One step ahead of Hyperkin? Not quite… Back in 1995, Sega released the Nomad, a portable Genesis / Mega Drive which, for many fans, felt like the stuff of a madman’s dreams. It offered the ability to play your 16-bit library on the move, as well as connect up to your TV for more traditional…
AMD’s last generation of desktop CPU socket, AM4, first appeared in September 2016 and most of us assumed that once the current AM5 hit the market, there would be no further CPUs released for the old socket. That’s definitely not the case and in this year’s CES event, AMD has announced four more AM4 processors:…
Via Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol. 3. Bitwave Games has already released two sets of Toaplan shmups on PC via Steam and GoG, and it’s returning for a third helping in the form of Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol. 3. Announced today, this new selection includes Tiger Heli (1985), Vimana (1991),…
It’s a new year, and the devs at CD Projekt Red are turning their eyes away from Cyberpunk 2077 to focus on its upcoming sequel from the studio’s new Boston office. In a tweet, Cyberpunk narrative director Igor Sarzyński said that the team is ready to “officially kickstart our Orion [the codename for Cyberpunk’s sequel]…
If you’ve got your own booth at CES it makes a whole lot of sense to fill it with some of the brightest, shiniest doo-dads right at the front to tempt passing traffic your way. While some might view this as a cynical attempt to draw attention to products that might not otherwise be worthy…
“We can easily release something like a Second Quest version on the 64DD”. As mentioned yesterday in our news article going over some of the highlights from Hiroshi Yamauchi’s 1997 Spaceworld keynote speech, we sometimes don’t have the opportunity to include everything we get translated while we’re in the process of putting together a particular…
The 1984 game of Tetris has been mentioned many times on Indie Retro News, with new versions of the game being re-released on the Amstrad CPC, C16, Plus/4 and ZX Spectrum. Well here’s another version of the game that is sure to be enjoyed by many that still love this game even today, as JOTD…
Next system update should provide fixes. Polymega’s delayed system update may have given owners a chance to play N64 games (and side-load Game Boy titles), but it has a few hidden surprises which people are finding a little less welcome. Neo Geo CD emulation has been impacted by a speed bug, which means that games…
“Like a river’s flow, it never ends”. Here’s a little fact that made us choke on our Cornflakes this morning, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is old. Okay, maybe not old-old, but older than the original N64 release was back in 2011. Yes, the time between today (10th January 2024) and the…
Over the past few years, Thermaltake has been massively expanding its portfolio. From the early years of CPU coolers, you can get your hands on cases, chairs, desks, monitors, keyboards, and more. Alongside them are Thermaltake’s ToughRAM (sorry, TOUGHRAM) range of memory modules, which were first launched back in 2022. We got the chance to…