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 […]
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 […]
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…
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 […]
Treasure’s calling card was a big wake-up call for other Mega Drive developers. Gunstar Heroes, delivered astonishing graphics and all sorts of clever graphical effects, while its tightly toned gameplay made other run-and-gun games of the time look decidely lightweight. Here we reveal how the Mega Drive classic came to be. Treasure was born in […]
As Sophia Petrillo would have said, “Picture it! 9-9-99.” If there were any more rememberable launch date for a video game system, it would certainly be that one. That date of September 9, 1999 would be remembered nearly as soon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…