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The classic Adventure on the Atari 2600 was one of those games that you either loved or hated. For many they loved it. It was so different from what was available for the Atari, or any console, back then. For me, I was too young to enjoy it early on so I was not aware […]
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Bandit Gaming – Aventura Updates Classic Adventure for Sega Genesis
October 24th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Sega 
Tags: adventure, atari 2600, Aventura, BasiEgaXorz, Devster, forums, genesis, homebrew, independent, Landeel, sega 
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Cat Quest Atari 2600 Work in Progress
October 4th, 2016 Carl Williams When you think about the Atari 2600 do you think of Legend of Zelda style games? Probably not. I mean, there is that one Secret Quest or whatever but other than that REALLY late in the life of the console release can you name any others? Probably not. Well, now you can add Cat Quest […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: a link to the past, atari 2600, AtariAge, Cat Quest, entertainment system, forums, legend of zelda, nes, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Wonder Boy No Comments »
Warcraft Adventures Removed By Blizzard
September 13th, 2016 Carl Williams Earlier this week I reported that a Russian fan was able to collect everything needed for Warcraft Adventures and released it. This was an unreleased point and click adventure title by Blizzard, planned for release about 18 years ago. Warcraft Adventures was cancelled and that was thought to be the end of it. That is […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adventures, animated, blizzard, CD-i, cdi, forums, Maniac Mansion, point and click, Scrolls of Lore, secret of monkey island, Warcraft, Warcraft Adventures, zelda No Comments » Fan Collects Warcraft Adventures and Releases it, C&D Probably Coming
September 12th, 2016 Carl Williams It is not often that we find out about an unreleased game getting released by fans. While recently we have seen companies like Nintendo shutting down fan projects, it is going to be interesting to see how Blizzard reacts to this latest release. You see, a fan in Russia has somehow managed to collect the […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adventures, animated, blizzard, CD-i, cdi, forums, Maniac Mansion, point and click, Scrolls of Lore, secret of monkey island, Warcraft, Warcraft Adventures, zelda No Comments »
Swabby Homebrew Independent Sega Game Gear Shooter Released
June 17th, 2016 Carl Williams Scrolling shooters. You are probably tired of me bringing up that the heyday of this genre being long gone. That is fine. It seems to be working. We are seeing more scrolling shooting games pop up from the independent developer world. That makes me happy. I mean, I still for the most part suck at […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: altered beast, forums, game gear, master system, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, scrolling shooter, sega, Sega Game Gear, shinobi, side scrolling, SMSPower, sonic the hedgehog, Swabby No Comments »
Mega Q-Bert Sega Genesis Review
June 9th, 2016 Carl Williams Q-Bert is a classic title that retrogaming fans either love or hate. This either/or sense of feeling about the game is due to the control scheme and the angled playfield. For me, I was not a fan of Q-Bert in my younger days as I was simply too hard headed to accept the control scheme […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 16-bit, arcade, forums, genesis, homebrew, independent, Mega Q*Bert, Q-Bert, Q*Bert, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, Sega-16 2 Comments »
StarBlitz Reminds Atari 2600 Fans Defender Rocks
June 9th, 2016 Carl Williams New games on old platforms such as the Atari 2600 are more and more common place than they used to be. This is probably thanks to more tools and better understanding of the hardware being available. Developers are working on all kinds of new games for the first Atari console. StarBlitz is a new Atari […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: atari 2600, AtariAge, defender, forums, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, StarBlitz No Comments »
Demon Castle – Homage to Castlevania Coming to Android
May 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, what was once planned to be a Flappy Bird clone that had Castlevania style graphics has morphed into a homage to the classic Konami title. Demon Castle is not a rip-off of Konami’s title, more of a celebration by a fan. What we now have is a procedurally generated action platform title pitting you […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: castlevania, Demon Castle, Droidgamers, flappy bird, forums, procedurally, retro No Comments »
Coleco Chameleon Kickstarter No Starts, RETRO Video Games Systems Inc Produces More Smoke and Mirrors
February 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Friday February 26th 2016 was promoted for more than two weeks as being the day that the Coleco Chameleon console would be making its Kickstarter debut. That day has come and is now gone and we only have the announcement that there is NOT going to be a Kickstarter for the Coleco Chameleon to show. […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: AtariAge, Coleco Chameleon, facebook, fake, forums, kickstarter, Mike Kennedy, New York Toy Fair, prototype, retro, Retro Video Game Systems, RVGS 13 Comments »
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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Posted in Console, News Tags: 26th, AtariAge, February, forums, FPGA, kickstarter, Mike Kennedy, mockup, New York Toy Fair, prototype, retro, RVGS, Sega Nerds, SegaNerds, SNES Mini, super nintendo, Talk Retro, video game systems 23 Comments »
