Recently I found myself eyeing up another fellow collector’s purchase – the Sharp X68000, a Japanese home computer known for its incredible shoot-em-ups and near perfect arcade ports. It’s a stylish looking system, with its outer case resembling that of a sleek gaming skyscraper. Trouble is, the system is not only rare, but also quite […]
This morning Nintendo held a conference revealing the Nintendo Switch, along with hardware details and games ranging from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to Super Mario Odyssey. Among the games shown were some which will surely go down well with retro fans coming to the Switch. Key among these was Arcade Archives […]
Thought to be missing the jump the new system, Sonic Mania was confirmed by Nintendo’s YouTube and new Switch website is coming to the new system this Spring. Alongside Sonic Mania, Puyo Puyo Tetris is finally getting a release outside of Japan, both on the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4. Hit the jump to […]
UPDATE: The Nintendo Switch version is being co-developed by Tantalus Games according to a Tweet from Christian Whitehead himself. Shout out to fellow Melbourne devs @Tantalus_Games who are helping us out with the Switch version of Sonic Mania! — Christian Whitehead (@CFWhitehead) January 13, 2017 In addition, the Switch version also has a collector’s edition […]
Watch live video from GamesDoneQuick on www.twitch.tv Consider this as a friendly reminder that Games Done Quick will be featuring three Sonic games today. The event returns for 2017 to continue their support of the Prevent Cancer Foundation with speed runners playing through games to earn the best times all week long. Donations can be […]
Sonic 06 has gone down as one of the blue hedgehog’s more divisive adventures. But like it or not some dedicated fans have gone through the trouble to recreate the game in the Unity engine. I’ll be checking it out on today’s shorter stream. You can now watch our live streams on YouTube or Twitch! […]
Sonic 2006 is being remade in Unity by a small team headed by Gistix. A demo, playable on PC, has just released showcasing their progress in the form of the game’s original demo. We downloaded it and now talk about it in the first SEGA News Bits of 2017! Download the Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Unity […]
GamesMaster magazine is one of the most well known games magazines and also one of the longest running. This year it reaches it’s 25 year anniversary, and also this month saw the 25th anniversary of the GamesMaster television series first appearing on TV.
It’s amazing to look at Mercenary now and think how immersive it was. With little more than wireframe objects, some text and slabs of colour, you could really get into the narrative that you were stranded on the alien planet Targ and trying to find a way off it. Of course, part of what helped […]
After a hugely successful move to the mighty Doncaster Dome, we’re proud to announce that the Video Game Market is back for 2017. As the biggest and unrivalled retro gaming sales fair in the UK, this is yet another pixel-perfect day filled with bargains and rarities you won’t want to miss.