Retro gaming

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Welcome all. I am personally using recalbox on a Raspberry Pi 400, overclocked to 2147/650. 1 Gbit network on the Raspberry is connected through cable.

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Y’all remember shareware Doom on an IBM 486DX?

Originally featured in the Sega Consumer History book, this interview with Noriyoshi Ohba and Rieko Kodama is a nostalgic look back at their careers.

The next game from the developer of Butterfly Soup.

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The tool I used for it is called the Retrode2, a cartridge dumper which doubles as a 2 SNES and 2 Genesis controller hub.

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-bought-a-junk-psp-from-japan-heres-how-it-went/

Aliexpress find, really weird cart but it works! Gotta love the dip switches

A Pulp Adventure Thriller from the minds that brought you Peridium and Crawl.

These two lengthy Phantasy Star Online developer interviews originally appeared in the PSO Episode 1&2 Setting Materials book.

The Caribou Trail arrives on May 14 and is sounding like a very interesting WWI narrative experience, blending together history and fiction.

Tides of Tomorrow on Steam

Hey zusammen, heute vor genau 37 Jahren (am 21. April 1989) kam in Japan der allererste Game Boy auf den Markt. Ein absoluter Feiertag! 👾

The original Alone in the Dark survival horror series has a fresh cross-platform game engine reimplementation, with lots of enhancements.

Is Y2K: The Game a deft exploration of late ‘90s digital anxiety? No! But is it a fun game anyway? Also no!

Sauce - https://retrocdn.net/images/2/2e/EGM_US_086.pdf , page 96

Break Space magazine Issue 5 is out now, covering all the latest ZX Spectrum software.

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss on Steam

The Warhammer Classics initiative re-releases 28 vintage Warhammer and W40K games, with Steam debuts for Shadow of the Horned Rat and the original Chaos Gate.

Hii everyone!! ☺️ Here’s my two GameBoys that I have had since I was a kid. I’m thinking for the GameBoy Color to do the screen upgrade with backlight. For the GameBoy Pocket, I will need to do a screen replacement which I want to go with an OEM replacement, or at least OEM spec. I also need to find a battery cover replacement for the Pocket.

The Lightkeeper’s great visuals and sound design are the strongest points of this short, tightly paced experience, making up in eerie atmosphere what it lacks in actual gameplay.

The publisher’s “license to distribute” has come to an end, so it’s goodbye to the Telltale Games inspired outing.

The mystery deepens! It’s time once again to step into Nancy’s shoes and follow the clues…

In these interviews, developers from Nintendo and Intelligent Systems discuss the making of the original Paper Mario, an RPG with a unique papercraft aesthetic.

It looks cool, but that swivel makes me so nervous.

PS1 games and memory cards are all originally mine from when I was a kid, same with the GameBoy games and the GameBoy Pocket.

I’ve been meaning to share this documentary on the blog for some time. I met its creator, Max, a couple of times while visiting the Freeplay Florida event a few years back. He mentioned that …

First the sea, now some old deities. What ever could be next?

Insanely good game, can’t wait for Tomba 2 with a good sale.

Aretha Collection 1993-1995 is being developed for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, and is set to include Aretha the Super Famicom (1993), Aretha II: Ariel no Fushigi-na Tabi (1994), and Rejoice: Aretha Oukoku no Kanata (1995).

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Sad news, today.

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers’ rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

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Thought this would be interesting. Anyone else see examples of historic art that inspired gaming ?

Despite a few initial issues like screen flickering, and a persistent 1fps problem when winning a car, I would say RPCS3 has been easy to setup and the game looks decent upscaled to 4k.

ScummVM Blog - ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light

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We’re so used to, so conditioned to gameplay being the thing you had to do to check the box

The real chip is very similar, but not the same, and that’s misleading marketing.

In the pic: Anbernic RG35XX-H playing Castlevania: Dracula X

I came across a post from Pixel Cherry Ninja on X of a new flashcart made by David Brito, who has turned this thought into a reality. David has a big history of modding retro consoles, having adapted N64s to be powered by USB-C, working with HDMI mods, and creating better controller solutions. He even made a built-in display for the Xbox 360 which is incredibly cool!

Daggerfall is the prequel to Skyrim. I’d never played it until seeing it for free on Steam recently.

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Labyrinth of the Forsaken is a highly successful blend of classic point-and-click adventure and survival horror, expanding on the Deep Sleep freeware trilogy with interesting new mechanics, immersive environments, and a…