If you were a computer gamer at the end of the Eighties, you might well have fond memories of the adventure game Midwinter. The game was a groundbreaking achievement, offering first-person survival gameplay in a fully free-roaming environment – the kind of thing that is commonplace now, but was nearly unthinkable to young Amiga and […]
Archive: September, 2016
Seagulls Release New Album On Genesis Cartridge
We’re going to be completely honest – we’d never heard of the band Seagulls prior to today. However, we’re glad that we have. The indie rockers have done something a little bit different for the release of their latest album, Great Pine. Sure, you can buy it on vinyl or download it, but why take […]
Unofficial ROM Hack ‘Super Mario Run 64’ Brings The Mobile Experience To Nintendo 64
If you haven’t already seen the news, Nintendo has teamed up with Apple to release an endless runner for mobile devices in the near future. While this new release might lack the true spirit of Nintendo, one retro gamer has decided to adapt the freemium style gameplay and bring it back to the Nintendo 64.
UPDATED Sonic Mania Brings the Genesis Aesthetic with the Collector’s Edition for North America
UPDATED (9/14/2016) Pre-orders are now available through GameStop. GameStop [PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC] SEGA continues enticing us with the release of Sonic Mania by announcing a collector’s edition with a statue base of Sonic standing atop a Genesis (With an actual power switch that will yell SEGA!! at you,) a Genesis cartridge cast with […]
Sonic Mania Brings the Genesis Aesthetic with the Collector’s Edition for North America
SEGA continues enticing us with the release of Sonic Mania by announcing a collector’s edition with a statue base of Sonic standing atop a Genesis (With an actual power switch that will yell SEGA!! at you,) a Genesis cartridge cast with a golden ring as well as the download code on a metal card. Priced […]
Cancelled Warcraft Point-And-Click Found
With Warcraft riding high in the estimations of PC gamers during the mid-Nineties, Blizzard made an attempt to bring the game away from its real-time strategy roots with Warcraft Adventures: Lord Of The Clans, a point-and-click adventure. However, after a long and troubled development, the game was cancelled in 1998 and left completely dormant – […]
Nintendo 64 ‘Multimedia Expansion Device’ Patents Discovered
Most gamers will be familiar with the Nintendo 64DD, the disk drive attachment for the Nintendo 64 that promised larger games and enhanced functionality. Sadly, the 64DD never saw the light of day outside of Japan, and even then the add-on only received a handful of exclusive disk games. It appears that Nintendo of America […]
Sonic Hacking Contest 2016 Website Goes Live
Character mods, fishing derbies and content restoration are all welcome in the return of the Sonic Hacking Contest for the year of 2016! The contest has been accepting entries for quite awhile. This time however the website has gone live which will mark the home for all entries and streaming personalities showcasing the entries and judging the results. […]
Retro Community Day on Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Today at 11PM UTC
Play Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed with the Sonic Retro & SEGAbits community! We’ll be playing the PC version on Steam and livestream it. It’s not too late to send a friend invite to us (SEGA Channel Retro) to come play. We’ll pool together 9 players and play for two rounds, then we will restart the […]