Classic gamers will tell you, that while we love our HDTV’s for actual television watching, when it comes to hooking up the games from our past, those same TV’s leave something to be desired. It’s a known fact that installing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not a lot of people remember Nintendo’s biggest flop, the Virtual Boy. First of all if was never released in Europe or the PAL region, and secondly it did not have a very long life span, but the console still shows the innovative spirit of Nintendo.
Despite scart sockets making their first apperance on TV sets around the time of the Atari 2600‘s launch, the California made console shipped with nothing more than a RF-out port for its visuals. Although serving it’s purpose in the day, gamers have since been longing for a more crisp alternative – and one that plays […]
In 1994 Copya Systems released a detailed strategy title for Nintendo’s 16-bit platform which drew inspiration from the likes of Fire Emblem and Famicom Wars. Despite the turn-based tactical warfare gameplay being rather impressive, GalaxyRobo remained a Japanese exclusive Super Famicom release – one which has since been fan translated into English.
Throughout Nintendo’s rich history as not only a video game company, but as a toy company in general, they have had their share of both major successes, as well as financial and consumer failures. While there have been many consoles […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was about a week and a half ago that RGN had to report the sad news that Nintendo President Satoru Iwata had passed away. In that original report, I had made the statement: “I can guarantee that everyone that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite producing countless coin-op hits, Midway’s history in the video game world is somewhat undocumented. From Smash TV to Mortal Kombat and beyond we’ve all at some point in our gaming lives experienced one of the studio’s hard-hitting releases. Looking back with fond memories, it’s now time to hear all of the colourful behind-the-scenes stories […]
Yesterday, we got to report on the interesting Wi-Fi cartridge in development for the Commodore 64, and this morning we get to continue with the retro computer gaming goodness! In the article that I wrote then, I happened to mention […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you think of popular computers of the 1980s, you have quite a few options, and whether you grew up using the Apple II, Commodore 64 or Atari 8-bit series, you will find a devoted fanbase to their favorite machine […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sheer number of Doom mods available is bewildering. No other game has been manipulated and transformed as much as this seminal and genre-defining first person shooter. But now, you can finally play this masterpiece…inside the masterpiece. Thanks to YouTuber and modder TheZombieKiler, you can now approach a crude arcade cabinet, activate it, and play […]