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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The History Of Cancelled Video Games Is Truly Fascinating
4If you have a chance, it’s worth reading Unseen64’s Video Games You Will Never Play, an encyclopaedia filled with stories of cancelled and unreleased video games. While some of the stories in the book are well-known, like the sad fate of Fallout: Van Buren and the eventual redemption of Starfox 2, there’s plenty of others…
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These Padded Wraps Will Protect Your Gadgets Like Precious Leftovers
There are those that are happy to toss a naked gadget into a bag full of loose items and let nature take its course, and then there are those who need to baby every device they own with a protective case. The BAD Wrap exists for that latter group, but instead of being purpose-built for…
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Arcade1Up Is Launching A Simpsons Arcade Cabinet
E3 doesn’t just deliver next-gen consoles and games with 0 loading times: there’s also plenty of retro news. And one glorious bit of cheer: The Simpsons arcade game is coming back, in cabinet form. Arcade1Up have launched a ton of cabinets this year already, including a Mortal Kombat trilogy cabinet and a new Pac-Man 12-in-1 3/4-sized cabinet. But for many people,…
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Perfect Dark: 20 Years Later
Twenty years on from release I must acknowledge that, for a classic multiplayer game, Perfect Dark now suffers from a fairly major fault. It’s nigh-on unplayable. Those sleek offices and twisting tunnels have morphed into poorly textured geometric mazes. The explosions and effects, brilliant in memory, are muted. Most of all, the always-suspect framerate is…