The main reason that I even decided to get a Dreamcast back in the day, was because of a select handful of games that were exclusive to the system. While I bought my original system used online a few years […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something unexpected has crept up on me, something that has made me realise that I might be getting older, and for once I am glad that I have noticed it. I was going to start this article with something like, “Back in the day…” or “When I was young…” But I thought the better of […]
While Nintendo has had it’s fair share of successes, it also has had a handful of complete failures. One of these “failures” would be the Virtual Boy console, which was first released back in 1995, and it was one of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we all know, the 3DS was not Nintendo’s first venture into 3D gaming. The fabled Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s earlier tried and tested system, which while having many merits, failed commercially. As of today though Nintendo’s handheld has successfully brought 3D entertainment back to the gaming world. For retro gamers though, one question remains […]
When you compare the amount of role playing games released in Japan to what English speaking audiences received, there’s a saddening number untranslated adventures that have gone a miss. While fan translation groups are working hard to make amends, there’s only so much they can do – their efforts, however, don’t go amiss! The latest […]
In 1991 video gamers found themselves cast onto the crime-flooded walkways of a once peaceful city, a location three ex-police officers set out to reclaim from the syndicate. Armed with nothing but their bare knuckles, Axel, Adam and Blaze changed the console gaming landscape forever…
Back in the earliest days of handheld video gaming, people wanted to make sure that their systems were well protected, and many different consoles had special cases offered to them. Everything from the original Game Boy to the Atari Lynx […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the days before international communication became cheap and convenient, it was easy to miss out on what was going on elsewhere. You’d be aware of import games thanks to magazines, but it wasn’t so easy to find out anything else. Thus, it came as a huge surprise to me when I got online and […]
It was one year ago that RGN reported on a then-upcoming magazine publication for the retro video game community simply called “RETRO“, which was created by a joint collaboration between GameGavel and Retro Gaming Roundup. After an amazing save in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the holidays get closer and closer, we start wondering about special gifts that we can give to our friends and loved ones. In some traditions, we have special gatherings that are known as the “ugly Christmas sweater parties”, where […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…