Retro Gaming News
About This Episode For most GenX’ers, board games were a big part of how we played together. In 1981, a new game came along where rolling the dice and moving your piece was secondary to your knowledge of trivia and pop culture. In this Backtrack, we’re going around the board collecting pie pieces as we…
Save states in all but name. Castlevania: Bloodlines has just gotten a new patch which will make it easier to play on the Analogue Pocket and Mega Sg. While the game already has a password system to save progress, this new patch by BillyTime!Games is a much more elegant solution – especially on FPGA-based systems,…
Swing when you’re winning. Released in 2006, the Nintendo Wii sold a staggering 101.63 million units and introduced an entire generation to the concept of motion control – but it’s important to remember that, prior to launch, many people were highly sceptical about the console’s chances of commercial success. Following on from the GameCube –…
An awesome preview of the upcoming LEGO x Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow’s Escape set has just dropped, making both Sonic and LEGO fans incredibly happy. The Sonic The Hedgehog collection on the LEGO website has been growing like crazy, and we couldn’t be happier. It was just back in August when LEGO announced 5 Brand New Sonic LEGO…
Update: Now available for Apple II too! Update : Fresh off porting Stunt Car Racer to the Commodore Plus/4, Cobbpg has released yet another incredible port of the game. This time, it’s for the Apple II computer, which was originally released all the way back in 1977. Cobbpg writes the following about his latest project:…
Adds support for higher resolutions, new units, & more. After 15 years of work, the open source, fan expansion of Bullfrog Productions’s legendary 1997 strategy management game Dungeon Keeper has finally hit 1.0 (as spotted by Damiano Gerli/Rock Paper Shotgun). Published by Electronic Arts, the original Dungeon Keeper put its players in the role of…
The ultimate controller for Sega’s robot-battling series. If you played Sega’s Virtual-On back in the day, then you’ll be aware that the game has a twin-stick control setup which, during the Saturn and Dreamcast eras, was replicated for the home via special bespoke controllers. If you want to play Virtual-On on more recent hardware, you’re…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features “ZapCristal” Cristal Laboy, who is displayed on card number 3968, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Cristal is host of her own YouTube Channel with over 2,300 subscribers and counting. Her passion for video games is refreshing and her goal to show female presence in the gaming community is…
Has never been dumped online before. An auction for an unreleased Konami Famicom title has ended with a winning bid of 2,401,000 Yen (around $16,000 USD). The Yahoo Japan auction was spotted by Alex Kraus, who points out that the game is currently undumped and no screenshots exist. According to the game’s listing on Unseen64,…
That’s nuts. Rare’s much-maligned Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts launched on this day 15 years ago. Released on 11th November 2008, the Xbox 360 exclusive retained the core 3D platforming gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but added extensive vehicle construction to the mix. Players could create all manner of craft and use them in order to…