Earlier this year we had the exciting news of the confirmation of the disposal of hundreds of thousands of unsold Atari merchandise in a landfill located in the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico. This “Atari Landfill” was rumored to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The time is upon us once more – a new issue of Retro Gamer has fought its way into shops. Our cover feature on Nintendo’s classic boxing series Punch-Out!! sees us sitting down for a ringside chat about the series’ 30 year history with developers Makoto Wada and Mike Inglehart. If you’ve not had your […]
Released: 2005 Genre: Action Adventure Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4 The Background It was to be the final Resident Evil. Five years in gestation, evolving through multiple forms, it was in danger of losing semblance to the trilogy that went before. Even today there are fans of the series that feel Resident Evil […]
While the Game Gear may have been technically superior than its nearest counterpart, the over-ambitious nature of the handheld left it with many flaws. The biggest disappointment of all with Sega’s portable was its wishy-washy backlight – one which often left gamers squinting to see. That’s all about to change though thanks to one gamer’s […]
As awesome as it was to grow up in the eighties, we didn’t half burn through countless credits in the arcades. Atari’s 1985 coin-op hit Gauntlet was one of the many penny munchers out there, encouraging gamers to ‘purchase’ more in-game health. Later this month though the credits are no more as WB Games are […]
If you’re anything like us, you grew up listening to a lot of videogame music. While limited by primitive hardware, catchy compositions by the likes of Hitoshi Sakimoto, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Yuzo Koshiro showed real mastery of music and stuck in our heads for years. However, gaming musicians rarely get to tell their tales and […]