Retro Games Collector

New release for Philips Videopac – Mayhem by Revival Studios

Another great looking title has been released by Netherlands based retro game developers Revival Studios adding to their previous two titles for the Videopac (Astro Dodge and Munchkin Plus). Entitled Mayhem, it features a character called Wizzy and some frantic looking gameplay involving stick… (see video below!)   Features include: Playable on Videopac and Odyssey2 [...]

iCade and Atari Greatest Hits iPad App combo reviewed

I have been waiting until I received my pre-ordered iCade from Firebox before writing this review for one good reason. Atari’s Greatest Hits app does not play well with the on-screen controls. In fact I don’t think I’ve played any retro game app on my iPad that has had on-screen controls that work. Atari’s offering [...]

Viva Amiga – The Documentary Film

The Story of a Beautiful Machine Viva Amiga is a project by Zach Weddington which needs the support of Amiga fans everywhere to make it reality. Planned to be a documentary film about the legendary Commodore Amiga series of computers and their colourful history. Zach has already filmed many big names including former Commodore Engineers [...]

iCade is coming and not just for Atari App

What is iCade? For those of you that don’t know, iCade is a spoof that became reality. ThinkGeek thought it was a good idea to do an April fools joke of an article featuring a miniature arcade cabinet that housed an iPad. Many people (myself amongst them) thought it would actually be a good idea [...]

ZX Spectrum vs Commodore 64 – the playground argument settled…

If you are of a certain age and owned a ZX Spectrum  you will remember well the playground taunts from your Commodore owning friends regarding colour clash, its rubber keyboard and feeble sound effects. Likewise if you owned a Commodore 64 you will remember the playground taunts regarding washed out colours, peeks and pokes and [...]

Long before Nike Plus… the Puma RS Computer Shoes

OK, so not strictly retro game related, but we saw this computer gadget of yesteryear and we now long to run around with serial ports sticking out of the back of our trainers. How cool would it be to plug your trainers into an Commodore 64? Super cool, that’s how cool and we want some… [...]

How do I get my Retro Console to work on a modern TV?

As a retro game store owner, I get a lot of pre-SCART retro consoles and computers sent back to me with reports of them not working. Upon testing, 9 out of 10 of these will prove to be working just fine, leading me to the conclusion that one or more of the following points apply: [...]