We’re not ones to trash the Virtual Boy unnecessarily – while it does have its faults, it’s not completely devoid of merit. However, it’s got to be said that Mario’s Tennis was a pretty weak pack-in game. On one hand, you can see why Nintendo chose it. The movement inherent in a tennis game can […]
Archive: August, 2015
Dragon Warrior/Quest
November. 1990. Nintendo Power had begun distribution of the free copies of Dragon Warrior/Quest for Subscribers. At the time I was just excited to be getting a new game. I had no idea what I was getting into. I would never have called, nor would I now call my father a gamer. But when he […]
Sega Dreamcast Wireless Control Pads ‘DreamConn’ Out Now
Although ahead of its time, the Dreamcast arrived a good few years before wireless technology became a gaming standard. With plenty of fans still supporting Sega’s swan song today, it comes as no surprise that an aftermarket cable-free control pad is now available – the DreamConn.
Save States Console Add-On ‘SNES-Tap’ Set For The Super Nintendo
One of the greatest developments to ever come out of the emulation scene is save state functionality. Those frustrating moments where you had to leave a half-finished game were soon long gone, except of course you had to be playing on anything but the original console. In the near future though, the very same feature […]
Rollcage Developers Talk GRIP
If you’ve been following Kickstarter projects lately, and it seems to be increasingly vital to do so as a fan of retro games, you might have noticed a futuristic racing project called GRIP gaining attention. If not, take a look at the video above. The goal is CAD$657,000 and the campaign runs until 10th September. […]
Ex-Rollcage Developers Talk GRIP
If you’ve been following Kickstarter projects lately, and it seems to be increasingly vital to do so as a fan of retro games, you might have noticed a futuristic racing project called GRIP gaining attention. If not, take a look at the video above. The goal is CAD$657,000 and the campaign runs until 10th September. […]
Game Boy Camera SD Card Adapter ‘BitBoy’ Coming Soon – Backup Your Photos On Any Computer
Back in 1998 we all became fully-fledged photographers thanks to Nintendo’s revolutionary Game Boy Camera. Once equipped with the accompanying Game Boy Printer, any snap could be turned into a stamp-sized print to keep. In today’s digital era though, getting these photographs off the accessory is tricky feat – or at least it used to […]
RetroCollect FM – Retro Gaming Podcast – Issue 21: Cancelled Games
In the world of cinema, the term ‘development hell’ is regularly bandied about when describing a production that has been passed from director, to studio, to producer – often with the cast being changed drastically.
Sonic’s Actual First Home Appearance Discovered By Guru Larry
So it turns out that Sonic appeared in another game aside from Rad Mobile before he’d star in his own game. Youtube personality Guru Larry found out that his first appearance was actually in the incredibly obscure Amiga game The Adventures of Quik & Silva. The game was developed by Factor 5 under the pseudonym […]
Nintendo Game Boy Adapter For GameCube Gets Enhanced Software ‘Game Boy Interface’
To the untrained eye the Nintendo Game Boy Player adapter for the GameCube provides a pretty decent experience of handheld games on the big screen. In reality though, the software provided on the accompanying disc which is needed to load cartridges suffers from countless issues and drawbacks – duplicate frames, blurry visuals, and dim colouring. […]