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Universe at War Beta Sega is offering FilePlanet subscribers Beta access for
Universe at War.
Video Game Misconceptions Join Retro Rogue as he launches a new series. In this installment he explores one of the most often seen misconceptions: The Magnavox Odyssey is analog and not digital.
Atari Is Down For the Count..... ....and there's no last minute bell in sight. Read on to see why this could be it for the current incarnation of the company.
Saturday, 6 October, 2007 Classic Gaming News
CEZ Spanish Retrocompo results out![ Comment ] 18:47 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsRetro Remakes has posted a notice that the results for the CEZ Spanish Retrocompo are now out, featuring a whole bunch of new and remade games in traditional retro style! Go check 'em out while the weekend's still young!
Their post points out all the stuff that happened the same month as the release of this true gaming landmark, though being from the UK, I'll always associate 1977 with punk and in October, at the same month that the 2600 was hitting shelves in the US, one of punk's defining albums, The Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks was shocking the UK. Truly it was a time of great cultural fertility!
Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 Classic Gaming News
Plus4emu, Version 1.2.3 released![ Comment ] 17:30 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsPlus4emu is a a Commodore 16/+4 emulator for Windows and Macintosh. It has some brilliant new features not found in many emulators, including the excellent record-to-AVI, which allows you to dump visual and audio output to a video file for playback!
CAGL is responsible for helping retro fans find their favourite machines in the local arcades of over 1000 cities, and from its humble origins as a newsgroup post to rec.games.video.arcade.collecting on October 1st 1997 has become a unique and invaluable resource for any true arcade fan! Congratulations, and here's to another 10 years!
On a related note, it's worth pointing out that Retro Remakes, a fantastic blog that serves the community well, is looking for news writers. If you think you'd be able to take the job seriously, you could hardly find a better way to give something back to the retro scene than by assisting them. If you're interested, read their advertisement now!
This game was developed by Scott Huggins, who has previously ported Astro Invader and Spectrar to the system. It's a rare and beautiful thing when a console this old gets a new game, and those of you old enough to still have your own ColecoVision will want to snap some copies up immediately!
This is a rare and exciting chance to get in the same room with the man behind what is one of the world's most popular games, even to this day! Anyone in the UK would be mad not to try and get to this one! (maybe I'll see you there!)
Monday, 24 September, 2007 Classic Gaming News
Retro DS Games at TGS '07[ Comment ] 17:09 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsDS Fanboy has wrapped its coverage of the Tokyo Game Show '07, and of particular interest to retro gamers will be a couple of their write ups.
The first is the retro-themed piece of meta-gaming, Game Center CX (chances of a English-language release for this are slim, however)
However, most importantly, they've also got their report on the Arkanoid and Space Invaders DS remakes. That's the Arkanoid game that comes with the Arcade-Authentic paddle attachment for the DS. You know you want it.
WinUAE 1.4.4 - Public Beta 9, RC2[ Comment ] 17:56 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsEveryone loves WinUAE, so if you've found yourself wondering how you can repay the guys who made it, why not consider giving the latest beta a try and helping out on any bugs you find?
The latest version has the following changes:
deleting file, recycle bin support enabled and deletion fails: return error code was wrong (SHFileOperation() is weird)
Action Replay 1/2/3 work again
bsdsocket froze if new configuration was loaded on the fly
filter crashes (old bug) if display was big, also centering code is back to pre-b7
You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly, which has been published for
120 months in a row! If you've missed any back issues, you can browse through their archives to get up to date.
Just Like The Real Arcade Game Popeye & Donkey Kong - Article
Spotlight on Homebrews / Prototypes Elevators Amiss, Encaved, GoSub, N.E.R.D.s, The Last Ninja, Lasercade, Rent Wars
Classic Game Room a DVD review
A-VCS-tec Challenge - Easter eggs
Letters
News & Notes
Classifieds
Trivia Contest/Results
The 2600 Connection is a printed newsletter published bimonthly. To learn how to purchase this issue or buy a subscription, please visit the 2600 Connection website.
Chicago C-64 event, September 29th![ Comment ] 17:23 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsRetro Thing is reporting that the EEEC annual meeting of C-64 enthusiasts in Lombard, Chicago is taking place on the 29th September. This kind of event involves gaming and coding, as well as the chance to have a look at rare hardware and software, both old and new.
And, if by some miracle you're reading this and you're a Commodore enthusiast who plans to attend, why not do us a favour and write a report for us here at CG? If you're able to do this, please get in touch!
Monday, 17 September, 2007 Classic Gaming News
Hanabi Festival on Wii Virtual Console[ Comment ] 17:09 PST | jrhunt | Print NewsJust in case you weren't aware, all you Wii-owning retrogamers in Europe should note that it's week one of the Hanabi Festival in Japan, and to celebrate, Nintendo's bringing it to the Virtual Console! To coincide with the Hanabi fireworks festival, Nintendo are giving virtual console releases to a whole bunch of Japanese games that never made it to Europe.
Week 1 is Mario Week, so there's the original "Lost Levels" Mario game, the near-mythical Japanese Super Mario Bros 2 on the NES, and Marios Super Picross on the SNES to download. Mario 2 has a limited release (it's only available until the end of the month) so take our advice and SNAP IT UP IMMEDIATELY.
A welcome addition for any retro gamers out there. Nintendo clearly recognise that selling old games back to the same people who bought them the first time around is a nice little earner, but given how good they are at it, they could probably sell ice to eskimos!
Friday, 14 September, 2007 Classic Gaming News
SC3 Arcade Party This Weekend![ Comment ] 0:21 PST | martyg | Print NewsSC3, "Southern California Classic Collectors", is a "local" Classic game collector's group serving the Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Diego and Inland Empire areas. With a site hosted here at CG.Com, they invite all those who can come to their meetings for play, trade, showing off your precious rares to an appreciative audience, or just to be amongst those who beat you to that Vectrex at one of the local Flea Markets a few months back. Whether you're looking for your first 2600, or an Intellivision Computer Module, they'd like to see you there!
This Saturday the 15th will be time for another SC3 hosted Arcade Party. See pics from the last party here.
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