[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Legendary video game composers to be celebrated in Kickstarter bid 28th June 2013, Shropshire, UK. Over twenty internationally renowned video game composers and sound designers will be celebrated in Heroes ofContinue Reading
Those of us lucky to have a ZX Spectrum back in 1984 were treated to probably one of the most original and frankly strange games of all time (Number 1 in the Top 7 Maddest British old-school games at gamesradar.com) – the award winning Deus Ex Machina designed and createdContinue Reading
Why retro gamers shouldn’t let this happen These are just my opinions and I know this will rub some people up the wrong way but if you follow my Twitter or Instagram accounts you will no doubt be aware of my growing anger, yes irritation has grown to anger now,Continue Reading
Mod or Super Famicom? During the past year or so I have become increasingly convinced that I was missing out on something that my friends were doing on a regular basis – playing Japanese games on the Super Famicom. So having finally decided to do something about this large missingContinue Reading
I must first congratulate the organisers of Revival 2013 for a fantastic show. I only managed to visit one day unfortunately but there was so much to see and do, it was remarkable how many usable micros were waiting to be played on and even more remarkable how many arcadeContinue Reading
In case you missed it, the rare prototype Sega ‘Pluto’, one of only two known to exist has failed to reach it reserve price in an eBay auction that ended last week. That is despite the bidding reaching a whopping $15,500 (£10,101.67). All this after Roger Vega’s (aka YouTube userContinue Reading
These new figures look fantastic, see the official Press Release below. [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] First 4 Figures Presents SEGA All Stars: Ryo Hazuki May 1st 2013- First 4 Figures is extremely proud to announceContinue Reading
An interesting article came to my attention today via a friend on Google+. It seems that a former employee of Sega named SuperMagnetic has added photographs and details of one of two alleged prototypes of a Sega console codenamed “Pluto” on the Assembler Games forums. The console appears to fitContinue Reading
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] April 4, 2013 – Orange County, CA (PR) In this day and age of crowd funding retro video games and mobile gaming devices, the team of the popular RetroGamingRoundup.com podcast decidedContinue Reading
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] From Bedrooms to Billions – A scientific curiosity that sparked a revolution NEW MOVIE TELLING THE STORY OF THE UK VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY LOOKING FOR SUPPORT ON KICKSTARTER! For immediate release:Continue Reading