Category: NES

Once upon a time John Romero made a version of 'Super Mario Bros. 3' for PC

Back in 1990, IFD (soon to be Id Software) wanted to pitch a PC version of Super Mario 3 to Nintendo and to do so made a demo of the game running on the platform. As we all known Nintendo is adamant (or was) to keep its exclusive games only to its own consoles and the history tells us Id…

Forum 64 Game Competition 2016: Strategy Games

Forum 64 has released the rules for its new game competition 2016. The theme is “strategy games”. The competition will run from January 1st to Oct 31st 2016, but the registration has to be done until Dec 31st of this year.  The forum thread explains the definition of Strategy games, and what will be accept. You can read all the…

Nintendo PlayStation: It's real and it works

Engadget has published an extensive article about the Nintendo Playstation, which first appeared back in July. A lot of people were skeptical about the Frankenstein machine equipped with CD-ROM and SNES cartridge slot. Could it be real? Well, it is! “The “Nintendo PlayStation” is now the stuff of gaming legend, with reportedly only about 200 prototypes ever produced. But, as…

Japanese SNES ‘The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes’ Fan-Translated Into English

The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes is a 1995 Japan-exclusive action game for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo). Contrary to several bad Spiderman games, “Lethal Foes” is a great game, with great graphics and action. It is too bad it was never released in North America. Following the motto “better late than ever”, the game was recently translated by fans to…

Long Lost ‘Wonderland Dizzy’ Nintendo NES ROM Online

Following the recent buzz about the new Wonderland Dizzy game, the Oliver Twins have also made available the (until now) unreleased Nintendo NES title Wonderland Dizzy and put it online for free. RetroCollect website reports that “This fantastic discovery is now sitting proudly on the newly launched Wonderland Dizzy website which includes an online Nintendo NES emulator to sample the game. Featuring…

Back to The Future Day – Game up and celebrate!

On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…

Visit to Ottawa's Retro Gaming Stores

Nowadays, it is all about the Internet, right? We can buy anything from almost anywhere, and for people who chase the latest and greatest collectable retro-game there are good options around the globe. However, sometimes it is nice to be able to shop using the old fashion way: driving to a physical store, browse the titles, talk to the sales…

BITBITJam 2015 Retro Homebrew Downloads!

BITBITJam is a RetroGame event where people around the world create a game for old hardware in a weekend. This year’s BITBITJam was held from Fri 24 of July to Sun 26 of July, there were some fantastic entries and you can now download all the retro homebrew goodness over at http://bitbitjam.com/#entries. The winner for Best Confronted Kingdoms Game is Les Quizarables…

'Dr. Who' homebrew-ish game for the first time released for the NES

Join the Doctor in his first big adventure on the NES! The Doctor must save a mysterious planet from the grips all sorts of creatures! There is no ROM available online so we can check the game. Anyone interested will have to put $50 to get the cartridge. The games itself is not exactly a new homebrew game but, according to…

Homebrew Nintendo NES Game ‘Jet Paco’ has campaign for cartridge edition

At the beginning of this year (2015 just in case!), the Mojon Twins released a game for the NES called ‘Jet Paco’, which was greatly praised by the community for its visuals and gameplay, as you can check yourself on the video below. [youtube KFk0ltRYA-k nolink] Now, The Mojon Twins have started a crowdfunding campaign to be able to release…