Category: Games Consoles
Twitter user @UMIHARAKawase send a message this week stating that he keeps his Super Famicom console powered on for 20 years, so he won’t risk losing hisUmihara Kawase game data. Incidentally, I’m pretty sure my first generation Umihara Kawase, which has been on in the SNES for over 20 years, has been in operation for over 180,000 hours. If the power is…
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…
Volgarr the Viking by Crazy Viking Studios Dreamcast Port by Marc Hall. You are Volgarr! Do you have what it takes to be the greatest Viking Barbarian Lord in the world? Return to the Golden Age of arcade gaming with all-new hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Playing as Volgarr the Viking, use your sword and spear to slaughter…
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…
From Craig Turner: “So folks, most of the year’s gaming events have now been and gone and if you’re a regular show-goer, we hope you enjoyed them all! BUT – there’s one more important one left on the calendar and is sure to give you your best dedicated retro-gaming fix and the perfect atmosphere for a pre-Christmas blast with your friends…
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…
RetroCollect has announced the availability of the impressive ‘Pokemon Yellow’ for NES in English. “While you may indeed be expecting a low quality cash-in illegally using Nintendo’s IP, Pokemon Yellow for the Nintendo NES (also known as Lei Dian Huang: Bi Ka Qiu Chuan Shuo) is actually something the Japanese giant could be proud of.” (RC) Looking at the video…
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) is one of the largest classic gaming events in the US, and this year is happening next October 17th and 18th, at the Oregon Convention Center. The event will have vendors, huge arcade area, panels and special speakers. Atariage also announced that they will have a booth at the event, and they plan to release several…
Chicken Lips is a English-speaking podcast talking all about Commodore computers. The first episode was released two years ago, and now the episode 2 is available with the promise that every month a new episode will be available. This episode brings a new co-host, Todd George, who is promising to help Earl Evans to keep the episodes interval a little…
F.L over at World of Spectrum Forums has ported the ZX Spectrum version of Barbarian to the Sega Megadrive/Genesis! You can download the port (and other versions) over at http://barbarian.1987.free.fr. The rom works on a real Sega Genesis/Megadrive (ntsc or pal), and on emulators. (Kega Fusion works best) Download: barbarianSPECTRUMmegadrive.zip Website: http://barbarian.1987.free.fr Forum Thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/
