We’re all kids at heart, right? Sure, we may not be playing GoldenEye 007 religiously on our Nintendo 64 any more, but the desire to be a secret agent never left us! Well thanks to Motorola, we may just be able to re-enact our N64 days with their latest smart watch – one with a […]
Before Mario Announce Book On Nintendo’s Pre-Gaming Toys & Collectables

Although most will remember Nintendo from their creations of the 80s and onwards, there’s a much more detailed past to the Japanese company that spans all the way back to 1889. Toys, games, playing cards and more could all be found under their name, many items of which you’ll soon be able to read about […]
Mario Is Missing!
I love seeing younger people getting into retro gaming, but they do sometimes seem to miss the context a little. It’s pretty easy to acquire a well-known duffer and make a mocking YouTube video, which will invariably contain the line “How could anyone buy this?” Well kids, let me tell you how that happens. As […]
Online Documentary ‘Diggin’ In The Carts’ Details The Colourful Past Behind Retro Video Game Music

We can all hum the iconic theme tunes to Super Mario Bros, Sonic The Hedgehog and just about every other classic we grew up with – but how many of us can actually name who composed these melodies? Knowing many of these musicians never got the credit they deserved, the brand new online documentary series […]
Japanese Exclusive Dreamcast Demo “What’s Shenmue” Gets Multi-Language Fan Translation
It’s Dreamcast day at Retro Game Network! Early this morning we gave you a history of the Sega Dreamcast, which was released on this day 15 years ago. In the retrospective, I stated that the console, which has been out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Japanese Exclusive Promotional Sega Dreamcast Adventure ‘What’s Shenmue?’ Fan Translated Into English, Spanish & German

Believe it or not but the Sega Dreamcast made its punchy debut in North America fifteen years ago today. To help celebrate this monumental slice of retro gaming history, the prolific Shenmue fan site Shenmue Dojo have prepared a little something for fans of the 128-bit console. As of now the Japanese exclusive promotional demo […]