Tag Archives: Retro

The Genesis was home to so many great games, some of which that were lost to the past until they got HD rereleases on 360/PS3. For example, Gunstar Heroes won over many hardcore fans in its time, but fans had forgotten it until recently. And while it was developer Treasure’s …

For this week’s Retro edition of RadarPlays, we switched on the coin-op classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Released by Konami in 1989, the game was based on the colorful cartoon that was all the rage back then. It later became a popular 360 downloadable in 2007, but now it’s no …

Capcom has a long history, as proven by its deep library of titles outside of franchises like Street Fighter, Mega Man, and Resident Evil. Capcom recently decided to share some of its lesser-known classics with gamers via Capcom Arcade Cabinet on XBLA/PSN. More than 15 arcade originals will be released …

Console do-overs through the ages Nintendo’s newly unveiled Wii Mini (opens in new tab) might have provided momentary distraction from the company’s touch screen-toting big-ticket release, but the downsized budget-console hardly came as a surprise. After all, the one-size-only GameCube was the exception to a long-standing rule–one established in the …

We refuse to make the ‘egg’ pun, but there’s (potentially) very exciting news for gamers of a certain age as today sees a new Kickstarter (opens in new tab) launched to bring back Dizzy, the egg-shaped star of several classic platform/adventure games from the 1980s and 1990s. Dizzy Returns has …

Back in the day We love nostalgia as much as the next aging nerd, and youd be hard-pressed to find a game more steeped in nostalgia than the recent indie game Retro City Rampage. Though we had mixed feelings about the game as a whole (see our Retro City Rampage …

Our guide to the unlikeliest drugs in videogames Warning! You are about to read about mature subject matter, which shouldn’t be discussed by minors without the presence of a responsible adult. Topics we’ll be covering include drug use, drug crime, drug addiction, and the ending of Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts. Consider …

Crowd-sourced funding has seemingly become an overnight success, what with Kickstarter affording Double Fine about a zillion pounds (opens in new tab) a few weeks back. Well, it isn’t just games that need funding. Films about games do, too. And that’s why ‘Bedrooms to Billions’ needs your attention. The UK …