Retro Gaming News
I have been wanting to discuss this many time but never had the chance to until now. I wanted to voice my opinion on how the gaming world is going mini crazy. I am indeed am one of those gamers. I can’t help but collect all the new mini versions of the same game, that…
Mega! Back in Christmas 1991, the Sega Mega Drive had just enjoyed its first full year on sale in the United Kingdom and was fast becoming the country’s most popular game console. Publisher EMAP – which had multi-format magazines such as Computer & Video Games and Mean Machines under its belt – noticed this shift…
“Your imagination was kickstarted by the pictures and text on the box”. Preserving history is often all about archiving before it is too late, especially when it comes to games. Saving that floppy before it becomes unreadable, ripping that CD before ‘bit rot’ sets in and a hard drive before it dies a quiet (well,…
See Luigi in Super Mario 64 for the first time! Various pieces of evidence have appeared over the years to confirm that Super Mario 64 was originally going to include Luigi as a playable character. In several interviews, including a 1996 interview translated by shmuplations, Miyamoto went on the record as saying that the character…
“Kept you waiting, huh?”. In the past, Uniqlo has occasionally collaborated with the video game publisher Konami to produce clothing like t-shirts based on the Metal Gear Solid series. These were typically only available for a short period, but are set to make a return next year on Uniqlo’s website as well as in some…
Getting to know you. You might be getting ready for Christmas and the New Year, but we’ve one favour to ask before you don your festive jumper and tuck into those mince pies – we’d love it if you could spare a few moments to fill in the user survey below, which has been lovingly…
Releasing in Japan by the end of the year. A new kit that converts early Nintendo Famicom models into a portable device is set to be released in Japan by the end of the year. The Mobile FC Creation Kit came to our attention earlier this week thanks to the manager of the Ken-Chan home…
A barebones take on an adventure game classic. The Secret of Monkey Island is often regarded as one of the best adventure games that Lucasfilm Games ever produced, so it comes as no surprise that there is still an active fan community around it all these years later who are intent on paying tribute to…
Defying gravity. WipEout was the game that ‘sold’ the original PlayStation to an entire generation of gamers, but it was also released on Sega Saturn and PC. The latter version was pretty poor, but it has redeemed itself by forming the basis of WipEout Phantom Edtiion, a new PC port which offers HD visuals, an…
Another PC-88 classic to play over the Christmas period. Yesterday, we reported that the PC-88 shoot ’em-up Silpheed was coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of D4 Enterprises’ Console Egg series of reissues, but, as spotted via the Japanese publication 4Gamer, it seems like we only got half the story there. That’s because,…