With Sonic’s 25th birthday this year it seems only fitting that Summer of Sonic makes its return in 2016. The once annual convention of all things blue hedgehog related returned with a blast on Saturday, 6th of August and RetroCollect‘s resident Sonic fanboy was there to experience it… My girlfriend, myself and thousands of other […]
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[Event] Retropocalypse – Bournemouth, 13th August 2016

Bournemouth, UK is probably best known for its stunning beaches, ornamental gardens and being the home of Retro Gamer Magazine. It is now also home to a brand new retro gaming event, and the inaugural Retropocalypse will be held at The Four Horsemen public house on Saturday 13th August 2016. RetroCollect will be supporting this […]
ZX Spectrum ‘Football Manager’ Updated For The 2016/17 Season

Following on from Leicester City’s heroics in the Premier League last season, it’s safe to say that everyone’s been eagerly anticipating the return of football. With the Football League 2016/17 season kicking off this weekend and the Premier League soon to follow it’s the perfect excuse to dedicate your gaming lives to the addictive slog […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Postmortem Stream at 7PM Central Today

Tune in today at 7PM central for talk on the 25th anniversary party, Sonic Mania, Project Sonic 2017, Totinos and more with Sonic Retro, SEGAbits and guests! The post Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Postmortem Stream at 7PM Central Today appeared first on Sonic Retro.
UPDATED: Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Postmortem Stream at 7PM Central Today

UPDATED: Watch the archive of the stream above. Bartman3010 joins with Donnie from Sonic Paradox News and TSSZ, Chris and Aaron from Find the Computer Room and our own NeoHazard to talk about the 25th anniversary party, Sonic Mania and project 2017. Listen to our woes of corralling a bunch of nerds from the internet […]
Footage of Lost PC Engine Ports of Marble Madness, Popils and More Released by Tengen Staffer

A former Tengen staff member, Jun Amanai, has recently been uploading footage of PC Engine ports of games like Peter Pack Rat and Marble Madness which otherwise have never seen the light of day, until now.
Retrospective: Rhythm Heaven Celebrates Ten Years Of Beats

Rhythm Tengoku/Heaven/Paradise (delete as region appropriate) celebrates it’s tenth birthday today so rather than contemplate how old we are getting when what feels like a “recent” game officially becomes “retro”, let’s look back at the very first game in the series to see exactly what made it so special. To really understand fully how the […]
Sonic 25th Party Post Mortem Stream This Friday at 5PM Central

The Sonic Mania hype may be coasting at this point, but we’re just getting started with the celebration of “The World Famous Blue Hedgehog” by hosting a live podcast on SEGA Channel Retro on YouTube this Friday at 5PM central. Sonic Retro and SEGAbits were live and in person at the event and we’ll talk about […]
UPDATED: Sonic 25th Party Post Mortem Stream This Friday at 7PM Central

UPDATED: The postmortem podcast will air at 7PM central instead of 5PM central to make time for more awesome guests to arrive! The Sonic Mania hype may be coasting at this point, but we’re just getting started with the celebration of “The World Famous Blue Hedgehog” by hosting a live podcast on SEGA Channel Retro on […]
Ex-Tengen Coder Reveals Unreleased Games

Wow! It’s not every day you come across a programmer sharing all sorts of cool abandoned projects, but former Jun Amanai has been doing just that on his YouTube channel recently. The former Tengen coder has so far shown off five unreleased games – PC Engine conversions of Marble Madness, Off The Wall, Peter Pack […]
