by William Schwartz | Aug 21, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld
While the ModRetro Chromatic is in general a self-contained device, the Cart Clinic software is a means by which the firmware can be updated. This includes for ModRetro games themselves, and ModRetro recently released a new proof of concept of the idea with the...
by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and APEX, N.C. – August 19, 2025 – Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, in partnership with Limited Run Games, a premium publisher of...
by William Schwartz | Aug 15, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Recently I set up a Nintendo Entertainment System in my home. I’m just slightly too young to have any personal nostalgia for the NES (I was more in the SNES/N64 cohort), but my girlfriend is a different story. Despite being excited about having an NES in...
by Ryan Burger | Aug 11, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Boulder Dash is one of the games I distinctly remember playing on my Apple II computer in the mid-80s. Over a span of six years, it was released on nineteen different platforms after originating on the Atari 8-bit series of computers. Developed originally by Peter...
by William Schwartz | Aug 6, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews
In the realm of FPGA Game Boys, the Chromatic has some obvious disadvantages compared to its main competitor, the Analogue Pocket. Where the Analogue Pocket has Game Boy Advance cartridge support, adapters for other cartridges, as well as SD card support that...
by William Schwartz | Aug 1, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews
The Game Boy Studio program by Chris Maltby has inspired a whole new generation homebrew Game Boy developers. David Marin is one of them, having published Pokettohiro! last year through Broke Studios. It’s now available for download on the David...