8 Bit Adventures 2 – The Gem That Hooked PC Gamers Comes to Consoles

by Todd Friedman | Sep 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

  11th September, 2024 – Australian developer Critical Games released their hit JRPG 8-Bit Adventures 2 on PC last year. Flushed from its success, and the critical fanfare it received from media, they’re eager to announce that the console versions...

Five Modern Games/IP That Would Be Well-Served With Retro-Reboots

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Lists, Opinions

So many franchises today focus on delivering high-end visual experiences to tell their stories. They often forget that people played their games when visuals weren’t at a premium, because they were easy to play and had a level of fun needed to inspire long gameplay...

New On Antstream This Week: B.O.B. and Premier Manager 98

by Antstream Blog | Aug 28, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Antstream

A quirky robot run and gun platformer football team management sim are this week’s newly added titles. The Antstream library just keeps growing as more titles are added. This week we have the robot run and gun platformer B.O.B. (SNES) and the chance to manage a...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rob McCallum

by Todd Friedman | Aug 24, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rob McCallum whose documentary is displayed on card number 585 from the Superstars of 2013 Collection.  Rob is the writer and director of “Nintendo Quest”, a documentary following one his friends on a quest to...

Nintendo 64 Quest – The Most Unofficial N64 Documentary Ever

by Todd Friedman | Aug 22, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Follow video game collector Jay Bartlett on an adventure to collect all 296 N64 games in 14 days with no online purchases! After more than a year of filming we’re offering the exclusive chance to own our 13-episode doc series on disc...

On the possibly exaggerated death of romhacking.net

by William Schwartz | Aug 21, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

On August 1st, Nightcrawler left a bombshell of an announcement on romhacking.net, moving the site to news only and releasing its database to the Internet Archive in the wake of financial and legal hardship. For the typical retro gamer who enjoys rom hacks, whether...