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Akira. The name alone stirs feelings in fans. This classic anime is almost above criticism, much like Pac-Man or Super Mario Bros. The anime was released in 1988 representing the most expensive anime film created up to that point. There was a lot riding on the success of Akira, and it delivered. Fans that are […]
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Dragon Atari Jaguar Prototypes Found Released
February 12th, 2019 
Carl Williams While the Atari Jaguar did not sell all that well, could have been due to competition of the time, could have been because fans simply did not care for Atari like Atari thought. No matter what the reason was, the Jaguar did not sell enough to remain a viable platform for many developers very long. […]
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History Repeating Itself Atari Shows Non-Working Prototype at Trade Show
March 24th, 2018 Carl Williams Anyone that remembers the Coleco Chameleon/RVGS console remembers the fiasco revolving around it. Retro Gaming Magazine was one of the early outlets to point out that there was more to be concerned about with this than was being let on by the “developer”. Over a year later it was revealed that the RVGS, then Coleco […]
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Stranger Things Prototype for Commodore 64
February 11th, 2017 Neil Reive The first season of Stranger Things was a standout success for Netflix in 2016. With its blend of old-school science fiction and horror set within the backdrop of the 1980s, the television show hit a cord with many viewers who grew up grew during that era. And if you’re a fan of the Commodore 64–which, […]
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Ecco II Sentinels of the Universe Sega Dreamcast Prototype Found Released
June 17th, 2016 Carl Williams When Sega announced they were ending the Sega Dreamcast and going third party a lot of fans had broken hearts. Some were sad because Sega was throwing in the towel as far as hardware. Others, like me, were sad because of the plethora of unreleased titles that were due to come out for the Sega […]
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Coleco Chameleon Prototype #3 Proven Fake by Community of Retro Gaming Sleuths
March 1st, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, this is getting a little long in the tooth. The Coleco Chameleon as we know it now started life, publicly, about a year ago. During the last six months we have seen the team behind this console go from no prototype to now their third “prototype”. I put prototype in quotation marks because each […]
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Coleco Chameleon Prototype Shown at Closed to Public New York Toy Fair, Kickstarter Date Announced
February 13th, 2016 Carl Williams The RETRO Video Game Systems team has been on a roller coaster ride since the very first announcement of their intent to launch a console. Formerly known as the RETRO Video Game System, now after acquiring a license to use the name “Coleco” they have renamed it the Coleco Chameleon. Earlier today, at the New […]
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ResQ is Another Unreleased Psygnosis Prototype for the Sega Genesis
December 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams 2D side scrolling action games were not exactly unknown on the Genesis but come on, there has been quite a few that have been shown over the years that never got released. One of the more interesting titles, Hardcore, is also a Psygnosis title for the Genesis. ResQ is yet another Psygnosis 2D side scrolling […]
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5 Times Game Companies Charged for Game Prototypes
August 8th, 2015 Carl Williams Videogames are not new to the idea of there being problems after the game has shipped. For proof of this, just look at the more modern games for countless pieces of proof of game companies charging for prototypes. The number of games being patched to hell and back after they are released is staggering, and […]
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SNES CD-ROM Prototype Found, Potentially Fake Creation – Edit Now with Video
July 3rd, 2015 Carl Williams Right now, there is a lot of hoopla going on about the recently made public discovery of an SNES CD-ROM prototype that carries the Sony logo. What is interesting about this news is that there, at one time in history, was to be a Super Nintendo CD-ROM system that Sony was indeed working on. It […]
