Back in the early nineties, Sony and Nintendo were working on an add-on for the Super Nintendo, which would allow the SNES to play CD-ROM games. Sony was to also release a stand-alone console, called a “Play Station” which would play the new CD-ROM games as well as SNES games. (Sony used this name for … Nintendo Sony Play Station Prototype to be put up for sale
Hello, I’ve got too much going on in my life at the moment to do RAM OK ROM OK. I know not many people read it, but it’s been really fun and rewarding for me and am hoping to get back on it again in the new year! Related posts: How not to launch a … Taking a Break!
Let’s hop in the time machine and look into the RAM OK ROM OK archives* and see what was happening in gaming and tech news from 30 years ago… RAM OK ROM OK Issue 118, October 1989 MGT’s Super Spectrum, SAM Coupé arrives Last month, Miles Gordon Technology presented their 8-bit computer to the press. … ? Rewind Tape: Gaming news from OCTOBER 1989
In A/V Output we take a gander at the latest podcasts and YouTube videos of interest to the retro gamer! If we’re missing your favourite podcaster or YouTuber, let us know and we’ll take a look. The First video game How do you define the first videogame? Ahoy! works it out.. What was The First … A/V Output, OCT 2019: Round-up of the best in Retro gaming Youtube and podcasts
The Internet Archive have added 2,500 MS-DOS games to its library. All can be played online, thanks to Archive.org’s “emulation in the browser” system.
Next year, hardware manufacturer Analogue are to launch the Analogue Pocket. An FPGA-based hand-held console that is compatible with all the games in the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Gameboy Advance library. With additional adaptors, the system can also play games for the Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Game Gear. The Pocket … Upcoming Analogue Pocket to play Game Boy carts, plus options to play Lynx, Game Gear and Neo Geo Pocket Color
Here is our regular round-up of retro-gaming themed crowd-funding projects. Projects are listed in order of urgency, so those ending soonest are nearer the top. All details are correct at time of publication. HEART OF NEON: a documentary about a life in video games Jeff Minter Paul Docherty is making a film about the story … Insert Coin: Round-Up of retro-gaming crowd funding projects : Oct 2019
Read Me is a regular column where we collate the best recent reads on retro gaming. The Sumerian Game: The Most Important Video Game You’ve Never Heard Of Kate Willaert of A Critical Hit has researched early computer games and tells us about the first game with a narrative, The Sumerian Game. So what the … Read Me: The best retro gaming reads (October 2019)
Last night on Twitter, Batman Group announced their Amstrad conversion of Digital Illusion’s classic Amiga game, Pinball Dreams. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1179130726710730752 The port features all four tables: Ignition, Steel Wheel, Beat Box and Nightmare. The graphics and music are impressive and show how good the CPC can be. The game can be downloaded in the link in … Pinball Dreams gets unofficial Amstrad CPC port
Atari have partnered with Antstream (who we covered a few months back) to provide an exclusive edition of their streaming game service for their upcoming* Atari VCS system. As well as the 50 (as yet unknown) Atari games included in the Atari VCS system, owners will now have access to all of the Antstream catalogue**. … Antstream team up with Atari to provide games for Atari VCS