Retro

How To Talk To Your Children About Classic Video Games

It’s a delicate subject but one that will inevitably come up for any parent, and you’ve got to be prepared. In this age of bright and shiny high definition games, how can we force our children to play through the games we grew up on first? This is commenter Balmung‘s question in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Now eat your video games, kids.


November 1, 2010
In Real Life

Find 167 Classic Games In This Pic

Kotaku AU

We may be a little late on this one, but it’s worth posting anyway. As part of a viral campaign for Tron Legacy this pic has been released and references 167 classic games.


April 15, 2010

Game Changers: Sequels That Scared The True Fans

Yesterday, 2K Games panicked some gamers with news that the turn-based tactics series X-Com will return as a first-person shooter. What other classic video game franchise have had their genres changed, and how did they weather the transformation?


May 1, 2009
News

GOG Scores MegaRace

CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic computer game download service has secured several titles from French publisher Microids, including Mega Race, one of the premier showcase titles for CD Rom technology.


January 20, 2009
News

GameTap Rolls Free Games Back Into The Vault

After a year spent rolling out premium games for non-playing customers to play for free, online gaming service GameTap has announced that they’re now beginning to roll them right back in.


November 10, 2008
Uncategorized

On the Less Ambitious and More Accessible

While I’m a fan of the fresh and innovative, I’m more likely — depending on time and monetary constraints — to run screaming for the safe, the familiar, the … boring games on my shelf? Well, there’s something to be said for the comfort of the familiar, and Tom Cross takes a look at why there’s something to celebrate in the less ambitious, safer and more familiar games out there. Cross looks at Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age. What it is about those well-worn, “uninventive” titles?:


October 24, 2008
News

Good Old Games Launches Open Beta

CD Projekt’s classic gaming revival service has opened its doors to the public, as Good Old Games moves into the open beta phase. Now everybody can head over to the website at http://www.gog.com and spend their money on DRM-free versions of popular older titles, instead of just those select few privileged enough to attain a closed beta slot.


June 15, 2008
Uncategorized

Retro Sabotage’s 20th Edition: Missile Command

Our disturbed friends at Retro Sabotage are all suspender-popping about their 20th sabotage since the site launched shortly before New Year’s Eve. Remember, these are flash games that play normally (or close to it) before something goes horribly, comically wrong and beyond your control.

The latest is the “Missile Command Docudrama” although its message is, surprisingly, kind of serious. Tof from Retro Sabotage explained to me in an e-mail: “We wanted an “anti-sabotage” to celebrate the 20th release, and it’s kind of a mirror to Mockumentary (though we got mails of people who somehow believed in that one)”.

In the past I know we’ve linked to some of their other clever redos of classic arcade games. The Xevious Autopsy in particular is worth a look, and I think it’s new since RetroSabotage last got a mention here.

Missile Command Docudrama [Retro Sabotage]