Yesterday, we brought the news of the official release dates of the new production wave of the “NES Classic Edition”, alongside of it’s Japanese equivalent, the “Famicom Classic Edition”. While both of these devices are getting the long awaited re-release […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive: May, 2018
Nintendo’s “NES Classic Edition” Makes the Long Anticipated Return to Store Shelves on June 29th
Ah, the “NES Classic Edition”. The little plug and play console that was released to an amazing popularity, under produced, and of course, easily hacked. It was announced last September that Nintendo would be bringing back a new run of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The RGN Files” Podcast #15 Uploaded….
Good morning everybody, and Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! This morning, we present to everyone the latest edition of “The RGN Files” podcast, where you can get the previous week of Retro Game Network’s news coverage, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Headlines From The Past: “Home Video Games Are Coming Under a Strong Attack” (December 12, 1982)
Good afternoon everyone! Just as promised before, we will be giving everyone a brand new original feature every Saturday at 5pm Eastern! Last week, we revived our “VHS Rewind” segment, and this week, we will relaunch “Headlines From The Past”! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NES Homebrew “Lizard” Now Available Digitally & On Physical Cartridge; Coming Soon to Famicom
As you may have known, we are Retro Game Network are crazy about homebrew titles. Those games developed by independent programmers that do everything in their power to make sure that their favorite consoles from the past continue getting loved […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Coleco Evolved” Brings Back Classic Table Top Series With Two Brand New Arcade Style Games
Growing up as a kid in the 80s, I had always dreamed of having an actual arcade cabinet in my own home. While that is certainly an amazing goal to have (even today), there were a variety of companies that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 69: Andy Smith Interview
In this episode Paul sits down for a chat with Andy Smith. Andy started working for Future Publishing quite early on starting his career on multiformat magazine ACE. As the magazine became more popular it was sold to rival publisher EMAP. However that led to Andy’s career continuing at Future on new magazine Amiga Format.
BOH Deluxe and Huenison physical releases
Hi all, lately, as you might know already, I have released updates to both BOH and Huenison. At the same time, I have prepared also brand-new physical packages for them. The final version of BOH, after so many updates, really deserved a new edition. So I have made this (click on the pictures to see […]
Nintendo Confirms That the “Virtual Console” Service Will Not Be Continued on Switch Platform; “Nintendo Switch Online” an Upcoming Alternative
Ever since 2006, with the release of the Nintendo Wii, retro video game fans have taken advantage of the “Virtual Console” service, which allows gamers to repurchase titles from our past, in a more convenient fashion. The service was continued […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…