Retro Gaming News
Metal Slug and the Virtual Boy shown off to the masses. We all know that retro gaming is big business, but in the world of the mainstream media, the popularity of old games is perhaps a little less obvious. Thankfully, Frazer Rhodes – whose wonderful museum we recently visited – was given the chance to…
“Virtuality was the world leader in VR at one point”. Back in the early 1990s, a technological revolution was taking place in the English Midlands. Located on a rather nondescript industrial estate in a leafy Leicester suburb was a company poised to alter the world of interactive entertainment dramatically; in its future, working relationships with…
This morning, Barrels of Fun, maker of the new Labyrinth pinball machine. Shared a rare behind-the-scenes look at its factory in action on its Facebook page. I’m a sucker for this sort of peek behind the curtain at manufacturers. Stern Pinball always does a great job at showing games on the floor at its factory,…
It’s all about the sound effect keyring. Assault Suits Valken (or Cybernator, as you might know it) was a jaw-dropping experience back in the ’90s. Here was a game which successfully communicated the feeling of what it must be like to control a huge, hulking robot; instead of dashing around the screen at high speed,…
New video makes a strong argument. The state of third-party controllers today is arguably better than it’s ever been. Sure, there are fewer options than there were a few decades back, but the quality of these options is sky-high when compared to the truly terrible aftermarket pads we had to endure during the ’90s and…
CPS3 core also in development. Sega’s System 18 arcade board is getting an FPGA core courtesy of developer Jotego. The board – which made its debut in 1989 and is essentially an augmented System 16 – is unique in that it includes a Video Display Processor taken from the Mega Drive. Read the full article…
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Lee Trevino sadly didn’t make the cut. Two more games have come to Analogue Pocket, and they’ve both by SNK. The games are actually included in a single FPGA core, which has been ported from MiSTer to the Analogue Pocket by Roland King. Read the full article on timeextension.com Lee Trevino sadly didn’t make the…
New MiSTer-based handheld coming, too. MiSTer FPGA is a remarkable platform for retro gaming. Via FPGA tech, it is able to offer an accurate and low-latency reproduction of many classic gaming platforms, from the NES all the way up to the N64, PS1 and Saturn. However, the high cost of owning one of these devices…
Say hello to MegaMP3. Whenever a SNES and Mega Drive fan become embroiled in a debate on the merits of each console, you can bet your bottom dollar that the topic of audio will be raised at least once. The Mega Drive / Genesis is equipped with a Yamaha YM2612 sound chip which delivers a…