Over the past few years, we have covered a variety of stories about video games being played on devices that were never intended to play video games. From everything from pianos to ATM machines, from e-Readers to calculators, it seems […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Up for auction on ebay UK is this very interesting collection of rare Sinclair prototypes which were given to the seller’s father in an office clear out by Sir Clive himself. These prototypes are all non-working design-stage models of the ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum plus some models of unreleased computers. These prototypes shed some light […]
There are two cars that I’d love to own. One is a Ferrari Testarossa convertible from Out Run (which I’m reliably told, doesn’t actually exist) the other is the new model Volkswagen Beetle that was first released in 1997. When I first saw the new look Beetle it just looked like an amazingly fun car […]
Good evening everyone out there… Remember us? As many of our loyal readers and followers are quite aware, there has been more than a small lack of updates here at Retro Game Network over the past few months, and we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ask anyone what the PC Engine’s best arcade conversion was and they will always reply ‘R-Type’ with a smug look on their faces. There’s no denying that Irem’s port is an astonishing piece of work, but it’s easy to forget that initially the game was split across two separate HuCards, meaning you had to spend […]
Year Released: 2001 Original Price: £40 Buy It Now For: £15+ Associated magazines: None Why The Pokémon Mini was great: Nintendo’s miniature console was the obvious answer to similar successful devices like Tamagotchi, but was draped in presentation that was typical of Nintendo. It’s small library of games means it’s relatively easy to collect for […]
Imagine Christmas 1983 if you will. An excited young boy has been asking (probably annoying) his parents for the latest Sinclair computer for nigh on a year. Fed up of his ZX81’s wobbly 16K RAM pack, often the undoer of many a programming session, he longs for more. A machine with sound …and colour. Doesn’t […]
Imagine Christmas 1983 if you will. An excited young boy has been asking (probably annoying) his parents for the latest Sinclair computer for nigh on a year. Fed up of his ZX81’s wobbly 16K RAM pack, often the undoer of many a programming session, he longs for more. A machine with sound …and colour. Doesn’t […]
Recently, we’ve seen the seminal id Software first person shooter Doom ported to all sorts of weird and wonderful hardware, from calculators and mp3 players; to printers and ATM/cash machines. The latest attempt to make a shooter run on hardware that was never intended to play games has gone one step further though, as Finnish […]
This innovative release from Atari Inc is arguably one of the first examples of survival horror and it’s a cracker to boot, creating an oppressive creepy atmosphere that no amount of flickering visuals could remove. You’re essentially exploring the house of the late Zachary Graves that consists of four floors and a basement, with different […]