Speccy Nation by Dan Whitehead – Review
Some people might wonder what the purpose might be to having a book of reviews of Spectrum games? Such a collection seems unintuitive when you consider that reviews for these games no longer aid consumer decisions, the games being mostly available online to run for free on emulators. To complainContinue Reading
Collectible Sega figures announced by First 4 Figures – Ryo Hazuki
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
Show us your collection #16: Super Famicom Guy
Firstly just to say I was honoured when Stu Brett (@superfamicomguy) agreed to show his collection on RGC. He has been gaming with the Super Famicom since its launch and owns 3 different versions of the console along with around 300 games and the rare SFC ‘Hotel Box’. He isContinue Reading
New Sega Pluto console ‘missing link’ exposed?
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
Thatcher’s Legacy and the UK Games Industry in the 1980s
Informally, discussions about the video games industry in 1980s Britain often raise the ‘backdrop of Thatcherism’, despite the little ink that’s ever spilt on the matter. I’m never surprised when industry outsiders quickly form the impression that computer games were a Thatcherite endeavour. Nor am I surprised at their assumptionContinue Reading
RetroGamingRoundup podcast team make and release Atari 2600 game
[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
Constructing a Man-Cave from scratch (Retro Games Room build) – Part 3
Finishing off For those new to this series of articles, you should probably read Part 1 and Part 2 of my man-cave building exploits first, just to get a flavour of what’s been going on and what we started off with. Just under 12 months ago we made a startContinue Reading
Emulation on the cheap using original XBox – Part 2 – How to do it
Soft-modding basics As I demonstrated in Part 1 earlier, the original XBox can be a powerful media centre and even better console and computer emulator. There are a few off-the-shelf products out there that will enable you to soft-mod your XBox with ease (it’s a 10 minute job) and theContinue Reading
Weird and Rare – Private Eye – Atari 2600
What’s it all about? After looking through the ‘instructions’ (pictured below) I was left thinking that this game would be a complicated maze-type affair with lots of clues to piece together to get to my goal. Instead I was surprised to find an unusual type of arcade racer, whereContinue Reading
From Bedrooms to Billions – looking for support on Kickstarter
[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