Sonic Runners is going WORLD WIDE on June 25!!!! #ソニックランナーズ #sonicrunners — ソニック ランナーズ 公式 (@SonicRunners_JP) June 20, 2015 SEGA announced at the Sonic birthday event that’s taking place at Tokyo Joypolis that Sonic Runners will launch worldwide on June 25th. Despite only launching in Japan and Canada, the game has had a decent success up to […]
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Vintage Computer Emulator ‘PCem’ Now Running 3Dfx Based Windows Games

For many emulation fans, finding something capable of playing Windows based games from around 1998 onwards has been a bit of a chore. Some gamers have resorted to building their own vintage systems, however, there’s a new solution now on offer known as PCem – an old computer emulator capable of running the more high-end […]
SNES Classic ‘Super Mario World’ Beaten With Artificial Intelligence

While we all know how to successfully clear the first few levels of any Super Mario title, how would a computer fare on its own with no prior knowledge of the game? Using self-learning artificial intelligence, one computer program has managed to successfully battle its way through Super Mario World – albeit with a lot […]
E3 2015 Round-Up: The Year Of Retro Revivals & Remakes

Although E3 may still have a day to go, the gaming exhibition has already pulled out all the stops and left plenty to look forward to. The more surprising aspect to this year’s show though, is that more has been promised to the retro fanatics amongst us than next-gen gamers.
Stryker’s Run

One of the things that I love about retro machines is that they each have very distinctive graphical styles. While games I can play on my PlayStation 4 are scarcely distinguishable from their Xbox One counterparts, it’s hard to mistake a C64 game for a Spectrum game and vice versa – and it’s hard to […]
Rare Announces Upcoming “Rare Replay”, A Collection Of 30 Classic Titles For Xbox One

When you think about some of the most classic video game publishers out there, some names instantly come to mind. Square Enix, Activision, Konami, Capcom among others are just some of the ones that you might ponder. Another big name […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Square Enix Announces Remake Of “Final Fantasy VII” For PlayStation 4, Possibly Other Platforms

Back in 2005, Sony had teased audiences with a technical demonstration for it’s (then) new PlayStation 3, which had a “Final Fantasy VII” theme to it. Ever since then, gamers have been asking themselves when the real remake was happening. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
E3 Brings The Retro Love

This year’s E3 show has been absolutely absurd in a number of ways, and there’s been some great retro love out there. The most groundbreaking story has easily been the announcement of Shenmue III as a Kickstarter project during the Sony conference – not only did it break Kickstarter, but it reached its $2 million […]
Show us your collection: #33 Simon Pring

Simon supplied so many photos of his unbelievable collection that we hardly knew where to start. His games room is a shrine to old school gaming and in particular his love of all things Game Boy. His original Nintendo display cabinets are bulging with every kind of Game Boy and accessory imaginable. We’ll let the […]
After 14 Years Of Waiting, “Shenmue III” Is Finally Slated To Be Released For The PS4 & PC Platforms

This has been a piece of news that has been MANY years in the waiting, and it came to us courtesy of the most recent E3 convention. For years, fans of the popular “Shenmue” franchise have been wondering when and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
