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Retro Review: Walker for the Amiga
As a Star Wars mega-fan, one of my greatest fantasies was to take control of a vehicle from the universe and go on a joyride filled with destruction. Some of my favorites were the various walker variants throughout the movies and television series. When Return of the...
New Old Pixels Announces New Conversions for Toki
On October 12th, the French video game company New Old Pixels announced via its website that it is currently developing three new ports of the classic arcade game Toki. One is for the Sega Mega Drive, also known as the Sega Genesis in North America, another for...
Retro Review: UFC 2 (360)
Real MMA fans see the Ultimate Fighting Championship as the purest fighting in the world, but for years, its video game counterparts were just ploys to cash in on one of the hottest licenses in sports today. While the original UFC game from EA Sports and THQ's...
ATARI’S 800XL™ HOME COMPUTER RETURNS
Atari today announced THE 800XL™ – a faithful recreation of its best-selling 8-bit computer, bringing the iconic machine and its extensive collection of games and software to a new generation. Designed by Retro Games Ltd., renowned for their authentic recreations of...
Transparency and the Chromatic
ModRetro just put its new transparent Chromatic model on sale. This Chromatic is, as far as I can tell from the time I've spent testing it, completely identical to the standard Chromatic model. The only two differences are from the consumer perspective and the...
WAD Commander: a new retro gaming platform launching November 2
WAD Commander is a free retro gaming platform at wadcmd.com. It runs classic PC, DOS, Amiga and Commodore 64 games directly in the browser, on dedicated engines made for the web, on desktop, tablet and phone, and it installs as an app that keeps working offline. Every...
A review of Earthworm Jim for the Chromatic
At first glance, it's hard to really guess why anyone should want to play the Game Boy version of Earthworm Jim in this day and age, when it's trivially easy to play the original Mega Drive version of the game on portable devices. ModRetro's decision to rerelease this...
Retro Review: Pokemon Yellow: All About Pikachu
After the monster success of Pokemon Red & Blue, Nintendo released Pokemon Yellow in 1998 to massive success. Almost 30 years later, it still remains as one of the best Game Boy games ever and a testament to the timeless RPG series Pokemon has become. A more...
This Day In Video Game History
