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Design Design
Design Design might not be as well known as other developers from the 8-bit period, but that doesn’t make its story any…
Author: June Park
Fresh Cartridge reporter. Covers launches, remasters and the modern retro scene as it happens. Owns more handhelds than handbags, has opinions about all of them, and filed this bio from a Game Boy she modded herself.
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Drawn and Preserved: The Master System Graphic Board Sega Only Sold in Japan
In October 2014, the Sega preservation community at SMS Power quietly added an odd entry to its release list: a 32-kilobyte prototype labelled Sega Graphic…
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The Six-Button Suitcase: The Top Ten Sega Nomad Games
The Nomad: a Mega Drive with a screen bolted on and no interest in compromise. Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons The Nomad…
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It Belongs in a Museum: The Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Remake That Came Back From the Dead
The horned idol that starts the whole adventure, repainted in high definition for the Special Edition. Every background in the remake is…
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100-hour Armor Attack marathon underway
We can’t imagine that when John Salter set his marathon gaming world record earlier this year, he thought he’d be attempting to…
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Rare PAL 32X releases surface on eBay
It’s a rare time for 32X collectors, as two of the rarest games for the system are up on eBay at the…
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Built From a Single Screenshot: The Making of Starquake
The original cover art. Photo: Bubble Bus Software / Wikimedia Starquake began with a screenshot its creator never followed up. Stephen Crow…
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Dark Souls
Released: 2011 Genre: Adventure Publisher: Namco Bandai Developer: From Software The Background From Software had been trucking along for years before Demon’s…
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Flatter Hyrule: Ocarina of Time 2D and the Demake That Outlived Its Makers
There is a sentence that has been written, in one form or another, on Zelda forums for more than twenty years: someone is remaking Ocarina of Time in 2D. It…
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Commodore 16
Year Released: 1984 Original Price: £129 (Starter Pack) Buy It Now For: £15+ Associated magazines: Big K Why The Commodore 16 was…