When Quake entered the gaming scene, PC gamers dropped their jaws in amazement. It combined brand new 3D-graphics with the simple shooting mechanics of Doom, albeit with better scripted events. Topping it off was a combination of science-fiction and medieval themes, as well as a skin-crawling soundtrack by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Just […]
SEGAbits and Sonic Retro team up to bring you a podcast focused on SEGA’s Sonic Boom franchise! Hosted by Barry the Nomad of SEGAbits.com and David the Lurker of SonicRetro.org, Boom Talkalaka features discussion of the many aspects of Sonic Boom – from comics and episodes of the cartoon, to the video games and toys. […]
Developer Playtonic must be feeling pretty pleased with itself. Its spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee, recently launched on Kickstarter and has smashed records left, right and centre. Playtonic consists of a group of ex-Rare staff, including Chris Sutherland and Steve Mayles, two of the creators of Banjo-Kazooie, and its first game has already become the […]
With so many displays today relying on the HDMI standard, classic consoles are slowly being forgotten by television manufacturers. While there are solutions available in the upscalers and converters out there, the simplicity of being able to plug and play is anything but present. This is where the Ultra HDMI steps in: a brand new […]
Number 31 in our amazing collections series and this time it’s Retro Collective Europe member Gary Ptaszek’s turn to show off his awesome collection. Gary is also proof that gaming can be good for your health. Check out his Q and A to find out how… The Collection Click on images to enlarge Q and […]
This post is written by Jake Parr. Gunning down the Jerries in Wolfenstein 3D may not have marked the beginning of the first- person shooter genre, but it certainly shaped its future. Back in 1992, running and gunning through labyrinths with a framerate so smooth was a mindblowing concept. A handful of months after id Software released […]
Blazing Lazers is one of those games that just goes with the PC Engine / Turbografx hardware. It’s not the best shoot-’em-up on the platform, but by virtue of arriving early in the system’s life and having far less competition in the Western market than it did in Japan, it’s become closely linked to the […]
With a wealth of RPGs and adventures hitting the Japanese gaming market during Nintendo’s heyday, gamers elsewhere around the world were lucky if any of these were then localised for release internationally. While many of the classics eventually made the trip overseas, countless other titles have remained Far East exclusives. In an attempt to make […]
Ever felt that the limited edition consoles out there are a bit dull? Over the last few years console modder Vadu Amka has been giving the likes of Nintendo and Sega (of past) food for thought with his incredible creations. The latest of these is an incredibly detailed Nintendo 64 which has been modified to […]
If there’s any game that has become a victim of revisionist history, it’s Night Trap. The much-maligned game is most commonly cited as Mortal Kombat’s partner in crime during the 1993 US Senate hearings on violence in video games, and is today regarded as being quite a bad game. But this wasn’t always the case, […]