Retro Gaming News
20 years ago, somewhere near the Lylat System… Before we begin, you’ll have to forgive me for making this piece even more personal and introspective than my typical content, as it relates to what is possibly one of the most important issues of a magazine that I’ve ever seen – primarily because, were it not…
“Having a media circus around us certainly didn’t help”. id Software’s influential first-person shooter, Quake, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and some members of the team have been reflecting back publicly on the game’s difficult, multi-year development cycle and past mistakes that have only become much clearer with hindsight. If you’ve read about Quake’s history…
Go, Joe. Hasbro has lifted the lid on its collaboration with the famous Tomb Raider video game series, and it’s a six-inch posable action figure of Lara Croft herself. Originally teased back in May, the team-up was officially revealed during Yo Joe June on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Friend of Old School Gamer, John Hancock did up a cool video on this scaler! John Hancock examines the performance of the Morph 2K analog video scaler across 18 distinct vintage consoles and classic computers. The demonstration explores various connection methods, including RF, composite, and VGA, while highlighting setup experiences, menu functionalities, and observed compatibility…
As reported by PC Gamer/Inside Gamer that Ultima is on the way back to it’s creator. As a big fan of Ultima back in my Apple 2 days I’m excited about this. There was rumors floating around but nothing this public by any means. Going back to it’s “dad” I think is fantastic! Stay tuned…
From our friends at Time Extension I found this update on the Commodore Flip Phone. Commodore International has reduced the entry-level price of its divisive Callback 8020 phone. Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it…
“I’ve been obsessed for years with the cube”. If you’re talking about the greatest puzzle ever made by humankind, the Rubik’s Cube would come pretty close to the top of the list. In fact, in the opinion of Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, it’s the “best puzzle in the world” – but amazingly, he hadn’t met…
“TEKKEN” is a 3D fighting game released by NAMCO LIMITED (current Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1994. In The King of Iron Fist Tournament “fighters” with their own hidden agendas clash to determine who possesses the ultimate fist. The game features a revolutionary control scheme where four buttons correspond to each limb, delivering an intuitive…
“One of the biggest and most difficult projects I’ve taken on”. A new book charting “the untold story” of a “pivotal period” in Tomb Raider’s history is on the way, from the publisher Pen & Sword Books. The Making of Tomb Raider 1997 – 2000 is the follow-up to Daryl Baxter’s 2021 book The Making…
“Every page is composed in its entirety on a real Atari Falcon030”. This month sees the launch of Atari Legacy, a new quarterly print magazine with features, hardware archaeology, demoscene news and “oral history from the Atari era.” Edited by Piotr Mietniowski, PhD – “one of the world’s most recognised experts on 16- and 32-bit…