After almost 28 years, Super Mario 64 has been beaten without using the A button ( www.eurogamer.net )
Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? ( www.theguardian.com )
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask just got an unofficial PC port ( www.dsogaming.com )
Meet Four Developers Making Brand-New Game Boy Titles In 2024 ( www.nintendolife.com )
Apple changes App Store rules to allow retro game emulators globally | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Half-Life Was 95% Ready for Dreamcast ( timemachiner.io )
F-Zero courses from a dead Nintendo satellite service restored using VHS and AI ( arstechnica.com )
Capcom and GOG join forces to release the original Resident Evil™ trilogy! ( www.gog.com )
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Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code ( arstechnica.com )
A physics simulation flaw in text-based 1969 computer game went unnoticed until today.
Framework Mainboard Powers Retro Style Gaming Console -- Tom's Hardware ( www.tomshardware.com )
Some of us find ourselves drawn to the unique charm of retro hardware. One new creation that captures this sentiment is Game.Work by Abe Haskins - an innovative piece of art inspired by the vintage aesthetic....
'SuperSega' FPGA Console Will Play Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, Saturn And Dreamcast Games | Time Extension ( www.timeextension.com )
'SuperSega' FPGA Console: A Comprehensive Sega Experience...
Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console ( arstechnica.com )
Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One Of The Console's Biggest Problems | Time Extension ( www.timeextension.com )
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Quake-like game made with JavaScript takes up just 13KB of storage | Tom's Hardware ( www.tomshardware.com )
A remarkable JavaScript development has brought back memories from the golden era of gaming. The game, Q1K3, manages to pack in two levels, five different enemy types, three weapons, audio, and more within a mere 13KB executable size! This achievement was part of JS13K Games - an annual HTML5 and JavaScript game development...
Here's the original Fallout on a Nintendo 3DS ( www.eurogamer.net )
A Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Is Confirmed And In Development | Retro Gaming News 24/7 ( www.retronews.com )
Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier has confirmed that a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is indeed in development. This confirmation comes after speculation surrounding the credibility of frequent Atlus news leaker Midori, who recently admitted to adopting an online persona....
List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial (Re-/Decompilations) ( github.com )
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How Sierra On-Line and a Disgraced Cop Made the Most Reactionary Game of the 90s ( www.vice.com )
$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on Windows 3.1 era ( arstechnica.com )
Pocket 386 supports external accessories and will just barely run Windows 95.
Virtual Boy Emulation Finally Arrives on 3DS ( www.retrorgb.com )
Zelda II Has Been Ported To The SNES | Time Extension ( www.timeextension.com )
Zelda II is now on the SNES!...
Modder releases Unix-like operating system for the NES ( www.techspot.com )
A modder has managed to convert an operating system that resembles Linux into a function on an unmodified Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), demonstrating impressive retro-tech innovation....
The Quest To Preserve Japanese Feature Phone Games ( www.timeextension.com )
"I was like, ‘How can this be happening?’" he tells us. "And ‘How come no one is talking about this?’ I was looking at all these game preservationist organisations and nobody was saying anything and the date was just getting closer and closer. So I got worried and pretty much totally out of nowhere I decided to write an...
The Amiga Is Getting A Dune II Remaster From One Of The Original Developers | Time Extension ( www.timeextension.com )
In a bid to right the wrongs of the original release, Robert Koon, one of the programmers on the iconic 1993 RTS game Dune II, is currently working on remastering the classic for Amiga AGA and OCS versions....
From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction ( arstechnica.com )
