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A Brief History Of Game Mods

Retromash about 2 months ago

‘Modding’ is a slang term for modifying game data. Since the launch of arcade games, modding has been common practice. It’s had an interesting history, pivoting from something that was largely discouraged to something that many developers now nurture …
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Microsoft expected to go multi platform

Neo Geo Forums about 3 months ago

... expected to detail Xbox games on PlayStation, Nintendo in podcast this Thursday Mi... gaming top brass are expected to lay out their plans to publish some Xb …
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Beloved TV Show Knightmare Is Getting A New Fan Game For The ZX Spectrum

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Coming 2024.A brand new computer game based on the classic children's TV show Knightmare is currently in development for the ZX Spectrum and is expected to arrive later this year in either April or May.The unofficial project is the work of the hobbyist dev …

Ami-H.E.R.O - An Amiga game inspired by Activision's 8bit game H.E.R.O

Indie Retro News about 4 months ago

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Atari 50 Collection gets new game DLC

Portable Gaming Roundup about 6 months ago

The Atari 50 Anniversary Collection (review) is one of my highlights of the year. It shows how to do the classics right, putting proper effort into making compilations beyond shovelling a bunch of games onto a disc. Update: The new games include:WWI a …
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Games • Games that you regret not buying, or regret not choosing over another game?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Going back to the C64 in the modern era, have you ever discovered a game that you wish you'd bought back in the day, or a game that you regret choosing over another inferior one?As a massive fan of WW2 history as a kid, I regret not buying The Train due t …
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Games • Did Activision (almost) buy System 3?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

I’ve just read an old computer magazine from june 1987 I found in the attic, in which Rod Cousens (then CEO of Activision UK) states that he’d just bought System 3 and that they’d already moved into the Activision UK offices I’m pretty sure that …
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Flashback: How Medal Of Honor Spawned Call Of Duty, The Series That Killed It

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Call of Duty is now 20 years old.Activision's Call of Duty series is a commercial monster. Since its inception twenty years ago (it launched on October 29th, 2003), it has sold more than 425 million copies worldwide and is comfortably the best-selling FPS …
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Help & Support • transformers battle for the earth - how to burn Side B with XUM

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Hello guys,I am trying to figure out how to burn a D64 image of the game , side B, it is not recognized by XUM.https://www.planetemu.n... ... -cr-esi-a2I've downloaded various versions, XUM simply does not recognize it.Thanks !Statistics: Pos …
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Games • Interplay Activision releases

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Does anyone know how many Interplay graphic adventures were released by Activision? I know of Tass Times in Tone Town and Borrowed Time. Where there anymore?Statistics: Posted by digitalman161 — Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:59 pm — Replies 4 — Views 82 …
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Review: EON XBHD HD Adapter For Xbox - Bring Your OG Console Into The Modern Age

Time Extension about 7 months ago

HDMI! LAN ports! Optical audio!The original Xbox was a groundbreaking system in so many ways. It arguably popularised the idea of building a home console from PC components (a trend which continues to this day) and it laid down the foundations for modern o …
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Retro Arcadia Gaming Pickups – Summer 2023 Edition

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I’ve got a few new regular features up my sleeve to complement the usual various forms of weekly deep-dives at Retro Arcadia, partly to keep things fresh but also partly to take a bit of the pressure off me trying to juggle writing them alongside juggli …
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Ghostbusters II NES Prototype Sells For Over $1,000 At Auction

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Too hot to handle, too cold to hold.A rare, "untested" prototype of Ghostbusters II for the NES has just sold at auction for over $1000, as spotted by Ghostbustersnews.com.The cartridge, which came from the collection of a former Nintendo employee, was put …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #94

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… Just like last week though, we’re going to start with something that’ …
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Activision Might Have "Lost" A Bunch Of Amazing Transformers Video Games

Time Extension about 10 months ago

"Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on".During the Xbox 360 and PS3 era, we got a bunch of high-quality games based on the iconic toy line Transformers courtesy of publisher Activision, which held the video game rights at the time.Microsoft …
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new projects in development: games • Ghostbusters (Activision)

Stardot about 10 months ago

This is a continuation of the thread here: viewtopic.php?f=67&t=27... street names to the city. This has increased the size to 2167 bytes (from 1744). Given this includes some shared support code (sprite plot and screen line table will used throu …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • New Release - Old School Gamer Magazine Issue #34 (May 2023) Free Edition

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

https://www.oldschoolgamer... ... osg34free/Activision & NamcoWelcome to Issue #34 of Old School Gamer Magazine. This is a record-breaking issue, because we have managed to squeeze in more authors in this issue than we have in any past issue …
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July Announcement Rumored After Switch 2 Dev Kit “Leak”

Retro Dodo about 11 months ago

Yes, it is another day and another Switch 2 leak. And normally we wouldn’t cover it, but this one seems to have some legs. Today is particularly noisy in terms of Switch 2 / Switch Pro rumors, as we have a pretty large leak possibly coming from a …
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Games • Guadalcanal locking up, save names are messed up. A buggy mess?

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

I'm playing the rather excellent RTS from Activision called Guadalcanal, but I have several times experienced that the game locks up during play when I try to assign a movement to one of the units. The game still runs, but there is no way to exit the move …
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Supermarket • Activision DECATHLON Cartridge !

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

For Sale - https://imgur.com/a/0sQEHHA... Decathlon - Sold As Seen, No Box, make me an offer - Good Luck Bidders Statistics: Posted by Wayne / Art Ravers — Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:38 pm — Replies 0 — Views 15 …

new ideas wishlist & general chat • Ghostbusters (Activision)

Stardot about 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure I've asked this before but I would really *really* love a BBC/Electron version of the old Activision game Ghostbusters from 1984. Ideally based on the SNES ROM version of the game, which I think is easily the best.It's not a super-complica …

Muppets Treasure Island Game Is Now Playable Again, Thanks To ScummVM

Time Extension about 11 months ago

Time to dust off your old CD-ROMs!The folks behind ScummVM, the popular tool for making your old computer games playable on modern machines, have announced that a new game is now available for public testing.Muppets Treasure Island is an Activision-develop …

Arcade Attack Podcast – May (1 of 2) 2023 – Tony Van (SEGA, EA, LucasArts) – Interview

Arcade Attack about 1 year ago

? Tony Van is a true gaming legend. He has produced and designed games for LucasFilm Games, Activision, SEGA, EA and lots more iconic companies. In this really fun and in-depth interview, Tony reflects on his amazing career. He shares stories about working …

Episode 94 - It’s Tea Time With The Genesis Mini 2 + 6 Good Tactics Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 2 years ago

We're back for Episode 94! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  6 Good Tactics Games We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide ---------------- 5:39 - Quick Questions 18: …

The Intellivisionaries - Episode 38 - Happy Trails & Loco-Motion

The Intellivisionaries Podcast about 4 years ago

In this episode we review two games: Loco-Motion from Mattel Electronics, and Happy Trails from Activision. We also interview both programmers, Daniel Bass and Carol Shaw! As if that weren't enough, we have another Team Amico interview, this time with VP o …