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A History of Stupid Superman Games
Superman's Buns of SteelIn honor of the newly released movie, 1up has a very colorful feature up called Gamer's Kryptonite: Superman's 10 Worst Games. The article starts with Superman for the Atari...
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Classic Console Modification Services
Odyssey2For those of us that love playing old classic consoles, but have moved on to newer monitors and TV's with video inputs, this site is for you: http://www.vikingvideogames.com. They offer...
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Interview with Tom Kalinske--How Sega Japan Ruined Sega
Sega-16.com has published an interview with Tom Kalinske, former president of Sega US. If you're a Sega fan or just interested in their rise and fall, it's worth your while to check this out. In a...
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A Look at Bad Fighting Games on the Genesis
Matthew Williamson has a funny column up at GameSetWatch called 'Parallax Memories'– The B-Fighters. This time, he looks at some pretty rancid fighting games for the Sega Genesis, including Primal...
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Will the PS3 be backwards compatible with Genesis?
One of the major selling points for Nintendo's Wii system (at least for retrogamers) is its ability to easily play games from older Nintendo systems. For awhile, it seemed like Sony's PS3 system would...
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Sega Genesis + 90's Cheese = The New Adventures of Captain S
Captain S uses the rare Sega Mouse! While Internet only TV shows are common, it is rare to see ones devoted to the gaming crowd. One of the more amusing ones is The New Adventures of Captain S, a...
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Hyperkin at it again - RetroN 3 Video Gaming System plays NES, SNES, and Genesis
Hyperkin RetroN 3 Video Gaming SystemAs detailed in my previous blog post and video, Hyperkin is no stranger to creating low cost videogame consoles and portables. Their RetroN 3 Video Gaming System,...
View ArticleArcade Nano Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Unboxing and Overview
Here's another quick, late night overview and unboxing, this time for the Arcade Nano Sega Mega Drive/Genesis device from AtGames, available at www.gamesbasement.co.uk, who were kind enough to provide...
View ArticlePier Solar Unboxing for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive!
An overview and unboxing for Pier Solar and the Great Architects for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. This specifically covers the USA Posterity edition of the game. It's an amazing homebrew creation...
View ArticleMark Plays... Galaxy Force II (Arcade)
Telling you all just a little tidbit about the Galaxy Force II game, showing some gameplay.Title soundtrack by ZombieAndy1979http://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieAndy1979NOTICE:"Copyright Disclaimer Under...
View ArticleSega Arcade Classic and Arcade Ultimate Portable Review: An Armchair Arcade...
In this video, I take an exclusive early look at the Sega Arcade Classic wireless game console and Sega Arcade Ultimate Portable handheld player from AtGames, both of which will be released in the US...
View ArticleSega Arcade Classic and Arcade Ultimate Portable Review - Part 2: An Armchair...
In this video, I continue (part 1) my exclusive early look at the Sega Arcade Classic wireless game console and Sega Arcade Ultimate Portable handheld player from AtGames, both of which will be...
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Upcoming Release: Hyperkin's RETRON 5, the Ultimate Retro Console? (kitchen...
Hyperkin RETRON 5 (mock-up)Although we've been following the developments of Hyperkin's upcoming RETRON 4 closely, Slashdot reports that the company has surprised everyone by going straight to the...
View ArticleMark plays... Zanac X (PS1)
In this video I take a look at the Japanese Playstation disc with the game Zanac X which is becoming more rare by the day :( Go check it out. Zanac is a very cool series of Shmup games created by...
View ArticleWhat Platforms Did You Envy Back In The Day?
Back in the day one often didn't have access to all current platforms that were out there, especially in the 80s en 90s. Often we were limited to a single specific system in the home or we dreamt about...
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Atari 2600, Mattel Intellivision, and Sega Genesis Flashbacks up for Pre-order!
Intellivision FlashbackWhile we were aware of AtGames' plans for some time regarding the new Atari Flashback, Intellivision Flashback, ColecoVision Flashback, and Sega Classic Game Console releases,...
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The ColecoVision Flashback console now up for Pre-order!
ColecoVision FlashbackHot on the heels of the forthcoming Atari Flashback 5, Intellivision Flashback, and Sega Classic Game Console 2 pre-orders, described here yesterday, Toys "R"Us now has the...
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Official Game Lists for Sega Genesis Classic Game Console and Sega Genesis...
AtGames has authorized the exclusive release of the game lists for the 2014 editions of the Sega Genesis Classic Game Console (which accepts cartridges) and Sega Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player...
View ArticleReviewing items from the red (fragile) parcel from The Retro Computer Shack
I got a nice bright red 'Fragile' in the mail. It contained some things I ordered and actually quite a few extra items. It was sent to me by Ian Priddey the owner of Retro Computer Shack, he...
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