As we’ve had documented in the wiki for a long time, Sonic has seen his fair share of bootleg games across the last three decades. On a personal level, I’ve found these knock offs fascinating but the plethora of ‘Tubers out there who would rather make unfunny jokes about fan games and hacks (arguably our […]
Good morning everyone! Yes, we are finally back after a brief outage for lack of a better term. On a personal note, I was having some computer situations on and off over the course of the last month or two, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last July, we reported on an upcoming service for retro video gamers called Antstream, which is slated to be made available on a variety of platforms, and to be of special interest to retro computer gamers. The service plans to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Almost exactly one year ago today, Sega had made the original announcement that they would be bringing gamers a brand new Genesis/Mega Drive Mini, an upcoming plug and play device that will give retro 16-bit fans a new all in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, Sonic Forces. It’s tough to know what to say about it. The game has been out for a while now and admittedly this review is coming a little late, but if Forces shows us anything it’s that the franchise itself needs to slow down and take time for a bit of reflection. Having had […]
This is a more unusual mod, but it’s one that caught our eye: Sonic 3 in 16:9 widescreen, by Eukaryot (@Eukaryot3K), who just announced the release via Twitter. Interested in giving it a whirl? You’ll need the Steam version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles installed (hence the unusual part!), which Sonic 3 A.I.R. is built […]
The annual Sonic Hacking Contest has once again been announced by Spanner over on the forums. This year sees many big new changes, largely with how the trophies will be categorized and distributed. With 3D entries overtaking the classic, more traditional hacks, last year, the following was decided: Entries will be graded top 3 overall […]
Issue 192 of Retro Gamer is available to buy now from all good newsagents and My Favourite Magazines, and we’ve teamed up with C64Audio.com to deliver a special package for our readers. Each copy of the magazine comes with a CD full of Rob Hubbard remixes – the best of the game music legend’s Commodore […]
Known for their feature films, fans of the “Alien vs Predator” franchise know that their history goes long before the first movie in the series, thanks to comic books mostly, and a video game released for the Super NES in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in 1983, Activision released a game called “Crackpots” to the Atari 2600. The game was released right before the massive video game crash that happened in the early to mid 1980s. Despite the flooding of the market that was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…