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The retro game streaming service is offering new games in its line-up - so long as they're retro
Read More »Antstream Arcade moves to include indie and homebrew titles in streaming line-up
Buyer of the world’s last known Nintendo PlayStation prototype won’t leave it ‘buried in a closet somewhere’
"I'm interested in sharing my passion for gaming"
Read More »Konami reveals more games coming to its PC Engine Core Grafx mini console
Plus two new "optional" peripherals will be available
Read More »Beamdog partners with Skybound to bring Baldur’s Gate and its other classic RPGs to console
Iconic games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights will be releasing on console for the first time in 2019
Read More »Popular retro ROM site takes all files offline
Emuparadise had been sharing files for 18 years
Read More »GOG: Classic console games ‘might be possible’
GOG, a DRM-free marketplace for PC games that sells a mix of modern and classic titles, has said that classic console games could be a possibility on the service, but it’s a legal problem rather than a technical one. “I think it might be possible at some point,” Marcin Paczynski, …
Read More »NES Mini … SNES Mini … and now C64 Mini
While retro mini consoles have been around for years, the NES Mini, and the just launched SNES Mini have broadened the market and visibility of such devices. So it makes sense for Retro Games to release this miniaturised version of the massively popular home computer. With a retail price of …
Read More »OPINION: Old games, new revenue – how retro is still big business in today’s event market
Andy Brown, director of Replay Events (pictured right), specialises in retro gaming events. Here, he talks about how serving the retro community has genereted huge growth for his company. When it comes to the games industry, they say everything is cyclical. Every few years, the three major first party players …
Read More »MCV’s Review of the Year – Part 3: Events of 2016
Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. Big themes in 2016 included the fallout of Brexit (or lack of), the rise of eSports as a commercial force to be reckoned with, the tarnishing of a few reputations on YouTube, and much, much more. Hope …
Read More »Coleco cuts ties with Retro VGS manufacturer
The owner of the Coleco brand has said that it is no longer associated with the makers of a supposed retro console that was to carry its name. Retro VGS has decided that the work that they have created is not sufficient to demonstrate at this time,” the Coleco Facebook …
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