Retro Gaming News
“It was basically an escalation of the ‘cover-mounted gift wars’ of the period”. Picture the scene. It’s the early 1990s, the internet hasn’t taken over the world yet, and you’ve just wandered into your local newsagents to purchase a video game magazine. Assembled on the shelf in front of you is a plethora of competing…
The Secret of Monkey Island developed by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts) was originally released in 1990 and created by now industry legends Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. It was a game that has lived on the hearts of many with its fantastic pirate charm. Well if you remember that fine game, you’ll be…
“I felt this anger against the entire industry. You’re all just making the same old shit”. “What are you talking about? Are you trying to insinuate that I flooded a hotel room? That’s outrageous!” bellows Hifumi Kouno, in pseudo-offence that gives way to raucous laughter which infects everyone in the room. We’re at the Nude…
The console that made Xbox. While the original Xbox introduced us to Xbox Live, Microsoft’s successor console perfected it, giving us prominent online features in almost all of its games. With Xbox Live came an absolute barrage of great first and third-person shooters, but mixed in among the juggernauts of headshot no-scope triple kills were…
Adam Gibson died on December 14th, aged just 39. 13-year-old Willis Gibson made headlines this week by becoming the first person to ‘beat’ Tetris on the NES – 34 years after it was first released. Gibson – who goes by the name Blue Scuti and has been playing the game since he was 11 –…
Dreamcast, Saturn, Switch, PS4… and more? If you’re a serious fighting game fan, you’ll almost certainly own an arcade stick of some description. Titles like Street Fighter, Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters were always designed to be played in the arcades first and foremost, and they rely on precise, low-latency digital input – especially…
Packing a AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor. AYANEO’s latest range of devices is mining nostalgia, with the Retro Mini PC AM01 and Pocket S looking to appeal to retro gamers – despite the fact that the tech inside both is a little more modern. Two other parts of the company’s ‘Remake‘ line are the Flip…
Don’t ever question Lynda Carter’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater skills! Wonder Woman actor Lynda Carter is no stranger to the world of video games having voiced characters in various Bethesda games like The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, RAGE, and Fallout 4. Yet something else you might not know about her is that she…
Includes new graphics improvements for the map & status screen. Back in December, the ROM hacker and port specialist Infidelity released his fanmade version of Metroid for the SNES, introducing new features such as a modified save system, MSU-1 audio, and various other improvements. However, if you want to enhance your Metroid experience even further,…
For MiSTer and Analogue Pocket. Jotego has just released the beta version of his Neo Geo Pocket FPGA core for the MiSTer and Analogue Pocket. Patreon supporters can access it now. Unfortunately, it will only work on these two platforms for now – SiDi or MiST support isn’t possible due to internal RAM size requirements….