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Similar to Hardtype hacks, Simplified releases make changes to the game levels, characters, enemies, items, etc to make the game easier and possibly more enjoyable for gamers that have trouble with harder games. Since these are fan hacks they may, or may not, be as well balanced as the original releases. NES: Castlevania (Action) Legend […]
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Game Hack: The Legend of Zelda Simplified Released
January 26th, 2014 
Carl Williams For many, the original Legend of Zelda will forever be a title that is not finished and left on the “to finish” pile. That is where some ingenious fans come into play to simplify the proceedings. Make things easier.
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Game Hack: Mega Man 2 Simplified Released
January 12th, 2014 Carl Williams Both the original Mega Man and Castlevania have received game hacks to make them easier to play and possibly more enjoyable for more gamers. Now, Mega Man 2 has been given the training wheels treatment with many edits that remove a lot of the challenge of the original version that gamers have enjoyed for many […]
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Game Hack: Mega Man Simplified
January 11th, 2014 Carl Williams Hot on the heels of Castlevania Simplified comes Mega Man Simplified (there is one for Mega Man II also for those interested). While retro gamers that grew up playing what is commonly referred to as the classics will see no point in these types of game hacks, there are a lot of younger gamers that […]
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Game Hack: Castlevania Simplified 2.0 Released
January 8th, 2014 Carl Williams If you are a new gamer just discovering retro, or are a long time gamer, you probably realized sooner than later that the original Castlevania is not easy. Not by any means. Konami made Castlevania hard and it became a badge of honor back in the day to be able to brag that you have […]
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A Blast from the past – Atari ST Style
March 23rd, 2017 Stuart Williams The past few years have seen many notable 30th anniversary celebrations in the retro computing/gaming community–from the birthdays of the humble but seminal Sinclair ZX81 and the ever-popular ZX Spectrum via the versatile BBC Micro to those mighty 16/32 bit beasts, the Atari ST, and Commodore Amiga. This month it’s the turn of the once-popular, […]
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The Atari Home Arcade Experience, Age 10
August 11th, 2016 Thor Thorvaldson In the early years of the Eighties decade, the only thing that could take my attention away from the multitudes of arcades in my hometown of Columbia, South Carolina was playing video games at home. Well, in May of 1982 the next stage of my video game obsession came to be: my parents bought me […]
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Oddballs in Gaming: Sonic Heroes
August 5th, 2016 Dash The Bomber What goes up must come down, yet my feet don’t touch the ground! Seeing the world spinning upside down a mighty crash without a sound! These are the words that resonate in the mind of those players who loved Sonic Heroes for its amazing soundtrack. Sonic Heroes was the sequel to the amazingly corny, but […]
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Square Enix Launches Final Fantasy and Saves Company – July 12th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
July 11th, 2016 Carl Williams Final Fantasy represents just how close Square, now Square Enix, was to bankruptcy. They had enough money to release one more game, a role playing game was ready so they released it. Since this could have been their final game, they chose Final Fantasy as the title. Little did they know at the time that […]
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The Five Most Badass Retro Game Cheat Codes
February 3rd, 2016 Michael Crisman We’re not telling you to wreck a good relationship or risk expulsion from school, but under the right circumstances cheating can feel so damn good. By ‘under the right circumstances’ we mean ‘when playing retro games’ because, duh, we’re Retro Gaming Magazine. While there’s something to be said for plugging in a Game Shark or […]
