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 […]
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After A Long Hiatus, Retro Game Network Announces That It’s Back In Full Swing For 2015!

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…
Vigilante

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 […]
Pokémon Mini

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 […]
The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels by Chris Wilkins – review

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 […]
The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels by Chris Wilkins – review

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 […]
id Software’s Classic FPS ‘Quake’ Recreated On An Oscilloscope

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 […]
Haunted House

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 […]
Mev Dinc

The name won’t be familiar to everyone, but Mev Dinc has been involved in some cracking games over his 30-year career. He’s ported classics to the Spectrum and Amstrad, created original games like Gerry The Germ and helped form Vivid Image. In this classic interview, Mev tells us how his impressive career started off. So […]
Homebrew Basketball Release ‘Jam It’ Dunks Onto Commodore 64

Despite there being a wealth of brand new releases available for older systems, very few of these homebrew offerings are sports titles. Throwback Games, however, are set to break the mould with their upcoming 2-on-2 style basketball game Jam It for the Commodore 64.
