Nintendo has shown off the Nintendo Classic Mini: NES in action for the first time in a trailer, giving us our first idea of how the system will actually function – and it’s looking like a pretty good buy. The first bit of good news is that the European model has been confirmed to run […]
It’s here, the brand new side-scrolling Sonic game! No, not Sonic Mania. It’s Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for the Nintendo 3DS! In this SEGA News Bits, Barry shares with George, and our viewing audience, his thoughts on the game. Did SEGA and Sanzaru Games learn their lesson from Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal? In the […]
It seems that retro gaming themed events are growing in number, and take all shapes and formats – which can only be a good thing for the community going forward. This latest event – Retro Station – which we are extremely proud to be sponsoring, is due to take place on the 15th October is […]
Retro Computers Ltd has announced that the ZX Spectrum Vega Plus, the handheld edition of its 8-bit revival line, is scheduled to launch on October 20th at an event for press, backers and supporters. The machine will therefore miss its estimated launch date of September, but not by a great deal. The machine was successfully […]
SEGA’s Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice releases today for the Nintendo 3DS in North America, and will release a few days from now on September 30th in Europe. The game is available both digitally on the Nintendo eShop and physically with a special Launch Edition for the Americas which includes a collector’s box and a […]
In the early 90s comic book creator Jim Valentino decided to take his most recent series Shadowhawk into the video game realm. Scheduled to hit the Super Nintendo sometime during the 90s, the game struggled to find a publisher and ended up lost to the depths of time. Despite this the game has shown small […]
CFK might not be a company you know tremendously well right now, but the Korean games company is working to bring a couple of retro classics to Steam. The more well-known to Western audiences will be Wonder Boy Returns. Featuring gameplay based on the original 1986 arcade game, Wonder Boy Returns has all-new enemies and […]
“Is it that dreaded time of the year again?!” I hear you complain as you feel the dreaded Xmas strain of your already tight retro gamer wallet. Well fear not my good chums for it is the RetroCollect Secret Santa time once more! Flatapex has been doing a wonderful job over the past few years […]
I will start out with a confession – that here at Retro Games Collector we are unashamed fans of the work of Retro Fusion Books. Their publications hit the sweet-spot of quality, content and price and it shows with The ZX Spectrum in Pixels trio, Commodore 64 in Pixels and The Story of US Gold […]
