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…
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. […]
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…
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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]