- Upcoming Commodore 64 game Jam It featured at AVCon 2014 Indie Games Room
- NES-inspired bluetooth controller ‘NES30′ available for purchase
- Mega Man 5, 6 and Battle Network to appear on the Wii U Virtual Console this week
- 3D Realms releases teaser for Major Stryker reboot
- News on upcoming film ‘Pixels’ starring Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage
- EzeeCube Media Centre campaign on Indiegogo to add a retro console module for expansion
- Shantae and Spelunker arrives on 3DS Virtual Console, Earthbound finally arrives on Wii U Virtual Console
- Fantasy Zone II to be next SEGA 3D Classic to appear on 3DS
- Screenshots for cancelled Duke Nukem: Endangered Species appear online
- Second trailer for up and coming Angry Video Game Movie now available
- Flappy Bird demake now available for Nintendo Entertainment System
- Latest trophy announced for upcoming Super Smash Bros. game is.. Rayman?
- Developer who is porting Apple II Lode Runner to TrS80 porting to Neo Geo too
- Modified multiplayer table with Nintendo 64 built inside
Returning to AVCon 2014 is the Super Video Game Trivia Challenge!! Debuting at AVCon in 2012, hosted by myself, Paul, the show has gone from strength to strength. We started out in AVCon’s smallest panel room, which we promptly packed out! It was a total shock to us that so many people would want to […]
The AVCon Website says it all! We are three weeks out from one of the greatest anime & video game conventions in the southern hemisphere!! Since 2010 Retrospekt have been a part of this massive community event, showcasing consoles, running stage events and introducing the Super Retro Game Trivia Challenge. You’re probably wondering what you […]
- ‘Unlimited’ life glitch never discovered in Super Mario Bros. until 29 years later
- Retro-inspired iOS platform sequel Mos Speedrun 2 teased at TouchArcade
- Puzzle Bobble 4 coming to PlayStation 3, PSP and Vita
- Instructional video from 1992 demonstrating retail display units for NES, SNES and Game Boy
- Halo Master Chief Collection including old-school Halo games in new generation engine and graphics
- Grim Fandango reboot announced for PlayStation 4 and Vita, additional platforms to be announced in the future
- Tetris Ultimate announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One featuring 4 player competition
- Capcom announces huge list of Virtual Console games for Wii U and 3DS
- Indie classic ‘Faster than Light’ demade for Commodore 64
Before Good Game, before Attack of the Show, before GameCenter CX there was a video game show on national television in Australia called The Zone. The video above is a recording taken at PAX Australia 2013 featuring screening of 3 episodes of The Zone including a Q&A session with one of the folks who were on the show; Richard ‘Bev’ Parnell.
- 1941 revision and many more shooters on Commodore 64 in SUECK 2014 competition
- Wario Land 4 on Wii U and Super Dodge Ball on 3DS eShops this week
- Tool-Assisted Speedrun of Super Mario World demonstrates a game completion in just over 41 seconds
- Enormous lot of retro games, computers and consoles on eBay
- Guinness-recognised Worlds Largest Retro game collection on GameGavel
- Contra (Probotector) Snow Field stage music covered on a Tuba
- Hyperkin Retron 5 release date + details on newest software update
- Classic eccentric PC Adventure game ‘Bad Mojo Redux’ available on Good old Games
- Studio behind Dungeon Keeper reboot closed doors by EA
- A Metal tribute to the history of Video Games in epic 17 minute medley
- Trailer and release date announced for R-Type Dimensions on PlayStation 3
- Final Fantasy III announced for Windows via Steam
- Pocket Games for Android brings back the Game & Watch
- Windows 9x PC racing game Screamer 4×4 now on Good old Games
- NES Volleyball and Clu Clu Land on Virtual Consoles this week
- Flappy Bird clone “Flapee Bird” coming to Colecovision, preorders available
- Flappy Bird style game ‘Retry’ by Angry Birds developer oozes in retro graphics and frustration
- Pac-Man homebrew game on Fairchild Channel-F
Daily Retrospektive – 29/07/2014
- 32MB Flash Cartridge developed for Intellivision
- Strange “infinite” 1up trick discovered in Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
- The latest retro console to get a Flappy Bird demake is Game Boy
- Doom is now playable on an Automatic Teller Machine.. Machine