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The Sega Genesis is gaining in popularity again with Sega finally announcing the full lineup for their Sega Genesis Mini giving fans reason to be happy, and some mad. Outside the official products realm we have things like the MegaSD, a new Sega Genesis FPGA based flash cart that is breaking new ground.
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Work on FPGA based Commodore 65 Continues, Early 2016 Release on Schedule
July 2nd, 2015 
Carl Williams The Commodore 65 was to be a major hardware upgrade to the venerable Commodore 64. Scheduled to be called the C64DX/C65 and set for an early 90’s launch, Commodore pulled the plug rather abruptly and shelved the unit due to unforeseen rising manufacturing costs and probably due to their own success. During the period that […]
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ZX Spectrum Next Promised New Dizzy Game in Final Kickstarter Week
May 13th, 2017 Stuart Williams One of the hottest properties in retro gaming, a new Sinclair ‘Speccy’, is entering its final week on Kickstarter as I type. And putting the icing on the cake—or the egg in the meringue, to coin a phrase—is today’s surprise announcement from legendary British 1980s game creators, the Oliver Twins, of a brand new Dizzy game […]
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Next Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched on Kickstarter
April 23rd, 2017 Stuart Williams A brand-new Sinclair Spectrum home computer has been launched, just in time to celebrate the 35th birthday of the iconic original 48k British gaming classic. This latest and most promising homage to Sir Clive Sinclair’s classic ZX Spectrum+ has been dubbed the ‘Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next’ by new UK manufacturers SpecNext Ltd. The company has its […]
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John Carlsen Interview, His Career and the RETRO VGS
March 7th, 2016 Carl Williams This is a special opportunity to discuss what transpired during an integral part of the development of the RETRO Video Game System (now known as the Coleco Chameleon) by RETRO Video Game Systems Inc. It is clear that Mike Kennedy is the primary owner, as far as we know, of RETRO Video Game Systems Inc, […]
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Coleco Chameleon at New York Toy Fair – SNES Mini Under Glass?
February 22nd, 2016 Carl Williams The Coleco Chameleon is reportedly a console that has had a storied development over the last 13 months. This Friday, February 26th, RETRO Video Game Systems Inc – the company behind the Coleco Chameleon, will be launching a Kickstarter campaign. Reportedly, RVGS Inc will be looking for a minimum of $400,000 to $500,000 to even […]
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Coleco Chameleon Kickstarter Reward Tiers Announced (Updating)
February 20th, 2016 Carl Williams Crowdfunding services can bring out the unique projects- those that would probably never see the light of day otherwise. We see this with potential movie producers, game developers, musicians and even gaming consoles. The Coleco Chameleon is an attempt to launch a new video game console that is allegedly pointed at the “retro” community as […]
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RGM Interview with RETRO VGS Team (unofficial copy from audio interview)
September 27th, 2015 Carl Williams We have covered the RETRO Video Game System for some time here on Retro Gaming Magazine. What began life as a $99 classic styled console has morphed in a $300+ gaming monster that has the potential be your final “retro” console purchase, if its IndieGoGo campaign is successful. The last few months have seen many […]
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RETRO VGS Sees Immense Social Media Backlash as Crowdfunding Project Begins
September 19th, 2015 Carl Williams The RETRO VGS is to be a new gaming console that hearkens back to the early days of gaming, before on-line capabilities, before patches and in app purchases seeped in. Many of us remember this as the days of the 32-Bit era (Sega Saturn, PSOne, Nintendo 64) and earlier- more fondly at about the Super […]
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SNES-Tap Hardware Add-On Brings Save States to Retro Console
August 19th, 2015 Carl Williams One reason that most people will claim they play their retro games via an emulator of some sort is due to “save states”. A save state is just what it sounds like, a save anywhere in the game that can be loaded later. This allows players to make a save state right before fighting a […]
