Retro Gaming News
On March 13th, Art Whirlwind announced through a press release that it was bringing 26 original Street Fighter II sketches by Mick McGinty to auction. The pieces can be seen here. This artwork was created for marketing purposes in the United States. Capcom hired the ad agency Moore & Price to locate a suitable…
Video games have made enormous progress since the first titles rolled out decades ago. Early games like Pong, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man were built on simple mechanics: move, shoot, avoid. There was no inventory to manage, no team to coordinate, no map to study. Today, players need to train for the games they love, plan…
Sega has teamed up with Branch Furniture. Sega has joined forces with chairmaker Branch to create a range of chairs based on its properties. As reported by Retro Dodo, Branch has produced its popular ‘Ergonomic Chair Pro‘ in Sonic ($569), Dreamcast ($629) and Genesis ($629) editions. Read the full article on timeextension.com Sega has teamed…
“It’s a little beat that is always there”. I certainly don’t need to explain why GoldenEye 007 is such a beloved game; the mix of mission-based action, tight controls and fantastic split-screen multiplayer mode have secured the game’s position as an all-time classic of the FPS genre – but it’s always nice to hear about…
New routes, more Pokémon and stereoscopic 3D! A team led by modder Manurocker95 has unofficially ported Pokémon Snap to the Nintendo 3DS. The port fully recreates the original game using Unity, and even makes use of the console’s stereoscopic 3D display and gyroscope controls. You can also use touch controls and amiibo. Read the full…
“We have many important people in the community to thank”. The Brazilian-made GF1 Neptune is an FPGA-based attempt to replicate the unreleased Sega Neptune system, which would have combined the Mega Drive and 32X into a single platfrom. GamesCare, the team behind the system, had to push the machine’s release to this year, but it…
Some early computer artifacts feel almost impossible to explain today. The original Apple II cassette of Breakout, written in Integer BASIC by Steve Wozniak, is one of them. Yes, distributed on cassette. Not a floppy disk, a cartridge, or a download. A cassette. The same basic kind of tape you might have used to record…
Cart colours and clarification on Advance HDR ahoy! If you consider yourself to be a seasoned collector of N64 games, then you’ll be aware that not all of them came on the same grey plastic cartridges. Donkey Kong 64, for example, came on a yellow cartridge in the West, while Zelda: Majora’s Mask came on…
Woodmass also made his own games. The man behind one of the best ZX Spectrum emulators, SpecEmu, has passed away, we’re sad to report. News of Mark Woodmass’ death was posted on the Spectrum Computing forum a couple of days ago. Also known as ‘Woody’ or ‘Woodster’, he will always be remembered for his work…
‘ZX Football Manager – The Legacy Collection’ combines “Three flavours” of the classic game. The creator of the football management sim, Kevin Toms, is partnering up with the homebrew publisher Midnight Brew Games for a new ZX Spectrum-based collection, inspired by the series that made him famous. ZX Football Manager – The Legacy Collection is…