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Rastan Saga Comes To Arcade Archives On Switch And PS4 This Week

Time Extension about 7 days ago

"What is best in life?".Taito has revealed that its 1987 action platformer Rastan Saga (also known as plain old Rastan) is joining the Arcade Archives range this week.Directed, produced and partly programmed by Yoshinori Kobayashi, Rastan Saga takes inspir …
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Flashback: The Nintendo NX Leak That (Almost) Fooled The World

Time Extension about 7 days ago

Fool me once?We're perhaps only months away from seeing Nintendo's new console in the flesh, and given the success of the Switch, it's understandable that there will be a lot of interest in seeing the direction the company takes with its successor.However, …

New articles on Obligement

Amigans about 8 days ago

The following articles have been added to the website of the Amiga magazine Obligement (http://obligement.free.fr) during the last two months: …
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This 15-Year-Old Just Utterly Destroyed Tetris

Time Extension about 8 days ago

He has also 'Summoned Satan'.Remember when we reported on the incredible achievements of Alex Thach (AKA Alex T), a 15-year-old Tetris prodigy who recently became the first person to pass 10 million points on the game (he actually reached over 16 million p …
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This Is What It's Like To Take Your Sega Saturn Online In 2024

Time Extension about 8 days ago

Getting online, '90s-style.These days, game consoles having online connectivity is a given, but back in the 1990s, it was very much a novelty.The Mega Drive and SNES both had online capabilities of some description thanks to extra accessories, as did the N …
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The Dark Side Of The Moon In 8-Bit Synth

Australian Retro Gamer about 8 days ago

All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall! Teachers, leave them kids alone! Ah, couldn’t help myself, even though the track was on The Wall album. OK, I’ll stop now, but only if you press play and enjoy some sweet 8-Bit synth chip …

    ComVEX - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS) • Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - April 26-27

    Commodore.ca about 8 days ago

    The CLASS of 2025 is set for the weekend after Easter, 2025! First payment sent to our venue -- the Burbank VFW hall at 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, California. Friday set-up, April 25.I've updated the CLASS website athttps://portcommodore.com... …
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    In Super Smash Bros. Melee, some of the debug functions in the game’s code provide the player with a…

    Supper Mario Broth about 8 days ago

    In Super Smash Bros. Melee, some of the debug functions in the game’s code provide the player with a bizarre version of the game’s roster that is almost fully unlocked but contains two differences:-it is always in Japanese even if the game itse …

    Flipull+ - An enhanced and hacked version of Plotting for the Amstrad CPC Plus and GX4000

    Indie Retro News about 8 days ago

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    Footage of an early prototype of Super Mario Kart recovered from Nintendo internal files. At this…

    Supper Mario Broth about 8 days ago

    Footage of an early prototype of Super Mario Kart recovered from Nintendo internal files. At this point, no CPU driver behaviors were implemented, and only Mario, Luigi and Bowser were available racers.Single-player mode would then consist of the player &l …
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    AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – April 2024

    Old School Game Blog about 8 days ago

    AmigaOS 4 News – April 2024 Hi everyone, Thanks for visiting my blog and the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. ? Another month has soon passed and May will be upon us. As I write this it is April 30th and I’ve just finished writing the monthly roundup. T …
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      Unique stylized/simplified “pseudo-3D” illustration of the Yoshi’s Island 1 level from Super Mario…

      Supper Mario Broth about 8 days ago

      Unique stylized/simplified “pseudo-3D” illustration of the Yoshi’s Island 1 level from Super Mario World, seen in a 1990 issue of the Japanese Famitsu magazine.The actual map of the level is provided on the bottom, for comparison (please …
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      Looks Like The iPhone Is Getting A 3DS Emulator Soon

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      Mario Kart 7 shown in action.It looks like the iPhone is getting a 3DS emulator in the not too distant future (thanks, Retro Dodo).A post on Twitter shows 3DS being played on Apple's popular smartphone, suggesting that an App Store launch could be coming s …

      CleanDrawer script released on OS4Depot. (In kt_scripts archive)

      Amigans about 8 days ago

      CleanDrawer now available on OS4Depot in the kt_scripts archive.Ever get tired of using the workbench windows menues, "Clean up by", then "resize to fit", then "Snapshot" just to arrange your drawers and windows?Clean Drawers …
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      Jail Break (Konami, 1985)

      Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 8 days ago

      Developed by Konami for the arcades.Directed by Oolong Sugimo.Produced by Kagemasa Kozuki and Soft Second Development Room.Music and sound effects by Sound Effect Study Room.Originally published as an arcade game kit in North America by Konami Industry Co. …
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      Flashback: How The Kindness Of Sega Saved Nvidia From Going Under

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      "There was no reason for him to do it".Nvidia is one of the hottest tech firms of the current era and stands to benefit massively from the incredible interest in the world of AI – which relies on the powerful hardware produced by companies like Nvidia to …
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      Retro Gaming Takes Over The BBC's Breakfast Show

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      Metal Slug and the Virtual Boy shown off to the masses.We all know that retro gaming is big business, but in the world of the mainstream media, the popularity of old games is perhaps a little less obvious.Thankfully, Frazer Rhodes – whose wonderful museu …
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      Feature: Virtuality Gave Us '90s VR - Now Its Legacy Is Being Celebrated In Its Home City Of Leicester

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      "Virtuality was the world leader in VR at one point".Back in the early 1990s, a technological revolution was taking place in the English Midlands. Located on a rather nondescript industrial estate in a leafy Leicester suburb was a company poised to alter t …
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      Gallery: Retro-Bit's Assault Suits Valken Looks (And Sounds) Great

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      It's all about the sound effect keyring.Assault Suits Valken (or Cybernator, as you might know it) was a jaw-dropping experience back in the '90s.Here was a game which successfully communicated the feeling of what it must be like to control a huge, hulking …
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      Did Mad Catz Really Create "The Worst Video Game Controllers Ever"?

      Time Extension about 8 days ago

      New video makes a strong argument.The state of third-party controllers today is arguably better than it's ever been. Sure, there are fewer options than there were a few decades back, but the quality of these options is sky-high when compared to the truly t …

        Linux • Update All Certificates Issue? [Solved]

        MISTerFPGA about 9 days ago

        run update all today and while it worked flawless near the end i got a secure connection cant be made unless certificates are updated?update meh might of been a fluke run the updater a second time no issues …
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        Sega's System 18 Arcade Board Is Getting An FPGA Core

        Time Extension about 9 days ago

        CPS3 core also in development.Sega's System 18 arcade board is getting an FPGA core courtesy of developer Jotego.The board – which made its debut in 1989 and is essentially an augmented System 16 – is unique in that it includes a Video Display Processo …
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        Evercade EXP-R And Evercade VS-R Consoles Launch With Tomb Raider This July

        Time Extension about 9 days ago

        Update: Pre-orders now live.Update : Pre-orders for the new Evercade EXP-R and VR-R are now live.<products id="26584,26585,26586,26587... the full article on timeextension.com …
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        SNK Arcade Games Athena And Fighting Golf Come To Analogue Pocket

        Time Extension about 9 days ago

        Lee Trevino sadly didn't make the cut.Two more games have come to Analogue Pocket, and they've both by SNK.The games are actually included in a single FPGA core, which has been ported from MiSTer to the Analogue Pocket by Roland King.Read the full article …
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        The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically

        Time Extension about 9 days ago

        New MiSTer-based handheld coming, too.MiSTer FPGA is a remarkable platform for retro gaming. Via FPGA tech, it is able to offer an accurate and low-latency reproduction of many classic gaming platforms, from the NES all the way up to the N64, PS1 and Satur …