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So, What Is the Appeal of Retro Video Games?

Retromash about 3 days ago

Video games are a massive multi-billion dollar industry these days. But it wasn’t always this way. Some might say it has become all about the money. Given the past few years of terrible AAA games we have had to endure, this might be true, as publishers s …

How to Fall Back in Love With Board Games

Retromash about 4 days ago

Gaming is one of the most expansive and accessible hobbies available. People have played games for millennia, both together and with other people. We’re currently enjoying a gaming renaissance, both in the realm of video games and tabletop games. While v …

Bollycao Collection: MSX Games for HIT-BIT - 1986 - Panrico (4 replies)

Generation MSX about 28 days ago

Bollycao Collection: MSX Games for HIT-BIT - 1986 - Panrico One of the first bollycao collections, with game cards. They also raffled computer games and HIT BIT MSX computers (HB-20P) if you sent 3 packs. Known as 43 stickers. No album or poster to stick …
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Exploring the 1980s Edition of Monopoly and How it Differs Today

Retromash about 30 days ago

Monopoly is one of the most beloved board games in history. In fact, it happens to be the best-selling board game since records began. Although chess is considered the most popular, Monopoly has been the most commercially successful, shifting over 275 mill …

PC 486SX (ao486) • 0MHz DOS Collection 2024.03.20 Released

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Another DOS game collection? Why not! This one has a slightly different focus than Exo/Flynn, and DOSContainer projects.We originally published the “Special Sauce v0.0.1” collection a little while ago, and Limi (of AmigaVision fame) reached out to say …

PC 486SX (ao486) • Special Sauce MiSTer FPGA DOS Game Collection

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Another game collection? Sure why not. I thought I would see what I could learn by tweaking all these games to run on MiSTer FPGA.Why this collection? Well it's not for everyone. The idea was to make a "booter" version of a top games collection where …
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Victor 9000 / S1 'Practical Usage'

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi, I am not sure how many Victor users we have here, but I would be very interested what you are doing with your machines. - Are you using them 'just for fun' or are you doing 'serious business' with them As I have now got a working (@djg 's) emulatio …
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new projects in development: games • Japanese Military Chess for the BBC Micro

Stardot about 5 months ago

I've started writing a version of Japanese Military Chess for the BBC Micro, with a particular view to making it support multiplayer games over Econet. It's still in its early stages but, as part of my new year's resolution to start blogging (again), I've …
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Ancient DOS

VCFed about 5 months ago

Very interesting article . . . ... known version of DOS unearthed – MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS version 0.1 C is now available on the Internet Archive Disk contains just ni …
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Ways to Improve Your Gaming

Retromash about 5 months ago

We all want to improve at stuff, right? No matter what we’re doing, a lot of us have that motivation to get better and see improvements. It can be frustrating when we hit a wall or get stuck at something, but when we put in the work and see benefits …
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Prototype For Canned Konami NES Game 'Battle Choice' Sells For $16,000

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Has never been dumped online before.An auction for an unreleased Konami Famicom title has ended with a winning bid of 2,401,000 Yen (around $16,000 USD).The Yahoo Japan auction was spotted by Alex Kraus, who points out that the game is currently undumped a …
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General • Do Americans play soccer video games?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

The recent C64 Vs. NES thread (this one: viewtopic.php?t=83317 , not this one: viewtopic.php?p=162315 ) has touched the subject of "football" sports games... which obviously means something different here in Europe. And that made me wonder...Do you Americ …
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PDP-8 code to c converter

Retro Computing Forum about 8 months ago

I’ve tested again all perl scripts by Vincent Slyngstad this time with my new 5162 ROM combination. I’ve also tested the disk dir viewers (OS8 and TSS8) with some other disk files like an SBC6120 .img file and others. Sixbit.pl needs as in …
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Emulation • The Quest for a working game of Battle Chess in 2023

LemonAmiga about 10 months ago

Hello Amiga people! My inner 12 year old is dying to try and play Battle Chess as I remembered and loved it on my old Amiga 500. A tiny bit of background on me:I am a tiny bit experienced with emulation, but I confess that I am lost in the sea of options …
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New Releases • New Release - C64 B.G.Pack: C.Wolfenstein +8D / Fix it Felix Jr. V1.1 / Mr. Do! +7 … by nightfallcrew

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

https://www.nightfallcrew.... ... r-do-7hdg/Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.Titles:Grimassenschn... Snake +Irrweg Meister V1.1Irrweg Meister V1.1 …

"Microchess 2" vs ChatGPT model 4

Apple Fritter about 10 months ago

Dear Friends,Just for fun, in this hot summer let's indulge ourselves with this semi-automatic chess match between "Microchess 2" (Apple-1 version) versus ChatGPT model 4 (yes, the expensive version!). You can find all the details and technicalities in th …

DOSBox Games/Apps • Incorrect CPU speed information displayed by Chess System Tal

Vogons about 10 months ago

Installed Chess System Tal within DOSBox and all looks fine...Except for some incorrect CPU benchmarks displayed by the Help—>About—>Perf... feature. I know this is a DOSBox bug since the correct numbers are shown when Chess System Tal is …
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The History of Nintendo’s Game & Watch Handhelds

Retro Dodo about 11 months ago

If you’re a fan of handheld gaming in all its forms, then grab a cup of coffee, kick back, and get ready to soak up some new knowledge. It’s time to check out the history of Nintendo’s Game & Watch handhelds! Nintendo are known fo …

Trs-80 Model 1 Checkers Game?

VCFed about 11 months ago

So reading the magazine/news letter I got wit h my recent Model 1 acquisition, it appears there was also a Checkers game made for the Trs-80, due to the popularity of the chess game. I have tried searching for it on google, but I could not find it, I coul …

Mac Classic analog board fault

68Kmla about 11 months ago

Another stupid problem. Just recapped the analog board out of my classic When i first powered it up I got a wavy chess board display after a minute or 2 I noticed the 'wavy' display was not as wavy waited a bit more and it started to chime it eventual …

Software • Multiplayer games suggestions 80286/serial port?

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hello. I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct area. I have two 80286 machines. I have linked them together with a null modem cable so that I can play multiplayer games with my son. I'm having a hard time finding multiplayer games that support nul …

Software • Einstein Games List

Tatung Forum about 12 months ago

The games list from Einstein Reborn and from B&H's web site include the same titles (In fact, Mario has a couple that are not listed by B&H)On my server, in the games folder you will now find a separate folder for each game listed in both of the a …

General Topics • Introduction from MrAureliusR!

VIC-20 Denial about 12 months ago

Tried to find an introduction sub-forum, but couldn't find one. I like to post introduction threads whenever I join a forum So, hello! I'm a hacker/engineer from Toronto who loves old computers (presumably like everyone else here!). My VIC-20 has gotten m …
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A glimpse on Uncle Bernie's Apple-1 color graphics card

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

Hi fans, it has been a tradition for me to show the world a glimpse on ongoing projects every 1st of April. It's not only "April Fool's" day - so I can show projects that never may get to the finish line - but some people think April the 1st is the "birth …
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Episode 80 - Cody And Eric’s Apology Tour 2022!!! + 6 Good Chibi-Style Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 2 years ago

We're back for Episode 80! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news + 6 Good Chibi-Style Games. We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- 5:22 Quick Questions  1 …