This past September, Nintendo made the announcement that they were planning to start the procedures to end it’s “Wii Shop Channel”, which has been around for over a decade. While the service certainly provided original Wii users a variety of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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“Head To Head: Atari Adventure” Brings Multiplayer Competition to the Atari 2600 Classic

First released back in 1980, “Adventure” for the Atari 2600 is one of the earliest examples of a critically acclaimed adventure game, that many of today’s games have based the basics on. Selling over a million copies at a time […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New PS4, Xbox One & Steam Title “Okinawa Rush” to Also Get Released for Sega Dreamcast Platform

One popular retro console that developers love to work with is Sega’s final system, Dreamcast. Since it’s discontinuation back in 2001, it has always been a popular platform for homebrew developers and professional programmers alike, with a wide array of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Retro Gamer Issue 179 Hits The Shelves!

Issue 179 of Retro Gamer is rolling into newsagents, with two fantastic gifts that will please any fan of the Commodore 64. The C64 Remix CD features 12 classic tunes reimagined from their original SID incarnations, with the likes of Matt Gray, Marcel Donné and Chris Abbott remixing Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway and more – […]
Sega to Release “Genesis Classics” for Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Later This Spring

Ever since the end of the cartridge era of video games, there has always been a variety of retro based “collections” of these types of games released for modern platforms. Collections of games for systems like the Atari 2600 and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SEGA News Bits: Sonic at SXSW

On this SEGA News Bits, we take a look at the announcements that came out of last week’s Sonic at SXSW event – from physical releases to “don’t call it a sequel” to the return of classic Sonic to animation. Check out the video above for all the Sonic Mania reveals and after the break […]
SEGA News Bits: Sonic at SXSW

On this SEGA News Bits, we take a look at the announcements that came out of last week’s Sonic at SXSW event – from physical releases to “don’t call it a sequel” to the return of classic Sonic to animation. Check out the video above for all the Sonic Mania reveals and after the break […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 66: Paul ‘Mr. Biffo’ Rose Interview

In this episode Paul sits down for a chat with Paul Rose AKA Mr. Biffo Paul spent 10 years writing popular Teletext section Digitiser from 1993 to 2003. Over the years the quirky sense of humour to go alongside the gaming coverage gained a massive following. Although there was plenty of Sega and Nintendo footage, […]
Internet Archive Now Offering Emulated LCD Handheld & Tabletop Games in Their Collection

When it comes to handheld and portable gaming, some of the systems that come to mind from our childhood include everything from the Game Boy to the Game Gear, to maybe even the Atari Lynx or Neo Geo Pocket. However, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Episode of “VGM on FM” Airs Tonight at 7pm!

Good morning everyone! We will have our first news story of the week in just a few moments, but I wanted to take a chance very quickly to remind everyone that this evening, we will be presenting a brand new […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…