For many gamers, their first steps into the world of RPGs was through the timeless series, Final Fantasy. Although arriving as a spin-off from the main series, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest has garnered plenty of fans for its puzzle elements, roaring soundtrack, and lush 16-bit visuals. These fans will be pleased to know that a […]
Let’s face it, the Virtual Boy isn’t exactly the cheapest bit of retro gaming kit, but it’s without a doubt one that just about everyone wants to experience. If you’re on a strict budget, you’ll be pleased to know there’s now a way to emulate Nintendo’s portable VR console from 1995 with a do-it-yourself virtual […]
When it comes to arcade machines, retro gamers are often divided into two groups: those who prefer the nostalgic wooden look of a cabinet, and those infatuated with the luscious curves of a Japanese candy cab. With plenty of woodworkers now making their own traditional cabinets for sale, another has joined the ranks replicating that […]
Over the last two years, the first three Japanese exclusive Wizardry games on the Nintendo Game Boy were fan translated into English. Now joining this trio of text heavy dungeon crawlers is a spin-off from the main series on the Game Boy Color, Wizardry Empire.
If you’ve ever fancied yourself a bit of a Tetris master, the event for you is taking place just three weeks away in Albertslund, Denmark! The Tetris European Championship will take place across two days and feature competition over four versions of the game – the Game Boy release, the Nintendo NES version, the SNES […]
One of the disadvantages of working with younger people is that they missed out on excellent kids TV shows like Knightmare. We used to be endlessly enthralled by the adventures of the hapless kids that Treguard would introduce to the dungeon, particularly as the show was so ridiculously hard. Unfortunately, only a few of our […]
While readers in North America are likely familiar with the Ninja Gaiden games for the NES as being good but rather difficult platformers, here in Europe that’s much less common. Why? Well, the games were called Shadow Warriors over here, and the NES wasn’t as popular here. When we finally got games bearing the Ninja […]
Geometry Wars has been the absolute pinnacle of retro-flavoured high-score action in more recent years, however, that’s all about to change. It looks like the Nintendo NES is due to get its very own intergalactic 360 degrees shooter, with multiplayer functionality and familiar feints from fighting games thrown into the mix.
It is my pleasure to feature this particular US based collection as it belongs to one of my favourite YouTubers Lifespiller79. He’s also one of the coolest guys I have ever made the acquaintance of so make sure you check out his channel. You will find links to his various social networking pages below our […]
A surefire way to get the Retro Gamer team excited is by combining two of our favourite things, and Castlevania: Spectral Interlude does just that by slamming our favourite vampire-hunting series onto the the Spectrum. This homebrew release originally started out as a conversion of Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest to ZX Spectrum 128K, but eventually […]