Retro Console News, Arcades, Classic Games And More

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  • NYC Prisoners Given $15 Bootleg Game Boys

    NYC Prisoners Given $15 Bootleg Game Boys

    Because prison visits and social mingling have been curtailed recently as part of Covid-19 precautions, the New York City Department of Corrections have decided to buy 5500 handheld gaming machines at a cost of $US15 ($22) each to try and give inmates at the city’s prisons something else to do.


  • Rygar Is A Non-Linear 8-Bit Masterpiece

    I had no idea what I was getting into when I first put Rygar into my NES. I had borrowed the game, released in 1987 by Tecmo, from a friend who couldn’t make heads nor tails of it. He wished me better luck. I didn’t realise I was going to experience one of my very…