Category: Retro Gaming
Numskull Designs have partnered with BANDAI Namco Entertainment with the plan to release a series of one quarter scale full working arcade cabinets with the Pac-Man edition now available on pre-order for £149.99. The Pac-Man Quarter Size Arcade Cabinet is an official, fully playable, accurate 1/4 scale replica of the original Pac-Man cabinet that runs the original arcade rom via…
A few months back it was revealed that Intellivision, a major influence in the video games boom of the early 1980s, was planning to release a new video game console, and the company has now unveiled it’s concept for the “Amico”, a system set to focus on family-friendly entertainment. Much like the original Intellivision unit, the Amico design features a…
CollectorVision are looking to provide an easy way to play your favourite Collecovision game on modern TV with the Kickstarter launch of their FPGA based Phoenix system. However, the campaign appears to have failed to spark the community’s interest as with 15 days left the project has only been able to secure 30% of its $230,000 USD funding target. The…
We play Super Trolley on the C64 and discover whether a game based on stacking supermarket shelves can be any fun!
We take a look at this curious, seaside-themed collect ’em up based on the classic puppet show.
In this edition of Retro Revisited, we look back at one of the most infamous titles of the mid 90s, as well as the media circus involved in it’s creation.
The NeoGeo multi video arcade system (MVS) and its home game console variant, the Advanced Entertainment System (AES) were released by SNK back in 1990. The AES was one of the most expensive home video game systems released but it still garnered considerable demand in Japan due to the systems ability to deliver a true arcade experience to home users….
Log Jammers is a new arcade sports game developed by Mega Cat Studios for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and PC. Inspired by the ’94 Windjammers, Log Jammers can be explained as an air-hockey (or even Pong!) type of game, but its implementation goes way beyond that. As the name suggests, the players stay on top of rolling logs while they throw…
Collectorvision is pleased to announced that they have opened up pre-orders for two new games for the Intellivision platform – MoonSweeper and Mad Bomber. Moonsweeper is a shooter game that has previously been released on various other vintage systems including the Atari 2600, Colecovision, C64 and ZX Spectrum. The action takes place in space and on the surface of satellites…
The Facebook group Homebrew Gaming News is one of the best places to know first hand what is happening in the homebrew community, including, of course, new games announcements, like the brand new Shadow Switcher. Christian Gleinser’s game features a Lode Runner-inspired gameplay where the hero has to run through the platforms collecting rings to find his way out while…
