Who remembers Tiger Electronics handheld games? These were simple gaming devices that were often licensed affairs featuring a single-color background. On top of that background, in a manner like the old Game and Watch by Nintendo, there would be simple black icons shown. This method was used for years and for many licenses from Mega […]
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Five Nights at Freddy’s Ported to Gamecom Handheld
October 13th, 2021
Carl Williams Another entry in what in the world category is this. Five Nights at Freddy’s has been ported to the Game.com handheld. Yes, you read that right, the horrible commercial failure known as the Game.com. It just got a new game. Five Nights at Freddy’s, a title originally released in 2014. As expected, the graphics are […]
Cuphead ReImagined into Game and Watch
August 29th, 2020
Carl Williams Cuphead is one of those throwback releases that you either love or hate. It is a callback to the “good old days” of gaming. Back when things were tough, tutorials were rare, and you were on your own most of the time. Couple that classic with one of the first portable platforms for an interesting […]
Video Game Action Figure Seeks Kickstarter Funding
June 3rd, 2019
Carl Williams We don’t usually cover action figures here on Retro Gaming Magazine but when they are based on games, why not. Besides, the Sega Genesis version of the game has entered pre-order status with Piko Interactive. The game in question is Switchblade, North American gamers probably recognize the name from the Atari Lynx game, Switchblade II. […]
Street Race VMU New Sega Dreamcast Memory Unit Racing Game Released
July 8th, 2016
Carl Williams The Sega Dreamcast is obviously a console that is loved by many gamers. There is a surprising number of those fans that apparently know how to program the defunct Sega console. Take the Visual Memory Unit (VMU) for instance. This was a revolutionary piece of technology that NO console manufacturer has bothered to replicate with […]
5 Best Games on the Game.Com
June 5th, 2016
Dash The Bomber The Game.Com (pronounced Game com) was a Tiger Electronics handheld released in the late 90’s. The last time we visited this console was to explore the most awful games on the Game.Com. There was a moment one point where it even seemed impossible for the reviewers here at RGM to find a good game for […]
The 5 Worst Game.Com Games
June 2nd, 2016
Dash The Bomber The Game.Com (pronounced Game com) was a Tiger Electronics handheld released in the late 90’s. A challenger in the portable market against the titan which was the Gameboy it was truly the little console that couldn’t. It was the actually one of the first consoles to try and utilize connection to the internet, but sadly […]
Mortal Kombat Ports to Avoid
May 22nd, 2016
Carl Williams Mortal Kombat. You either love it or wonder what all of the fuss is about. There were a couple of eye catching differences when it hit arcades. First, the graphics, these were not hand drawn cartoon characters like Street Fighter II. Second, you could literally, positively, END your opponent after winning the fight. The fact […]
5 Games that are Too Much Game for the Hardware
May 20th, 2016
Carl Williams Gaming has always been about pushing the boundaries of the hardware. Whether it was 3D on the Sega Saturn or too many sprites on screen at one time in Gradius III on the Super Nintendo, developers have consistently pushed the envelope. Sometimes these are awesome games such as Star Fox on SNES but other times they […]
5 New Ways to go to Hell with Doom
July 26th, 2015
Carl Williams Doom is an iconic game, one that arguably kept PC gaming alive in the early to mid 90’s as the previous mainstay (point and click adventures) started finding their ilk was no longer wanted by gamers. Sales were slumping in most genres as consoles such as the Super Nintendo really started kicking butt and the […]
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