Hello everybody and happy Labor Day! For those of you that are looking for something lazy to do on this extended holiday weekend (except for me, night shift hospital staff here), I have a treat for you. Back in 1990, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Sega Saturn clock battery replacement – how to
Imagine this. You plug in your Sega Saturn, grab your Virtua gun, load up your well loved copy of Virtua Cop… and this appears: You almost rage destroy the gun as its a royal ball-ache trying to navigate the time and date setting process using the buttons on your gun and you’re being too lazy […]
Piko Interactive Presents Their Brand New NES Original Title: “Quest Forge – By Order Of Kings”
While the Nintendo Entertainment System has been discontinued for many years (ending its run in the US in 1995 and in Japan in 2001), it has since had an amazing following for many independent programmers, with many brand new games […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Super Mario Hits The Sega Mega Drive In ‘Somari’ – A Sonic The Hedgehog ROM Hack
One of the most infamous unofficial video game releases to date saw the all famous Italian plumber racing through Sonic The Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone. This unusual mix of games was built from scratch for the Nintendo Famicom under the new name Somari, a title often found on dodgy multi-cartridges hailing from the Far East. […]
Homebrew Atari 5200 & Jaguar Controller Currently In Development; Alleviates Many Common Issues
When someone thinks about Atari’s less popular offerings of the 5200 SuperSystem and Jaguar, there is one thing that most can agree on: Regardless of which console you select, they had a problem with the controller. The Jaguar’s main problem […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Atari Jaguar Controller In Development
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 […]
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 […]