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dgVoodoo General • Seven Kingdoms II: The Frytan Wars - Cannot attach flipping surface error

Vogons about 11 months ago

I am trying to play this game using dgVoodoo. However, when I try start the game, I get a MessageBox which says: "Cannot attach flipping surface (DDERR_CANNOTATTACHSURFACE)". After I close this MessageBox (the game's window is just a black square at this …
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Data east cocktail buttons?

Museum of the Game about 11 months ago

Helped a buddy pickup a data east tomahawk 777 cocktail table today. It needs som buttons and they are a funky square button. I am looking to find 1 yellow and 1 orange like pictured. Any ideas where i might source them. …
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ANBERNIC RG NANO Review

Retro Dodo about 11 months ago

Over the last few years I have seen many mini handhelds make its way onto the scene, many failed, a few succeeded, and now we have a new contender, the RG Nano by ANBERNIC. The RG Nano could well be one of the best mini handhelds on the market, competi …
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Rediscovering Impossible Mission on Commodore 64 / Evercade VS

Retro Arcadia about 11 months ago

Was there ever a game I spent more time messing around with but never learning to play properly than Impossible Mission on the Commodore 64? As I write I’ve actually no idea, so give me a second to think about it! Okay, I’ve come up with a couple of o …
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Help & Support • Paddle capacitors

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

I've been tinkering with a PS4 wireless C64 controller that I've been slowly working on and I'd like to add paddle functionality.I'm using a digital pot (which works on my vectrex PS4 adapter), but it doesn't work with the C64 JoyX /Y ports.I broke out my …

New NC200 User Questions

CPCwiki about 11 months ago

Hi there,I bought an Amstrad NC200 a short while ago, and have just managed to get it up and running with a universal power adaptor (I had to cut the wire to reverse the polarity but I lucked out on the tip size).It's in good condition, but I just have a c …
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Supermarket • Overvoltage protector for C64/VIC20 (DIN7 micro edition)

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

Overvoltage protector for C64/VIC20 (DIN7 micro edition)New OVP version fully developed in male DIN7 connector.Compact and record-breaking OVPOVP without relay and based on semiconductors (very fast and safe)PROFESSIONAL OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR:- C64 ( …
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Seiken Densetsu 3

Classic-Games.net about 11 months ago

Developer: Square    Publisher: Square    Release: 09/30/95   Genre: Action RPG Of the many Square RPGs that never came to the US during the 16-bit era Seiken Densetsu 3 probably stings the most. Secret of Mana was much beloved by fans worldwide and …

General Old Hardware • Socket 370 repair, restoring a missing tab

Vogons about 11 months ago

Foreword - this is the first time I've ever had to repair a CPU socket, but I've used method shown here in the past to repair broken plastic parts, that were meant to flex or take a load, with good results, thus I'm confident in its effectiveness.Motherbo …

Find Old Games • Pre '96 Top-Down Sci-Fi Vehicle Sandbox with Joystick compatibility

DOS Games Forum about 11 months ago

The subject title is very specific, I know! However, this game has been living in my brain rent free since I last played it at age 6 (1996), just with no title to remember it by.. The facets of this game are as I recall, 27 years on:The game was set in wh …
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Soul Calibur Review (Sega Dreamcast, 1999)

Infinity Retro about 12 months ago

The Sega Dreamcast had one of the most impressive launches of any console, ever. They knew that after the disaster that was the Saturn they had to come strong out of the gates or else the new hardware was doomed. Among the early titles released for the sy …

Play Othello in 1kB!

Plus/4 World about 1 year ago

Perhaps not everyone knows that Reversi and Othello are not quite the same games after all. Reversi is a strategy board game for two players, invented in 1883 and played on an 8Ã?8 uncheckered board. Othello is a variant patented in 1971 with a fixed init …
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Evercade Game Spotlight: Sword of Fargoal (TheC64 Collection 2)

Evercade about 1 year ago

Home computer games, such as those found on the two volumes of TheC64 Collection that we’ve published for Evercade to date, are a rather different beast to home console games. Since many of them were developed in the earliest days of the video gam …
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Top 25 Best PS2 Import Games of All Time

Infinity Retro about 1 year ago

Selecting the best PS2 imports to highlight is no easy task. This is particularly true if you’re like me and trying to limit it to just twenty five picks. This is because the Sony PlayStation 2 had a vast and expansive library. It was an absolute pow …
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Metal square over 3.5" drive head fell off, is it required?

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

I opened up the 3.5" floppy drive from my IIgs to retrobright the case and two small metal squares with numbers printed on them fell out. Checking pictures the drive, it looks like it was glued right above the head. The top I can access, I assume on the bo …

TCQ (Triangle, Circle, Square) - A Work of Art for the ZX Spectrum | Kim Justice

Kim Justice about 1 year ago

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Retro Handheld Hardware Price Guide

Racketboy about 1 year ago

Prices Updated in November 2022 In our retro game collecting guides, we often focus primarily on the games themselves, but I wanted to start monitoring the values of common variations of console and handheld hardware as well. This guide is designed to comp …

The Reactive Square

CD-ROM Journal about 2 years ago

A book lays open in front of your computer, a pitch-black square in the centre of both the page and screen. You may click the square, to no effect, but it's not until you speak that the square awakens and begins to vibrate as if in response. This is The Re …
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Episode 52 - The Month Of LOVE (And 8-Bit Platformers) + News + Battle Of The Systems - Mayhem in Monsterland (C64) vs Mr. Gimmik (NES)

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 3 years ago

We're back for Episode 52 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and Battle Mayhem in Monsterland (C64) vs Mr. Gimmik (NES). We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------- …
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Beta Review: The PolyMega Multi-Console Base Unit

Retro Gamer Randomness about 4 years ago

The PolyMega is a multi-system emulation console. It natively plays CD games for Playstation, Sega CD, Turbo Grafx CD, Neo Geo CD, and Sega Saturn, for all regions. Also available are cartridge modules, indivudualy sold, each of which can play NES, SNES, G …