I do enjoy getting emails out of the blue asking if I want to review products. You never quite know what you will receive. When I picked up this particular email, I must admit to having to look Grid Frame Studio up in a search engine to find out exactlyContinue Reading
Cave of Pixels was founded by Iain Clarke as a website to publish reviews of retro games and movies based on games. Originally called Cave of Monsters (a line from Bubble Bobble), it evolved into Cave of Pixels in 2013 when he started making pixel art, and he then decidedContinue Reading
An English adaptation of the popular hardback book; the Nintendo 64 Anthologie by Geeks-Line and penned by Math Malent is 98% complete, primed and ready for funding via Kickstarter. We are proud to announce that Retro Games Collector is supporting this campaign for this amazing book which covers Nintendo’s highlyContinue Reading
Joe Bleeps (AKA Joe Heaton) is no stranger to Retro Games Collector and we have featured his Game Boy modding skills before. It is these modding skills, including the addition of backlights and stereo line-out sockets that led multi-talented Joe finding his way into the chiptunes scene and eventually producingContinue Reading
Simon supplied so many photos of his unbelievable collection that we hardly knew where to start. His games room is a shrine to old school gaming and in particular his love of all things Game Boy. His original Nintendo display cabinets are bulging with every kind of Game Boy andContinue Reading
Ever fancied exploring a live map of The Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past from within your browser? The guys over at JADSDS engine have created Link’s world in stunning detail, including Link himself, other NPCs and enemies all wondering around the map. There is no gameplay involvedContinue Reading
We were thrilled to be contacted a short while back by 8 bit Evolution, a US based company specializing in supplying custom modded and fully refurbished consoles to retro gaming enthusiasts. Established 3 years ago, 8 bit Evolution has 11 people on their team, all of whom are dedicated gamersContinue Reading
I’ve been following Joe’s Game Boy modding exploits on Instagram for some time (@joeteach) and was more than delighted when he agreed to aggregate his modded GameBoys for all to see here on RetroGamesCollector. Ranging from the subtle ‘Grey Boy’ to some of his more striking combinations, one thing remainsContinue Reading
For this, the latest in our series of retro gaming collections from around the world we head over the pond to my own favourite destination; British Columbia, Canada. Sometimes in life you happen across people that you take an instant like to, and this happened to me with Bob, notContinue Reading
A little background info… This is the latest English language translation of a release from Pix’N Love Publishing, an independent French based company who specialise in gaming related publications. Luckily for us, with their British branch now in place they have taken to translating some of the 25 French languageContinue Reading