In order to get a fuller picture of what was going on behind the scenes of the recent Retro VGS/Coleco Chameleon controversy, we recently spoke to John Lester (AKA Gamester81) of Collectorvision, a publisher which was scheduled to provide games for the ill-fated project. Space constraints prevented the full interview being featured inside the magazine, so it […]
2016, John Lester
John Romero and Adrian Carmack, two of id Software’s four founding members, have reunited to launch a Kickstarter for their new first-person shooter project Blackroom. At id Software, the two were involved a succession of games which popularised the genre, including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake. Blackroom marks their first project together in 20 years, following Romero’s […]
2016, blackroom, Kickstarter
NES Bluetooth Control Pad Every had the urge to plug a more modern control pad into the Nintendo NES? You’re in luck! 8Bitdo and Analogue have partnered up to create the Retro Receiver. This controller adapter simply plugs into Nintendo’s 8-bit console, allowing PlayStation 4 pads, Wii Remotes, arcade sticks and even aftermarket Super Nintendo […]
2016, NES, nes bluetooth control pad
Popeye In my childhood, the dream of “arcade perfect” games was equalled only by one other seemingly impossible dream – that of “cartoon quality” graphics. Sure, Dragon’s Lair was a thing that existed, but if you craved a little bit more in the way of interactivity then we just had to settle for the best […]
2016, Arcade Classics, popeye
Mario Party is often renowned for its fantastic turn based gameplay, but more notably for its tendency to cause huge arguments between gamers. Whether it be unfair rules, the stealing of stars, or lack of control over the minigames, it’s now time to put the odds back in your favour. The newly announced application Party […]
2016, mario, mario party editor
I’ve been playing Bograts and I’ve come to the conclusion it’s not meant to be finished. Firstly it seems the developers got Lazy as some of the levels are repeated but also I keep coming to points where there is a bug that makes a level unbeatable. There will be a switch instead of a […]
2016, Amiga, amiga question anyone completed bograts
Attract-Mode is a graphical frontend for command line emulators such as MAME, MESS and Nestopia. It hides the underlying operating system and is intended to be controlled with a joystick, gamepad or spin dial, making it ideal for use in arcade cabinets. Attract-Mode is open source and runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. Features […]
2016, arcade, attract mode emulator frontend
Fatal Fury is definitely one of the best-known Nineties fighting franchises, having succeeded in both the arcade and home over the course of ten games. Beyond that, much of the cast has transferred to SNK’s crossover spin-off The King Of Fighters, and there were even animated films. Fatal Fury definitely left its mark, then – but […]
2016, fatal fury, Neo Geo
Yesterday Sega Europe announced the SEGA Mega Drive Classics Hub for Steam. Basically it’s a fancy emulator shell that lets you play Mega Drive games in a virtual room. It has the standard features you might expect officially released emulated games to have like save states and visual filters. But outside of that, it’ll have one very interesting […]
2016, Sega, sega to allow people to share mega drive rom hacks through steam workshop
Mario, Sonic, Crash, Rayman and many more all seen as platform game icons. There have been loads of great platform games over the years but what is a platformer? Paul and Chris sit down to discuss the genre from the early 8bit days to modern day and how the genre has progressed and developed through […]
2016, maximum power up podcast episode 24 platform debate, Podcast