The Retro Gamer team loves cool gaming merchandise. Darran has a statue of Link and Epona on his desk; Nick has Metal Sonic keeping guard of his monitor 24/7. But we could always use more, and this Lego set would be an excellent addition to our rapidly-growing collection of gaming tat. Based on The Legend […]
Year Released: 1993 Original Price: $249.99 (USA), £199.99 (UK), Yen 24,800 (Japan) Buy It Now For: £25+ Associated magazines: Jagwired (fanzine), EGM, GameFan, Gamepro, Edge Why The Atari Jaguar was great: At launch far more powerful than any other cartridge system, considerably cheaper than 3DO, and there would eventually be some amazing exclusive games released. […]
I don’t care much for golf. Watching it isn’t a great deal of fun, and I am so uncoordinated that attempting to play it would undoubtedly end in an act of unintentional self-harm, one so severe as to require my immediate hospitalisation. As such, it’s quite strange that I enjoy golf games as much as […]
When the Kickstarter campaign for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works by Darren Wall was announced it proclaimed to be the ‘definitive volume on the landmark console’ which was a lofty goal indeed. The fact that this documentary artbook was officially licensed by Sega themselves and that Read Only Memory’s previous title Sensible Software 1986–1999 had been […]
It’s been a tremendous year for newly published retro books, especially the sort you are proud to have on your coffee table when guests are round. With the Sega Megadrive/Genesis: Collected Works (review to follow shortly), the overdue but awesome looking ARTCADE book and Bitmap Books second Visual Commpendium title on the Amiga still to […]
Over the years we’ve featured a whole host of ROM hacks varying from simple graphical alterations to extensive gameplay modifications, but nothing as groundbreaking as Big’s Fishing Derby. Using the original Sonic The Hedgehog ROM file as a starting point, one talented developer has somehow converted the 16-bit classic into a fishing mini game staring Sonic […]
Although fighting in the fourth-generation of video game consoles against its 16-bit rivals, the 8-bit CPU of the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 packed plenty of punches. While it may not have had the same processing power as the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive, it sure could pull off plenty of visual trickery to stay […]
As we approach the first birthdays of the new generation of consoles, consoles that offer up even more cinematic experiences, it warms my heart to see games coming out like Don’t Die Mr Robot.
It’s been a wild ride, and a story that we have been covering for quite some time now. It started off with the news of a film company wanting to dig the infamous Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill that was known […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Following a long running series of action packed adventure with Turrican, developer Manfred Trenz seemed to almost disappear from the gaming industry entirely. While still knocking around in the shadows, Trenz’s Turrican swan song ended up arriving as an obscure Japanese exclusive Super Famicom title known as Rendering Ranger R2.