Retro Blog

The National Museum of Play has recently added an exceptional item to its collection: a rare PC port demo of “Super Mario Bros. 3,” developed by id Software in the early days before the company became synonymous with the first-person shooter genre through titles like “Doom” and “Wolfenstein 3D.” This …

People have been questioning my recent purchase of Minecraft for the Series X as an investment. But the bottom line is simple, variations of Fortnite, and Minecraft that you may have in your collection are already going up in value, and Minecraft for the series X may end up being …

Why does everyone sleep on the Manhattan Project? pon its release, “The Manhattan Project” was met with fanfare. The NES was at the height of its popularity, and a new Turtles game was a major event. Players praised the game’s faithful representation of the Turtles’ universe and the improvements it …

Sorry to anybody this offends, but emulation definitely offers a much, much more accurate CRT replication than a RetroTINK could ever do, therefore is much more faithful to the original experience and the way the developers intended these games to look. I honestly don’t understand why people are still clinging …

Crisis Force: A Deep Dive into NES Excellence Crisis Force is not just a game; it’s an exemplar of the technical marvels that were possible on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), despite being released in the twilight years of the console’s life. This shoot ’em up, released exclusively in Japan …

Enjoy our comprehensive retrospective as we showcase each and every one of the classic games developed for the Nintendo NES in this captivating video journey, or read up on the system and review below! The Nintendo NES: A Historical Overview and System Review. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES): A Portal …

Stan Lee Dispels Myth That X-Men Were Originally Envisioned as LGBTQ Allegory In a 2007 radio interview that has recently resurfaced, comic book icon Stan Lee directly refuted a widespread assumption that his X-Men characters were conceived as an allegory for the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking on Coast to Coast AM …

It has been widely reported in the last few days that actor and comedian Ayo Edebiri is rumored to be replacing Johnny Depp as the new lead in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean 6. These reports stem from a story initially published by Giant Freakin Robot claiming that Edebiri is …

Brand new factory sealed limited collectors edition controllers! PS4 & Xbox! Brand new! Mint condition! Boxes are in perfect condition, no dents, no rips, no makes, the hanging tabs perfect too, can’t get any nicer not a single scratch anywhere on them👌 Worldwide shipping 🌍 from just £20! 5kg-10kg is …

This was a perfect arcade port given the limitations of the NES hardware at the time. The game was particularly special to me. I played often as a kid with my neighbors in the ’90s. We would crowd around the NES, each picking a turtle, and spend hours trying to …

Re-playing this GameCube classic once more🤘 Eternal Darkness was a superb horror game from Silicon Knights, nothing really comes close to how unique and twisted to what this game offers. The Sanity Effect is perhaps one of the crowning achievements that makes this game so special. Twisting and warping your …

Selling a few GameCube games CIB I just don’t think I’ll get around to playing. All are black label and have been tested. PayPal goods only – Twin snakes $100 (manual has one page cut out otherwise in good shape) – Skies of Arkadia (also includes original inserts with manual) …

Disclaimer: My father, disconnected from the internet in many ways, will most likely never read this. And that is OK. On a frost-touched morning in December 1987, nestled beneath the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, a gift unwrapped would forge an unbreakable bond between a father and his child, …

Hi everyone ! At 1/3 of 1.500 carts, organizing is still a pain .. Not sure how people with major collections cope with it .. Looking into boxes and a label maker to print labels on the top of carts .. Ideally plastic boxes, cart+case height, 100pcs each .. Goal …

☁️Another Code: Recollection☁️ Hotel Dusk / Last Window fans make some noise! All hail the indie gamedev Cing! (Sad that they filed for bankruptcy in 2010) I wanted to play Trace Memory back in the NDS days but never got around to. Also hearing years later that it had a …