- Mortal Kombat 1-3 now available on Good old Games
– Carmageddon: Reincarnation Public Beta available now on Steam
– Retro inspired platformer Alpha Version.0 in development, Kickstarter campaign commenced
– Officially licensed Mega Man sneakers to be available for preorder soon
- Commodore 65 (not a typo) prototype recently appears on eBay
– New retro-inspired game Starr Mazer has Kickstarter campaign
– Characters from The Lost Vikings make a return in Heroes of the Storm
– 3D Fantasy Zone arrives to the 3DS eShop, Blaster Master and Mappy-Land arrives to the Wii U eShop
- SEGA of America to downsize and focus on Mobile & PC gaming
– Wonderboy spiritual successor ‘Monster Boy’ announced & to be developed by original creator
– ROM of Toki for Atari 7800 discovered
– Retro-inspired RPG ‘8bitMMO’ released for OSX, Linux and Windows
- Amstrad CPC port of 1984’s Mutant Monty recreated to work in a web browser
– Steampunk inspired modification of a Game Boy
– Retro-inspired platformer ‘1-bit Ninja Remix Rush’ coming soon to iOS
– Latest ‘Teens react to…’ video is all about how they react to Mario Kart 64
Resident team captain of ‘Super Video Game Trivia Challenge’ Jess Wilson reviews Super Castlevania IV on the SNES. Untimely classic? Or another run of the mill platformer? Read on to find out!
- SEGA Genesis Megatron Transformer hybrid figure available for pre-order
– 80s inspired Retro racer Drift Stage greenlit on Steam
– Information leaked for a Super Mario Bros. movie by Sony Pictures
– Latest ‘Teens React to…’ covers Mega Man on the NES
Friendly reminder that Ultracade Live is on 7PM, Thursday the 18th December at La Boheme, Adelaide!
- 2000 release of Aliens vs Predator now available on Windows at Good old Games
– Fastest lap recorded in Super Mario Kart on SNES just under 56 seconds
– Cinemaware push new campaign for reboot of 1989 classic adventure game Rocket Ranger on Kickstarter
– Geeky business Tie covered in old-school Video Game controllers
Your friendly neighbourhood video game reviewer, Michael Farina is back at it again. This time wall crawling his way through a representation of what it is to be a superhero on Game Boy.
- Super Smash Bros. demade for Texas Instruments Pocket Calculator
– Various retro game inspired cross stitch throw rugs and blankets available on Etsy
– HDMI kits in development for Nintendo Entertainment System console to improve support on modern TV
– Zelda-themed Game Boy cartridge art piece by renowned artist Vadu Amka
- Modder crams Super Game Boy and Pokémon Blue guts in to a SNES cartridge
– Limited Edition physical copy run of Retro City Rampage DX to be released for PlayStation 4 sold out in hours
– PlayStation emulator functional on Android Wear LG G-Watch
– Music video for “She Is Young, She Is Beautiful” by Perturbator stays true to the 80s vibe and a 16-bit apocalypse.
- Easter egg found in Lemmings 2 on SNES which lets you shoot Lemmings with Super Scope
– Rumour: Trademark possibly registered for Battletoads by Microsoft
– Custom fan-made Board game made based on Castlevania games
– Retro Quest closes shop, sells remaining lot of various SNES homebrew and repro games
Daily Retrospektive – 19/2/15
- Classic futuristic racer ‘Wipeout’ ported to Atari 2600
– Nintendo mentions app that allows players to partially play SNES/NES games with Amiibo
– Square Enix looking to resurrect retro franchises like Gex and Anachronox