Retro Gaming News
In the Fall of 1980, our family purchased an Intellivision from Sears; the scary thing is I can remember being in the store, seeing the display, and Dad going up to buy it. I don’t have a lot of memories from when I was eight years old, but that one has stuck with me. That…
The book is the work of prolific Nintendo collector Oscar Bown. A brand new Mario-themed photography book called Super Mario Collection is currently being crowdfunded over on Kickstarter. The book is the work of the prolific collector Oscar Bown, who started collecting Mario memorabilia at the age of 3 years old after discovering the character…
“We are a little bit beyond that point.”. In a recent interview with Time Extension, Gregg Barnett (the designer of the classic Discworld point-and-click adventures from the ’90s) revealed that remasters of the games may finally be on the cards after years of confusion over who owns the rights. The series of games based on…
Twin Galaxies’ fame had become international and many game manufacturers considered Twin Galaxies to be the premiere organization that represented the interests of the player. When That’s Incredible contacted numerous game manufacturers with the idea for a video game competition, they were directed by the manufacturers to contact Twin Galaxies. Twin Galaxies had been the…
“Terry’s way of looking at the world was ‘Ordinary people in an extraordinary world’”. In the mid-to-late ’90s, the UK developer Perfect Entertainment partnered with the author Terry Pratchett to produce three games based on the writer’s Discworld series of novels. The series, which began all the way back in 1983, with the publication of…
Lands on February 15th. The Canadian indie developer MonsterBathGames has revealed it will be bringing Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition — its homage to Sunset Riders homage and 1970s/80s action films — to Steam on February 15th (as spotted by TheOtakuAuthority!). The run & gun shooter sees up to four players pick from a selection of…
The documentary is now available on Patreon. The video game documentarians Noclip have revealed that their next documentary will be a look into the legacy of the Monkey Island franchise, and the story of how Return To Monkey Island came to be. The news was announced on Noclip’s Twitter page on Feb 2nd, with the…
Ever since the release of the Atari Gamestation Pro in 2023, we’ve enjoyed tinkering with it to see just how much more it can do than what is advertised on the box. We’ve added games, upped the firmware, and enjoyed new functionality. One of the most common questions about the GSP, though, is whether or…
Take to the streets of Kamurochō in our latest poll. The Yakuza series – now known as Like A Dragon these days – has been something of a slow burn outside of Japan. Early entries on the PS2 gained some critical traction but didn’t unduly trouble the sales charts, but, in recent years, the franchise…
In 1987 Irem produced one of the greatest shoot em ups of our time, a shoot em up that even today is regarded as one of the best. That shoot em up was none other than R-Type. A game which featured many waves of enemies, a beam weapon, power ups, great level detail (that almost…