Category: News

SNK reveals more details of NEOGEO Mini console!

SNK has finally revealed concrete details regarding it’s up-and-coming NEOGEO mini console unit. In an update to the company’s website, the console now has a release date of Summer 2018, designed to celebrate SNK’s 40th anniversary. Pre-orders for the console expected to commence in the near future, with links to Amazon displayed on the site’s homepage. For anyone unfamiliar with…

WinUAE 4.0 Public Beta 13 now available to download

Those of you following the development of WinUAE 4.0 can now download a copy of beta release 13, having been released for testing by Toni Wilen in the ongoing development thread over at the EAB forums. This is likely to be one of the final beta releases made available, with the final public release expected somewhere within the next 7…

Domarius Games releases Alex Kidd in Pico World for the PICO-8!

Fans of Sega’s jug-eared, one-time mascot might be interested to hear that Domarius Games has just released a Alex Kidd in Pico World for the PICO-8 Fantasy console. For those unfamiliar with the PICO-8, it is a virtual machine designed and developed by Lexaloffle Games primarily as a platform for learning about, developing and creating games for a machine with…

Pixelglass Games releases Worthy, a new game for OCS Amigas!

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, a mantra that Pixelglass Games has taken to heart in Worthy, it’s newest game just released for OCS Amiga computers! The objective of the game is to guide your would-be Romeo around a series of mazes, collecting as many gems as possible. Only by filling your pockets with these precious gems…

Super SD System 3, PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16, ViTNO Hardware Review

The PC Engine has quickly become my favourite gaming console of all time within the brief period that I have been exposed to this great tiny machine that features a large library of quality arcade type games. It was only 12 months ago, I purchased an unmodified CoreGrafx unit with a handful of HuCard games and was immediately hooked with…

MSX2 Inferno gets a physical release

Inferno, an action platform game for the MSX2, is now available as a physical cartridge. Made by Aetherbyte, whose previous releases include Atlantean and Pyramid Plunder for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, Inferno is their first major MSX release. It’s set in the depths of Hell, with the player trying to escape over the course of 4 expansive levels. Inferno…

2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition Preview

The 2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition deadline is just around the corner, and nothing less than 20 contestants have already submitted their games. Since we are all very busy keeping real life and retro gaming in balance, wouldn’t be great if there is a good summary somewhere giving you a quick overview of all of them? Thankfully, Ausretrogamer thought the…

Get a Free Atari 2600 Trading Card – Galaxian

To celebrate the success of the first two issues of The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Throw Back Zine, Mike Salzman has announced that he is giving away Atari 2600 trading cards. To get one entirely free (US and Canada only), you just need to fill out the form linked at the end of this article. The first and second issues sold incredibly well…

POLYMEGA, the Modular Retro Entertainment System Getting Ready For Pre-Order Launch

The gaming market is awash of retro gaming hardware solutions, providing the ability to play original cartridge games natively up-scaled from their original resolution to allow them to look good on modern HD televisions. Playmaji is looking to take this a step further with the impending launch of POLYMEGA, a modular retro gaming system that supports multiple cartridge based and…

Atari 2600 compatible console ‘RetroN 77’ ready for pre-order

Hyperkin has finally made available for pre-order its new retro console, the RetroN 77. The machine will let you play original Atari 2600 cartridges as well as the original joysticks and paddles. Back in may, we posted an update where the developer had mentioned the desire to price the new console as low as possible to make it accessible to a large audience. Now we know…