Towards the back end of last year it was revealed that Nintendo Gamecube fans could soon be enjoying the classics through a HDMI out port. Obviously not being a standard part on the console’s motherboard, the GCVideo required some hefty soldering and technical skills to pull off. In the near future, however, the device will […]
In 2013 a brand new game in development for the Dreamcast and Commodore Amiga made its way to Kickstarter. Leona’s Tricky Adventures unfortunately fell well short of its fundraising target, however, the team behind the new release pressed on the hard way to ensure their game saw the light of day – a title which […]
If you’re enrolling in RAGE, our Really Amateur Games Expo, you’ve got until Jan. 22 at 11:59 p.m. CST to produce a game of some sort based on this year’s theme: Sonic Boom. It doesn’t have to be a full scale game so much as a 5-10 minute long demo or an older game (think Space Invaders […]
Toy Soldiers don’t sound like the most imposing of things, but these heavily armed mechs are deadly war machines in the world of Faselei! This game follows the titular mercenary group as they go about their business – which in this case is an attempt to bring down the corrupt government of Istar, as they’ve […]
During my earlier gaming years there were a number of occasions that have seen me rushing to a local video games store on a particular console’s launch day, my impressionable younger self guilty of succumbing to months of advertising and associated hype. On one such occasion back in 1995, Sony and its first foray into […]
The Nintendo Game Boy Advance has a fantastic library of games. Released in 2001, it was seen as the perfect handheld for 16 bit style gaming so became home to many excellent versions of the Super Nintendo Mario games, Donkey Kong and more. As well as this, many well-loved series made their own identity on […]
We all want to own a slice of gaming history within our collections – well how about a brand new Super Nintendo game direct from the publisher? Natsume’s North American division recently opened up their very own eBay store which has since seen a selection of factory sealed cartridges from the nineties up for grabs.
In 1986 a Finnish programmer was closing in on the development of his latest Commodore 64 game, Little Knight Arthur. Having sent the game off to a number of different publishers – all of which rejected the title – Pasi Hytönen’s creation remained lost to time and unpublished. Three decades on, however, Little Knight Arthur […]
The latest issue of the UK classic gaming magazine Retro Gamer is celebrating its 150th issue in a big way by counting down the 150 Greatest Games Ever as selected by readers. What’s so cool about the issue is that for many of the entries, they turned to those in the fan community to wax […]
Brett Weiss is a man who loves lists. He also loves games, and it was only a matter of time before he combined these passions and nature took its course. The product of several thousand hours’ worth of research, the Classic Home Video Games series of books has been available for some time but it […]