Retro Gaming News
The Tokyo game store reopened in a new location earlier this month. Last month, you may remember us telling you about the video game store Beep Akihabara being forced to relocate from its original location after its building was scheduled for demolition. Well, since then, it seems the company has thankfully found another base of…
Can I get a “Guh Huh’? It seems like only yesterday that Mr Wiseguy released his Recompiled PC port of Banjo-Kazooie, bringing a bunch of additional features, including high-frame-rate support, widescreen and ultra-wide-screen options, and limited mod support. But it already appears that we’re getting another native PC port based on the N64 classic. This…
“Discovered a few months ago inside a brand-new Control Deck NES console bundle”. A sealed and rare copy of Super Mario Bros. on the NES has just sold at auction for a staggering $3 million. As reported by IGN and highlighted on social media by Chris Kohler, this ‘Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 9.6 A++’ grade…
“AI translation can still get things wrong”. Just like the Babel Fish of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, AI translation tools have brought down the barriers of communication online, with social media sites like Twitter even automatically translating tweets into your native tongue. It’s little wonder, then, that sections of the fan translation community…
It is impossible to deny the impact Super Mario Bros had on the gaming landscape when it was released on the original NES, especially on scrolling platform games. For gamers, it set a standard to expect from new platforming games released afterward. For gaming companies, it gave them something to aspire to, to be the…
The MSX Japanese home computer system is largely unfamiliar to US audiences, and mayeven fly under the radar of many retro gaming enthusiasts. Elsewhere, it’s a different story. While unsurprisingly commonplace in its native country and in its neighbor South Korea, the MSX also found footing in South American and European territories. Of the MSX’s…
“Bongo shotto!”. Just in case you weren’t paying attention, the World Cup started this week. The globe’s biggest sporting event is the perfect excuse to play football-based video games, which is why I’ve dusted off my copy of what I consider to be one of the best representations of the sport ever seen – Konami’s…
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“We intend to expose Tim Langdell for what he is”. Langdell once managed to scare Future Publishing back in the day over the use of the word ‘Edge’ for its multiformat magazine Tim Langdell – the notable copyright troll who was once a thorn in the sides of Namco, Future Publishing and Electronic Arts over…
I’m an evil alien. One of the coolest things about the Vectrex community is how many homebrew games have been made. There were 28 retail titles released during its lifetime; as of now, a conservative estimate would put aftermarket titles at around 150; it might even be over 200. We honestly do not know, because…