One of the main criticisms levelled at Atari’s Jaguar system is that the controller is an absolute mess. Waiting in line behind the lack of decent software, unconvincing 64-bit graphics (by the way, it is a true 64-bit system on a technical level) and poorly marketed CD add-on, the controller takes a lot of unwarranted […]
Archive: September, 2015
Commodore 64 Rescueware Title “Daffy Duck And The Great Paint Caper” Discovered, Restored, Rebuilt & Available For Download After 23 Years
Back in 1992, the popular video game company “Hi-Tec” was slated to release a title for the Commodore 64 called “Daffy Duck And The Great Paint Caper”. Slated to be a part of Hi-Tec’s “Premier Range” titles, they had secured […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Escape: a Game Boy chiptunes EP by Joe Bleeps
Joe Bleeps (AKA Joe Heaton) is no stranger to Retro Games Collector and we have featured his Game Boy modding skills before. It is these modding skills, including the addition of backlights and stereo line-out sockets that led multi-talented Joe finding his way into the chiptunes scene and eventually producing tracks and performing himself. He […]
Long Lost Commodore 64 Platformer ‘Daffy Duck And The Great Paint Caper’ Recovered & Released
Once again the retro gaming world has been gifted another previously thought to be lost adventure through the continued efforts of enthusiastic retro gamers. Archival group and video game historians Games That Weren’t recently managed to track down the team behind the missing Commodore 64 release Daffy Duck And The Great Paint Caper. After several discussions […]
Full Motion Video Comes To The Nintendo Game Boy Color With Pokemon’s Iconic TV Intro
Just because the Mega CD and Sega Saturn offer full motion video doesn’t mean that Nintendo’s consoles have to miss out. Following in the footsteps of the FMV enabled homebrew MSU-1 chip for the Super Nintendo, the Game Boy Color is now also capable of playing back video files at full speed. To demonstrate this […]
Bangkok Knights
When you watch a fight, there’s a visceral thrill that accompanies being as close to it as possible. Sure, the person on the arena balcony is watching the same fight as the person in the front row, but it’s the latter spectator that’s getting the full experience – who wouldn’t want to see the tortured […]
Darran And Jon Run Through Retro Gamer Issue 145
The Retro Gamer team has access to a new video studio, so we’ve been looking at cool things to do with it – and the first thing we’ve done is to revamp our issue preview videos! In the past, we’ve simply pointed a camera at the magazine as Darran flips through it, but the new format […]
Unofficial Sequel ‘Alex Kidd On Miracle Island’ Adventures Onto Texas Instruments 99 Computers
Alex Kidd may be remembered fondly for his antics on the Master System, but sadly that’s about as far as it goes for the Radaxian hero, albeit officially. Fans of both the shortlived series and the Texas Instruments 99 / 4A computers have decided to make amends for Sega’s lack of faith in the protagonist, […]
Defenders Of Oasis
It’s probably fair to say that the Game Gear isn’t the first platform most people would think of when it comes to lengthy games. Not only does Sega’s handheld share much of its library with the largely action-oriented Master System, but playing it for any major length of time requires you to either sacrifice portability […]