After teasing retro gamers with a trailer of Atari: Game Over, the film’s director has stated that the documentary looking into the gaming giant’s collapse and their infamous landfill site is due to hit Xbox Video later this month.
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The Making Of Rayman

Rayman is one of gaming’s success stories, catapulting creator Michel Ancel into the limelight and creating a massively successful spin-off in the form of the Raving Rabbids games. Here, Michel Ancel recalls how the limbless hero came to be. First appearing on the PlayStation right at the beginning of the machine’s life, it’s gone on […]
Long Lost Sega Vertical Shmup ‘Hammer Away’ Arcade Board Found In Portugal & Added To MAME

If you’ve been impressed as of late by the emergence of long lost video games for various consoles, what would you say to the discovery of an unreleased coin-op? Sega were due to début a vertical scrolling shooter known as Hammer Away into the arcades in 1991, only it never arrived. Fast forward to today […]
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Released: 2001 Genre: Third-Person Shooter Publisher: RockStar Games Developer: Bungie The Background Though it was Halo that made Bungie famous among console gamers worldwide, the team had been trailblazing on Mac and PC since the early Nineties with terrific games that included Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon and Myth. Bungie surprised many of its fans during […]
Unreleased Super Nintendo Mouse Game ‘Sound Factory’ Prototype Discovered

Have you ever felt that Nintendo failed to get the most out of its 16-bit Mouse accessory? The Super Nintendo peripheral was only compatible with a mere 62 games, a large number of which were Japanese exclusives. One lucky retro gamer has recently discovered a prototype cartridge containing the long lost title Sound Factory, a […]
Super Nintendo Classic Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past Gets Unofficial CD Audio & FMV Video Update

Although the Super Nintendo never received the CD add-on it was due to get, the many games that hit the 16-bit system proved that it didn’t need it anyway. That said, many retro gamers often wonder what could have been had compact discs arrived on Nintendo’s system. With a certain flash cartridge in hand, you […]
Imagine Publishing Secure The Rights To Vintage Gaming Magazines Crash & Zzap!64

Several decades ago when the home computer dominated the playground, two gaming publications rose up to further fuel the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 war. Zzap!64 and Crash magazine became iconic names for their illustrious time on the newsagent’s shelves – something which may happen once more.
HD Retrovision SNES, Genesis & Master System Composite Cables Kickstarter Currently In Progress

Earlier this week, we brought everyone the news about a new company called “HD Retrovision”, that are currently in the process of creating brand new composite cables for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis 16-bit consoles. These connection cables will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Atari Landfill” Documentary “Game Over” Gets Official Release Date For Xbox Live Subscribers

For over a year and a half, we at Retro Game Network have been covering the story about the recent Alamogordo landfill dig, in which the infamous urban legend about thousands of unsold Atari cartridges being buried they was confirmed. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Atari’s New Installments Of “Haunted House” & “Alone In The Dark” Now Available For Pre-Order

Happy Halloween everyone! Those that celebrate the holiday have a variety of traditions. Some have kids and go Trick Or Treating around town, some go out to Halloween parties, and others stay at home and watch scary movies, or in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
