Commodore 64: A visual Compendium is on sale now. Having achieved Kickstarter funding earlier this year, this eagerly anticipated book really hits the spot for C64 fans. The majority of the book contains screenshots of games, accompanied by mini-reviews or quotes from developers and journalists of the time, arranged in chronological order to give a […]
Over the summer, we had reported that there was a brand new homebrew version of the controversial classic “Death Race” being made from the ground up for the Magnavox Odyssey 2 platform. At the time that we reported the story […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a rare time for 32X collectors, as two of the rarest games for the system are up on eBay at the same time. A PAL copy of T-Mek is up for £1,299.99 at the Buy It Now price and is complete, with a cartridge disassembly picture intended to prove the authenticity of the cartridge. Meanwhile, […]
Steve Crow now works at Blizzard Entertainment, but once upon a time he was a classic bedroom coder, creating a string of popular games that many 8-bit owners feel in love with. His Ultimate-styled arcade adventure Starquake is generally considered by many gamers to be his best early release, so we were keen to catch […]
With yet another year drawing to an end, we’ve once again been called upon to serve the UK’s retro gaming community with a weekend to remember. The UK’s biggest and best gaming exhibition Play Expo is due to take part in just over a week, and RetroCollect will be making another appearance in force with […]
You all remember the horse mode in Daytona USA for the Saturn, right? It was pretty great, but simply not as great as this – Link and Epona taking to the track for a day at the races. But Link being rather heroic, he’s not just taking on other horses, he’s up against stock cars. […]
One of the most interesting concepts going on in video games today involves taking games that were originally 3D, and converting them into a 2D only counterpart. Previously, such games as Final Fantasy VII have been given this kind of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Released: 2011 Genre: Adventure Publisher: Namco Bandai Developer: From Software The Background From Software had been trucking along for years before Demon’s Souls. A workhorse studio, it pumped out mediocre to average games across all genres, from the mecha Armored Core series to the first-person, rock-hard RPG King’s Field games. It was this series that […]
Over the years, there have been many video games that have been translated into big screen films. Resident Evil, The Need For Speed, and of course Super Mario Brothers, are some examples of the widespread appeal, or in some cases, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you ever wondered how the likes of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong would hold up against the countless thugs in Streets of Rage 2? Neither have we! Despite this, it would appear the ape duo have become playable characters in Sega’s smash hit through an unofficial ROM hack.