In less than two weeks, Sonic Mania will finally be available to the world at large. Counting down the days has become painful, the question being if there’s a way to make August 15th come any faster. Since no one here at Sonic Retro HQ has the extra eighth Time Stone hiding in a cabinet, […]
The system doesn’t launch until the end of September, but AtGames’ new Sega Genesis Flashback console has already generated controversy. A number of units have gone out to US gaming outlets for review, and the response has not been favourable. Gamespot warned consumers “Do Not Buy AtGames’ Sega Genesis Flashback Console,” IGN damned it by […]
Think you’re better at retro games than everyone else? Specifically, do you reckon you can take on anyone over a series of popular Mega Drive games and still come out on top? If so, you might want to head to the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham on Sunday 6th August, as the Mega Drive Championships […]
Think you’re better at retro games than everyone else? Specifically, do you reckon you can take on anyone over a series of popular Mega Drive games and still come out on top? If so, you might want to head to the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham on Sunday 6th August, as the Mega Drive Championships […]
As we reported in our last article, the Crash Annual 2018 Kickstarter campaign got off to an astonishing start – reaching its £12,000 goal within 9 hours. That was just the beginning of the story though and currently – with 18 days to go (at time of writing) the campaign is funded 258% and stands […]
Independent gaming retailer DragonBox Shop has recently restocked the excellent Retrode 2, as well as plugins for the Master System, N64 and Game Boy. The versatile USB adapter had been out of stock for some time, and DragonBox is the main supplier having taken over production from Retrode creator Matthias Hullin some years ago. The […]
Joining the likes of Battle Garegga and Dangun Feveron as shmups we did not expect to get modern-day ports on Playstation 4, Jaleco obscurity The Game Paradise will be getting a rerelease on both PS4 and Windows via Steam, in a new version titled The Game Paradise: CruisinMix.
In preparation for the forthcoming release of Night Trap: 25th Anniversary, YouTube gaming channel My Life In Gaming has released a documentary on the groundbreaking FMV game. This 49-minute video is a comprehensive look at the game from its earliest origins as a project for the cancelled VHS-based Hasbro Control-Vision console, the CD-ROM releases and […]
If you’ve dabbled in emulation as of late you’ll no doubt be aware that the Android operating system has provided a new lease of life for countless consoles and computers. While just about every popular system of yesteryear is somewhat playable on most smartphones and gaming tablets, there’s one platform which has been massively neglected […]
The Open Source Scan Converter has been upgraded to version 1.6 and is available for DIY builders right now. The biggest new feature is the integration of analogue to digital audio conversion and audio output as standard, which was one of the biggest quirks of the old version 1.5 unit as featured in issue 162 of […]