Retro

Get Out Of Our Real World, Video Game Characters, You Look Too Good

Artist Jamie Sneddon’s 8-bit scapes is a collection of prints showing video game characters let loose in the real world, taking over locations like Cologne, Hong Kong and Manhattan.


May 25, 2012
Retro

How To Beat The Worst Video Game Ever Made

While that’s a subjective boast, has any other game been so terrible that copies of it were taken out into the middle of the desert and buried? No. So I’m sticking with it.


Retro

ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

Well done to Steverooni, who got yesterday’s Scribbletaku first. It was, indeed, Super Tennis — one of my favourite sports games of all time. Today’s is a little bit easier I think. I’ll be surprised if it’s not guessed super quickly…


May 24, 2012
Retro

Game Box Nipples And Gunsmoke Moustaches

This is Game Over, a title for the Spectrum, first released in 1987. A game released amidst controversy. See, while later editions of the game would feature slightly edited variations of the box art, the original featured one of video gaming’s first wardrobe malfunctions.


Retro

The Excitement Of Driving A Public Bus Around Tokyo. Very Slowly.


Retro

ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

As I kinda expected, a bunch of folks managed to guess yesterday’s Scribbletaku, which was Shadow of the Beast! Well done to Brendan Brewer — I know your real name! — who got it first!


May 23, 2012
Retro

Unboxing A…1986 Sega Master System


Retro

ScribbleTaku

Kotaku AU

Aha! Yesterday’s Scribbletaku caused chaos and rage — mainly because my drawing was terrible and all out of perspective. Incredibly, someone actually got the right answer…


Retro

Japan’s Forgotten Yet Wonderfully Quirky Zombie Games

Let’s face it. With movies ranging from 28 Days Later to Pirates of the Caribbean and TV shows like The Walking Dead, it’s quite clear the world has itself a case of zombie-mania. In the realm of gaming, the Japanese have contributed to this as much as anywhere else with game series like Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and House of the Dead, just to name a few. But these are far from the only Japanese games that feature zombies.


May 22, 2012
Retro

Now You Too Can Play The Terrible Akira Video Game!

In 1988, Taito released Akira, cash-in on the hugely-popular animated film of the same name. Just in case you were wondering if Japanese developers somehow made better movie adaptations in the 1980s, no, they did not. The game was terrible.