Category: NES
With the launch of Pokemon Go for iPhone and Android in many countries, the Internet has been flooded with all sorts of news about the game, with people playing the game everywhere. All that buzz made me think about the first Pokemon games – Red and Blue, released for the Gameboy in 1996. Yes, that is 20 years ago, which…
A new classic gaming contest has been announced over at highscore.com. This time, the goal is to crack previous high score trophies on Atari (2600, 5200, 7800, 400/800/XL/XE, Lynx, Jaguar, ST) Colecovision PC Engine / TG-16 Nintendo (NES/Famicom, Super NES, N64, Gameboy, GBC, Virtual Boy) Arcade / MAME This contest has some truly awesome prizes, including an X-Arcade Dual Stick,…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
There is an entertaining article published today where Zach Hines tells his story to achieve the perfect retro console fidelity, relying on a high-end RGB Monitor by Sony. ” It all started about four years ago when I came into an old Sega Saturn system from the mid-90s. It was an entire console catalog that I completely skipped over back in…
8Bitdo has released a bluetooth adapter that allows you to use modern controllers with the NES console, finally letting you ditch the cables. The adapter can be used with Wii remotes, PS4 controllers and, as expected, 8Bitdo NES bluetooth controller. The adapter costs $19.99, which is a pretty good value for what it offers. You can obtain more information following the…
Last year, one of the biggest news around retro gaming was the discovery of the “Nintendo PlayStation”, which was a prototype of a partnership between Nintendo and Sony (duh!) to give SNES capabilities to use cartridges and also CD for games. RetroCollect reports that there is a file named SDBR_v0.95.sfc that seems to be legit, but they are still investigating…
Nightmare Busters is a new run & gun game developed through the partnership of Super Fighter Team and the game’s developers, Christophe Gayraud and Jean-Christophe Alessandri. “Synchronized with the wavelength of dreams, the miserable Tyrant has discovered a way to enter them and convolute what children see, hear and feel while they sleep — all for the benefit of…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
Bitmap Books has certainly found its niche and a lot of success there, not without deserving it. The publisher has been releasing many fantastic books about retro gaming like Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium. Now they just released a new book called Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection, which shows, as the name suggest, the box art of almost 250 classic Super…
There are so many 6502 good assemblers nowadays, including the modern KickAssembler and its javascripty macro capabilities. Now the 6502 developers have another option: Macross 6502. This assembler was developed between 1984 and 1987 by LucasFilm Ltd and used on the development of the game Habitat. Now, the project source code is available on Github, thanks to The Museum of Art…
