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Overtake in Takeover 2. All the way back in 2013, 90’s Arcade Racer looked like it would become the ultimate love letter to the likes of Daytona USA and Scud Race, and, following a successful crowdfunding campaign, looked set to appear on modern systems, including the Wii U. Sadly, it never met its proposed launch…
When it comes to cheap yet worthwhile Atari 2600 games, the usual suspects like Asteroids, Missile Command, and Space Invaders tend to dominate the conversation. And for good reason: they’re iconic, easy to find, and still offer plenty of arcade fun. In fact, many of the system’s most common cartridges are inexpensive precisely because they…
Truxton Extreme! Game Boy mods! 3DO! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Truxton Extreme! Game Boy mods! 3DO! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
“Sony licensing couldn’t get their act together about the royalty terms”. Sony almost crammed a PlayStation inside a DualShock controller, it has been revealed. The unreleased hardware was shown off by former Sony and DMA Design staffer Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson at an event hosted at The Retro Collective museum in the UK (thanks, GamesRadar). Read…
“The biggest moment in Commodore’s modern history”. Much has been said about Commodore International’s upcoming Callback 8020 “dumbphone”, but, according to the revived company, the device has already become its most successful product. “In just three days, Callback matched the first month’s sales of the Commodore 64 Ultimate,” says Commodore on social media. Read the…
…plus some others, for good measure. As outlined in the first of what will be two pieces, my family and I recently returned to my homeland of South Africa. This was mainly to reconnect with my birthplace and see how much it had changed, but I also wanted to rediscover the video game, comic, and…
“MY WIFE WOULD DIVORCE ME ON THE SPOT”. Since Commodore International rose from the ashes of the once-great computer firm, we’ve seen the superb C64 Ultimate hit the market – an FPGA-based recreation of the iconic 8-bit home computer which ticked pretty much every box. However, it’s fair to say that the company’s follow-up product…
“I never made much progress on this idea”. It’s looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just announced that it is ending disc production and won’t be shipping an optical drive in the PS6. Xbox is very likely to follow suit, leaving Nintendo as the…
I am once again asking you to read ‘Doom Guy – Life in First Person’. The DOOM, DOOM II, & Quake level designer Sandy Petersen can’t stop getting details about id Software’s history wrong. Just one week after his comments on piracy and DOOM, he has once again been corrected by id Software’s co-founder, John…
“Don’t like it, don’t use it”. I certainly don’t need to tell you that AI is one of the biggest talking points of modern tech – you’ll have picked up on that if you’re a regular reader of this very site. Generative AI has become a major source of contention across all walks of life,…