world’s favourite puzzle video game. Its success also created the desire for a sequel, and while we got…
“It’s not that I couldn’t design that game”. Shigeru Miyamoto is one of gaming’s most famous designers. He’s responsible for series such as Zelda, Super Mario, Star Fox and Pikmin – franchises which have not only sold millions of copies, but have laid down the foundations for many other titles to follow. Given his amazing…
The magazines which started a revolution. Back in the early late ’80s and early 1990s, the NES / Famicom dominated living rooms in North America and Japan, but the situation was a little different in the United Kingdom. Home computers like the ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga had been the…