Retro Console News, Arcades, Classic Games And More
Loved the Nintendo 64, classic arcades, Amigas, ZX Spectrum or the classic games of eras past? Retro is the spot for all the news, features and videos you’ll love.
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This Subreddit Hunts Down Old Video Games You Can Barely Remember
If you’ve ever struggled to remember the name of an old game, there’s a Subreddit for that. r/tipofmyjoystick is here to help.
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The Quake World Record That Will Probably Never Be Broken
When your levels can be beaten in literally seconds, but your game doesn’t count fractions of a second, breaking world records becomes exponentially harder.
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I Miss The Dreamy, Lo-Fi Mystery Of The Windows 95 Maze Screensaver
In the 1990s, computers were like portals to a fever dream. The internet was still steeped in all of its weird, early glory, coated wall-to-wall in clunky pixel art, dead GeoCities pages and unwelcome porn popups, and its unregulated weirdness was mirrored in the operating systems of the day. Maybe that’s why, more than anything,…
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The Incredible Story Behind The Barbie As Rapunzel Video Game
In the late 90’s, amongst a wave of all-new “Games for Girls”, Barbie appeared on CD-ROM for the first time. I was five, dressed in a timeless bejeweled-satin-homemade-princess-gown-and-feather-boa combo. I was squarely within the target audience for the first ever Barbie fantasy video game. Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is burned into my memory.…
