Category: Games Consoles
We are always pleased to see some of the major news outlets talking about retro-computers. This time, PC Magazine website has published today a slideshow displaying 7 great Vintage Computer Collections, some of them from people we know well from the “retro scene”, like Byte Cellar, Nightfall Crew, etc… If you are thirsty for more, you can visit some of…
Retro Collect reported today this incredible sale that just ended. Someone who probably took a lot of effort to collect all +3000 games ever made for the PS1 released in Japan decided to sell his collection. The highest bid was a little less than US$ 25,000 (or a more impressive 3,000,000 Ien). The collection has probably very rare and expensive…
The Incident for the Nintendo Entertainment System has been released by KHAN Games. The game is basically a Sokoban clone, but features more than 100 levels, an Automated Solution system and a level builder where you can create your own puzzles. [youtube lk4YNBFq0Qo nolink] The nicest thing about this release is its *very* limited edition package with only 23 copies,…
Disk System, a japanese exclusive add-on to the Nintendo Famicom known as the Disk System allowed the 8-bit console to load games from a re-writable source. Thanks to that interface, it was possible to come with a modern storage solution: FDSStick, a Famicom Disk System (FDS) drive emulator. The FDSStick adapter comes with a USB port on one end, and…
Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated his website with another new release, this time round it’s Kloks’ Megapack: Volume 1. EAB user Kloks has generously donated a series of seven standalone, bonus free CD32 conversions. Aunt Arctic Adventure (Midware, WHDLoad slave by Bored Seal) Duck Tales (Disney) Jumping Jack Son (Infogrames, WHDLoad slave by Harry) Nebulus…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably the book with most references to 80’s pop culture, and most of them video-game related. It is already old news that he scored big when he sold the rights for a movie based on the book. It is also known that Steven Spielberg is the director (not too shabby eh?). What we…
Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated Flashback with further language support. English, Italian, German, French and Czech. Featuring The brilliant WHDLoad slave with CD32 joypad support, speed corrected cut-scenes and level/difficult select capability. CDXL intro, derived from the 2013 remake. Controls screen. Level and difficulty selection screen. Download: Flashback.zipWebsite: http://unofficial-cd32-ports.blogspot.co.uk
Although Brazil has a ever growing gaming community playing the latest PS4 and XBox ONE titles, due to its large population with (much) lower income, a local company called TecToy still sells thousands of Sega Master System consoles, after 30 years it was first released! Atlas Obscura website has published an interesting article telling how Sega beats Nintendo using such…
The light cycle battles featured in Tron are probably the most iconic sequences of the movie, and it spawn hundreds of games with the same gameplay. I remember to play it on my TRS-80 Model I in a monochrome TV, and even with those chunky graphics it was a blast!. The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis) fans have now an…
Nostalgia Nerd has published a new video review about the Commodore Game System. Manufactured and released by Commodore in late 1990, it’s production span lasted less than a year and was by all accounts a failure in most departments, especially commercial. Get the full story watching the video, along with some snippets of lesser known information. Be also aware that…
