Readers in the UK should be able to find Retro Gamer’s brand new issue starting today, so you might all be wanting to know what’s in it. As the cover suggests, our big feature this month is a 12-page look back at the Sega Saturn as the machine approaches its 20th anniversary, featuring developer insight […]
With only a few upcoming releases left, it is finally time to welcome the Nintendo Wii into the RetroCollect Video Game Database. Read further to discover what exactly has been added. While there’s still a little bit of life left in Nintendo’s motion-control console due to a couple of announced holiday releases, you did let […]
Raffaele Cecco first came to everyone’s attention thanks to the release of Cop-Out for the ZX Spectrum. He soon become widely regarded on the system thanks to a number of stunning looking arcade influenced games, including Exolon, Cybernoid and Stormlord. Here he talks to us about those early days in the industry. Let’s start with […]
This past May, RGN reported on a (still) upcoming controller and hub for the Nintendo Wii U platform, that gives the gamer the chance to use GameCube controllers with “Super Smash Bros.” in mind. When the news broke, many people […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just mere months after releasing a Game Boy flash cartridge, Krikzz has gone and announced another SD card enabled device for a different Nintendo handheld. Although in the early stages, retro gamers can look forward to a Game Boy Advance Everdrive arriving in the near future.
The release of Grim Fandango was a bittersweet experience. While it helped cement LucasArts as king of the point-and-click genre, it would also prove to be the last from the company, with the likes of Sam & Max and Full Throttle 2 getting swiftly cancelled. As Tim Schafer is hard at work on a new […]
We don’t have to tell you that when it comes to Emulation programs on your favorite mobile devices, Android is usually in, and Apple is usually out. When Apple gets into the game (or rather, out of the game), it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How to play Super Nintendo games on your iOS 8 device By Jim Gresham, Oct 6, 2014 63 Comments Although there is no iOS 8 jailbreak, there is still a way to add a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. Because Nintendo is missing the opportunity to make millions of dollars by releasing their games […]
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As slick as Apple’s range of devices are, they just don’t have the edge over Android equivalents due to the wealth of retro gaming emulators available on the Play Store. That said, some clever hackers have somehow managed to get Super Nintendo classics up and running on iPhones and iPads, similar to the way Game […]
Part of the charm of growing up several decades ago was allowing the surge of toys and electronic devices predict the outcome of your future. Whether it was magic 8-balls or even the Neo Geo Pocket’s horoscopes, we all wanted to know how our life would pan out and if our beloved crushes felt the […]