The Retro Gamer team is, as you might have guessed, staffed only by the most squeaky-clean, unimpeachable characters you would ever hope to meet. Or at least, that’s how it would appear. But friends, we harbour dark secrets. You see, we love stuff. That’s no surprise, if you look at our gaming collections, but we’re […]
SD2IEC explained Over the years I have grown to love the Commodore 64 almost as much as my main area of interest – the ZX Spectrum. Playground debates over which is the best machine have become nothing but fond memories for me as I explore the intricacies of each machine, their respective strengths and weaknesses […]
Watch live video from SXSWGaming on www.twitch.tv The Sonic 25th Anniversary panel at SXSW will begin just a few hours from when this post is published. And thankfully SXSW will be hosting a live stream of the panel, which you can see above. The Sonic section of the stream will start at at 1:30pm PDT / 3:30pm CST / […]
I can say with some certainty, and perhaps a little bit of bias, that retro gaming is a great pastime to be part of. Why? Because of retro gamers themselves. Certain retro gamers inspire others in various ways, some by having large collections, some by having rare items but none more than the retro gamers […]
Over the last few years the retro gaming community has been blessed with the creation of box protectors for a wide range of different shaped releases. Long gone are the days where we had to worry about our Super Nintendo classics being accidentally crushed during a gaming session. If you’re the type who invests in […]
If there’s one complaint about the N64 that doesn’t centre around its trident-shaped control pad, it’s the visual output of the console. Most games on the console operate using a very aggressive form of anti-aliasing which results in a major loss of visual clarity, particularly on 2D objects. For some users, this simple bugbear has […]
From now on, there will be more frequent rolling updates. We are close to automating releases on the buildbot so that we can have weekly releases for the most prominent platforms. Version 1.3.2 is available here: http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.3.2/ I will add OSX 32bit and PowerPC releases to this later on. PS3 will be back at some later […]
Looking back in hindsight the 64-bit era of gaming consoles were far from being the revolutionary additions we were promised. Don’t get us wrong, we love the Nintendo 64 to bits but it’s safe to say that a lot of its software library featured blurry and muddy graphics. As of today though it appears game […]