UPDATED (9/14/2016) Pre-orders are now available through GameStop. GameStop [PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC] SEGA continues enticing us with the release of Sonic Mania by announcing a collector’s edition with a statue base of Sonic standing atop a Genesis (With an actual power switch that will yell SEGA!! at you,) a Genesis cartridge cast with […]
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Cancelled Warcraft Point-And-Click Found

With Warcraft riding high in the estimations of PC gamers during the mid-Nineties, Blizzard made an attempt to bring the game away from its real-time strategy roots with Warcraft Adventures: Lord Of The Clans, a point-and-click adventure. However, after a long and troubled development, the game was cancelled in 1998 and left completely dormant – […]
Nintendo 64 ‘Multimedia Expansion Device’ Patents Discovered

Most gamers will be familiar with the Nintendo 64DD, the disk drive attachment for the Nintendo 64 that promised larger games and enhanced functionality. Sadly, the 64DD never saw the light of day outside of Japan, and even then the add-on only received a handful of exclusive disk games. It appears that Nintendo of America […]
Sonic Hacking Contest 2016 Website Goes Live

Character mods, fishing derbies and content restoration are all welcome in the return of the Sonic Hacking Contest for the year of 2016! The contest has been accepting entries for quite awhile. This time however the website has gone live which will mark the home for all entries and streaming personalities showcasing the entries and judging the results. […]
Retro Community Day on Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Today at 11PM UTC

Play Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed with the Sonic Retro & SEGAbits community! We’ll be playing the PC version on Steam and livestream it. It’s not too late to send a friend invite to us (SEGA Channel Retro) to come play. We’ll pool together 9 players and play for two rounds, then we will restart the […]
Blizzard’s Long Lost ‘Warcraft Adventures: Lord Of The Clans’ Point & Click Prototype Leaked Online

For nearly two decades fans of the Warcraft series have been missing out on what was shaping up to be a stunning graphical adventure in the late 90s. Despite appearing packed to the brim with gorgeous cartoon visuals and puzzles to boot, the upcoming PC title Warcraft Adventures: Lord Of The Clans soon found itself cancelled and lost […]
SEGA Channel Retro Celebrates the Launch of the Dreamcast at 5PM Central

17 years ago saw the launch of the Dreamcast in North America on September 9th 1999. We’ll be taking a look at games that launched day and date with the system and share our memories with SEGA’s last major console. The post SEGA Channel Retro Celebrates the Launch of the Dreamcast at 5PM Central appeared […]
Henshin Engine Is Now On Kickstarter

Webcomic creator Sarumaru has been working on the Henshin Engine project for a while now, but rather than just making a comic about games, he wants to make an actual PC Engine game. To achieve this goal he’s gone to Kickstarter, where he’s asking for $16,400 to expand the current three stage demo into a […]
Sonic The Hedgehog Fan Game ‘Green Hill Paradise: Act 2’ Shows Sega How It’s Done In 3D

Over the years Sonic the Hedgehog has had a torrid time making the leap from a two dimensional world to 3D, so much so that fans have taken it upon themselves to make amends. One fan who goes by the name of Xaklse, created a 3D Sonic Games Development Kit which he’s finally put to good […]
Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition Fan Hack of Infamous NES Game Released

Even bad games get their day in the sun, and such is the case with the NES Super Pitfall, which has been given an extensive hack for its 30th anniversary by a fan to improve it by, well, a lot.
