Posts Tagged “Retro Gaming”

The Insane Console History Video 2.0

Amazing video by Eliot Hagen. So far I’ve got to 1978 and I haven’t seen that console my parents bought us all those years ago. Eliot is more than right, I don’t recognise most of those old consoles. Streaming is so slow I created a Vimeo account so I could download the file. It’s currently [...]

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Microprose Soccer, World Cup 2010 Edition

Wow, I’m impressed. AEG Soft have modified the original C64 version of Microprose Soccer and updated it. It now has the teams that will appear in this year’s World Cup in South Africa! My brothers loved this game back in the day, and I played it a small bit too. If I was a football [...]

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World of Goo Giveaway

World of Goo, an amazing game by 2D Boy is one of my favourite games of last year. I originally bought it as part of a Mac Heist bundle and played it on Mac and Linux. I haven’t finished it yet, I got stuck on one level and never got back to it but I [...]

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Colour Amstrad CPC 6128 on Ebay

Retro Treasures has the scoop on an Amstrad CPC 6128 for sale on Ebay! The current bid is 49 Pounds Sterling but there’s 6 days left. How nostalgic are you?

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Bad Company 2, Modern Warfare 2 and othe…

Bad Company 2, Modern Warfare 2 and other links round up: A simple glitch exists in Bad Company 2 to get your tickets back when rushing. Glad I haven’t seen that happen yet but it’s only a matter of time unless it’s patched quickly. All about boosting in MW2. I only saw it once in-game [...]

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Retro consoles for sale again!

Retro gaming has made a comeback! A temporary looking shop on North Main Street in Cork is selling old retro consoles at possibly “Irish” prices. According to the “Bargain Hunt” section in Retro Gamer, a Sega Dreamcast can be purchased on Ebay for about £25 Sterling. They’re going for 59.99 Euro here. Cheap enough for [...]

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8-bit Trip

Neat video showing off characters from the 8-bit era. C64 and Nintendo fans will recognise some favourites! 1500 hours of moving legobricks and take photos of them. (via Justin and Retro Thing)

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Shredz64 – Guitar Gero on the Commodore 64

C64 fans, get that guitar out and play along to your favourite SID tunes with Shredz64. It uses a small circuit called the PSX64 interface to connect Playstation controllers to the old Atari or DB9 joystick interface on old computers like the C64, Amiga, Atari ST, Speccy (with the right interface itself!).. There are two [...]

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