Retro Gaming News
Prepare to have your minds blown , especially if you have an Atari 7800! As we have just found through Liqmatrix, that during Jan of this year, OldStyle and Bobby Clark had released an update to their incredible work in progress Atari 7800 conversion/port of the Arcade game of ‘Bubble Bobble’. A game that has infuriated…
After a short delay, we’re back! Snapped in the Leicester CeX, this is the first Japanese Pocket Pikachu we’ve ever seen in a brand. Neat! It’s been a while since we last ran a CeX Retro Watch piece – we have to admit, we allowed Christmas and the New Year to distract us – but…
“Stay tuned”. Seamus Blackley, often referred to as the father of Xbox, has been showing off images of the “prototype for the prototype” of the original console on social media and appears to have preservation in mind. Blackley showed off an image of a very early mock-up design of the iconic Xbox prototype system, which…
“He basically shut the door on my face”. The Sega of the 1990s must have been a very exciting place to work. The company had gone from industry also-ran to one of the world’s most recognisable entertainment brands in a short space of time thanks to the commercial success of its 16-bit Genesis / Mega…
Along with X-Multiply, Dragon Breed and More. Irem’s M72 arcade hardware is coming to Analogue Pocket thanks to a new OpenFPGA core. The core is based on the work of FPGA developer Wickerwaka and has been ported to the Pocket by Boogermann / Marcus Jordan. Read the full article on timeextension.com Along with X-Multiply, Dragon…
About This Episode Before the days of media streaming & binging, we were often glued to our sets to watch contestants compete for cash and prizes! From quizzes, to puzzles, to trivia and more, game shows both entertain and allow us to play along at home. So, hands on your buzzers: it’s time to look…
Damn that dodo. Blaze’s Indie Heroes range of Evercade carts features titles that have previously been made available as part of the Game of the Month campaign, which sees a new title downloaded to the console each month, entirely free of change. The catch is that when the new title arrives, the only one is…
It’s a Jungle out there. Someone is trying to get a whopping $45,000 USD for a non-working Panasonic Jungle handheld. If you haven’t heard of this particular device, don’t feel too bad. Announced in 2010, this clamshell-style handheld system looked like a small laptop but was intended as a portable platform for MMO titles; indeed,…
“I would be very happy to contribute some tracks”. Richard Jacques is a name that will be instantly familiar to any self-respecting Sega fan. During his time at Sega Europe, he created music for a wide range of titles, including Sonic R, Shinobi X, Sonic 3D Blast, and Metropolis Street Racer. He also contributed a…
Capcom port “inspired” the creation of Sonic. Many articles and books have been written about the origins of Sonic the Hedgehog, but this interview from 2016 includes comments from Yuji Naka which we hadn’t previously heard (thanks to John Szczepaniak for bringing it to our attention). According to Naka – who was recently in the…