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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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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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23 Comments » 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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Posted in Console, News Tags: Battle Brave Saga, caverns of death, Chameleon, Coleco, Coleco Chameleon, colecovision, collectorvision, Dorke & Ymp, FPGA, gamester81, HDMI, indiegogo, Intellivision, Iron Commando, John Lester, kickstarter, Legend, Mike Kennedy, New York Toy Fair, piko interactive, retro, snes, SNES Mini, sydney hunter, video game systems 1 Comment »
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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Posted in Console, News Tags: ARM, Coleco Chameleon, core, CPU, crowdfund, Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA, gamestop, indiegogo, interview, itunes, John Carlsen, kickstarter, Mike Kennedy, podcast, Podomatic, prototype, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Steve Woita, unofficial, youtube 12 Comments »
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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Posted in Console, News Tags: Adventures in the Tower of Flight, Adventures of Tiny Knight, BidBoss LLC, Black Box Challenge, caverns of death, Coleco Chameleon, collectorvision, console, dotemu, Double Dragon Trilogy, dreamcast, FPGA, gog, Gunlord, indiegogo, Jeffrey Wittenhagen, kickstarter, knight's chance, Last Hope, Mike Kennedy, neo geo, Neobitz, ng:dev team, NGDEVTEAM, pier solar, Pink Bullets, pledge, Read Only Memories, retro, retro gaming, Retro VGS, retrogaming, Songbringer, steam, sydney hunter, Video Game System, WaterMelon Games, Wizard Fu Games 7 Comments »
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 […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: evan custodio, Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA, nintendo, retro, retrogaming, save state, snes, SNES-Tap, super nintendo, youtube 4 Comments »
RETRO Video Game System and the Looming Identity Crisis Within
April 18th, 2015 Carl Williams I have covered the RETRO Video Game System (RETRO VGS) several times here on Retro Gaming Magazine in the recent past. This is a purportedly new “retro” themed console in development. The RETRO VGS is co-headed by Mike Kennedy, also founder of RETRO Magazine, which is expected to expand the overall scope of the RETRO […]
