by William Schwartz | Aug 21, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming
On August 1st, Nightcrawler left a bombshell of an announcement on romhacking.net, moving the site to news only and releasing its database to the Internet Archive in the wake of financial and legal hardship. For the typical retro gamer who enjoys rom hacks, whether...
by Old School Gamer | Aug 13, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release
August 13, 2023 – BBG Entertainment, the Munich-based game developer and publisher, is enriching the popular Retro Area (Hall 10.2) at this year’s gamescom with a spectacular line-up of classics in original and reboot format as well as an innovative quiz game...
by GenX Grownup | Aug 11, 2024 | 1980s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week
About This Episode Photo-realism in video games is commonplace now, but for decades, storage and technology limitations meant blocky figures were the best we could get. But as the tech evolved, the use of actual video started to enhance the game experience. In this...
by William Schwartz | Aug 7, 2024 | 2000s, Console/Handheld
When most people think of retro games, they don’t think of phone games. Retro games, after all, are broadly speaking from a time before smart phones. But then again, phone games existed before smart phones did. Such is the case with Japanese feature phone games,...
by GenX Grownup | Aug 5, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week
About This Episode We watch a post-apocalyptic TV series based on an equally post-apocalyptic game franchise, explore how artificial intelligence is creeping its way into our lives, and play a brand new game that adds a layer of story onto a 1979 Atari arcade classic....
by GenX Grownup | Aug 3, 2024 | 1980s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Opinions
Donkey Kong,[a] also referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is a 1994 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. Donkey Kong is loosely based on the 1981 arcade game of the same name and its sequel Donkey Kong Jr....