With Summer of Sonic drawn to a close, the staff at Sonic Retro and SEGAbits will band together for one more run to share their thoughts on Sonic Mania and more on this week’s SEGA Channel Retro livestream on YouTube starting this Saturday at 9PM UTC+1. The post Summer of Sonic Post Mortem Stream This Saturday at 9PM […]
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Long Lost Game Boy Color RPG ‘Infinity’ Nears Official Release

While the Game Boy Color may not have as many memorable titles as it’s predecessor, a groundbreaking release for Nintendo’s vibrant portable is imminent. Affinix Software recently revealed that their missing in action RPG Infinity, which was originally due for release in 2001, is nearing completion.
ROMs For Unreleased Phantom and Mandrake GBA Games Found

Comic fans are just as passonate about their hobbie as retro gamers are and in this case one fan site’s research has benifited both. The Phantom fan site ChronicleChamber.com has uncovered playable ROMs for the unreleased The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks and Mandrake the Magician: Shadow of the Vehme Game Boy Advance titles. Previously all we knew about […]
Commodore Amiga ‘Giana Sisters’ Special Edition Remake Out Now

In 1987 the Commodore 64 platformer The Great Giana Sisters caused great controversy due to its striking resemblance to Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Although pulled from the stores the game has since become a cult classic and found itself widely available through pirate copies on a wide range of systems. As of today though, a […]
Multi-System Emulator ‘Mednafen’ Adds Sega Saturn Compatibility

If you’re familiar with the ins and outs of the emulation scene, you’ll no doubt know that the Sega Saturn is very much lagging behind. While there are emulators out there for the 32-bit console that just about do they job (and an impressive one gaining traction on Android devices), retro gamers finally have a […]
Fastest Food Alive: A Look back at 1995’s Sonic the Hedgehog Franco-American Pasta

Fastest Food Alive returns as we look at more food promotional items from Sonic the Hedgehog’s past! On this episode, Franco-American’s Sonic the Hedgehog Pasta with Meatballs in Tomato Sauce is on the menu. SEGA’s partnership with Franco-American, a subsidiary of Campbell’s, kicked off in 1995 and carried through to 2000. Click play on the […]
SoS 2016 – The Kickstarter Edition

It’s been three years since the last Summer of Sonic, but this year the UK-based Sonic the Hedgehog convention was brought back for “One More Run” thanks to a Kickstarter campaign that reached half the requested amount inside 5 hours, and smashed the intended target by over another 50% on top. Clearly the fan demand […]
YouTube: Retrogaming pickups, small rant, channel update 8th August 2016

Check out the rest of the RGC YouTube Channel here Original post can be found at Retro Games Collector YouTube: Retrogaming pickups, small rant, channel update 8th August 2016
HyperPlay RPG Fanzine – review

I’m probably the wrong person to be reviewing a fanzine concerning all things RPG. I have never been the biggest fan of the genre. Nevertheless I will do my best to be objective and look at this through the eyes of an RPG fan so here goes… When the fanzine arrived on my doorstep I […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 31: The RPG Adventure

Role Playing Games have been around for years from early 8 bit days to the present day it’s a genre that has developed a lot. This episode Paul and Chris from the team are joined by Kincl from Hyperplay RPG fanzine and Julian Hill from Boxed Pixels website as the set off on there first […]
