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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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5 Times Game Companies Charged for Game Prototypes
August 8th, 2015 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Sega 
Tags: 2600, 3do, atari, Blade Force, E.T., genesis, nes, nintendo, pac-man, retro, retro game, retrogaming, sega, star fox, Studio 3DO, Super FX chip, Virtua Racing 
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Half-Life Ported to Android Wear Watches, Not Sure Why
August 8th, 2015 Carl Williams Android Wear and the like are becoming “all the rage” around the tech world, Apple is in on it, Microsoft is in on it, Google and their partners are in on it, everyone is getting in on smaller wearable screens. These things have small screens, so small that for the most part you are only […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, Dave Bannett, Half-Life, homebrew, independent, indie, port, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogame, retrogaming, Watch, wear No Comments »
Super Mario 64 to Get New Level Pack from Homebrew Developers
August 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Super Mario 64 was a seminal release, it was one of the last times that a console and a launch title sold 1:1 at launch, and it was an instant classic. Sure, there were problems with Super Mario 64 but fans were too enamored with the quality of the overall package to be nitpicking little […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 64, homebrew, n64, nintendo, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogaming, super mario 1 Comment »
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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Posted in Comp, News, Portables Tags: Android Wear, Billboard, commodore, Doom, e-ink, entertainment system, id software, John Romero, LED, nes, nintendo, retro, retro game, retrogaming, tablet, Vic-20, Watch, youtube No Comments »
Mortal Kombat Netherrealm Journey on Atari 2600 Work in Progress
July 25th, 2015 Carl Williams Everyone that is reading this knows that Mortal Kombat never saw release on the Atari 2600. If you didn’t, now you do. That has not stopped indie developer and Atari Age forum member, Facemeat, from creating an action adventure title set in the Mortal Kombat world for the classic Atari console. Mortal Kombat Netherrealm Journey […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: action, adventure, atari 2600, Atari Age, Earthrealm, forum, mortal kombat, Netherrealm, Pitfall, retro, retro game, retrogaming No Comments »
New SD Card Interface for Commodore Amiga Work in Progress
July 21st, 2015 Carl Williams It is growing trend to see SD card adapters for classic retrogaming hardware such as the Sega Saturn and the original Playstation (or Playstation One, just for fun). Soon we will be able to add the Commodore Amiga to this list of classic retro gaming hardware that has an SD card adapter available. Right now […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adapter, amiga, commodore, Commodore Amiga Facebook, computer, facebook, retro, retro game, retro gaming, retrogame, retrogaming, SD Card, VintageIsTheNewOld, youtube No Comments »
Solve the Grandfather Paradox in Doom within Doom Mod
July 18th, 2015 Carl Williams Okay, this is a rather funny/unique mod to be writing about, especially after the announcement that a “selfie stick” was added to id Software’s classic Doom title. This is basically the game of Doom being played in the game of Doom and it is also possibly answering the Grandfather paradox once and for all.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: arcade machine, demons, Doom, first person shooter, fps, hell, id software, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogaming, TheZombieKiller, Wired.co.uk, Within Doom, youtube No Comments »
Bad Apple Ported to the Vectrex, Something that Should Technically not be Possible
July 16th, 2015 Carl Williams Bad Apple is not a game of any kind, instead it is a music video based on a level from the fourth Touhou series of games called Lotus Land Story. In 1998, Lotus Land Story was released for the PC-98, a Japanese gaming computer that was quite popular and home to many interesting, many Japanese […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1982, Bad Apple, classic, retro, retro game, retrogame, retrogaming, vectrex 4 Comments »
Fans to Port Minecraft to Amstrad CPC, With Your Help
July 13th, 2015 Carl Williams Minecraft, the little block breaking/building game that Microsoft decided was worth quite a bit of money is getting an, obviously, unofficial port to the Amstrad CPC. This is not endorsed by Microsoft, and likely to be shut down once they find out about it, so don’t go bugging them to find out the release date. […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: AmsCraft, amstrad, bandit gaming, CPC, indie retro news, minecraft, retro, retro game, retrogame, retrogaming No Comments »
Sony President Releases Comment on Recent Retro Discovery
July 9th, 2015 Carl Williams We just posted an article about the Sony Super Nintendo CD-ROM prototype that was recently discovered. Now, Sony president, Shuhei Yoshida, has released a comment on the prototype. Currently, I am still standing by my feeling that this recent prototype discovery is a fake and this new information uncovered by the team at Engadget doesn’t […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Sony Tags: nintendo, Play Station, playstation, prototype, retro, retro game, retrogaming, SNES Playstation, sony No Comments »
