Retro Blog

Not really much to say, just watch it. Wow it brings back a lot of good memories. Created by Rocky of youtube.

I plan on building an arcade cabinet this fall. Here is a sneak preview of some of the artwork. I plan on creating a tutorial as well as review of the project when complete. Its going to be using the hyperspin front end. I cant wait to start work on …

I’m Matthias Nagler and have recently released a new game for the SNES. It’s an unlicensed port of a 1986 Laserdisc arcade game, the first full-motion movie game and the biggest game on the Super Nintendo yet at 6320 Mbit. The game is called Super Road Blaster and uses a …

A pretty neat solution for anyone looking for a small and portable box that enables you to hook up Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Controllers and game cartridges up to your computer for easy play. it plays through legal emulation, so if you feel uncomfortable scrounging the internet for grey …

How cool would it be to have our very own Lego theme? Well Mingles has gone out of his way to work on his own rendition in hopes to bring this to light. Nintendo, Lego, do you copy? Over the last year I have personally spent a huge amount of …

I stumbled across something pretty cool today on the net, and decided to share it with you guys. This chick Allison from Dirty Ass Soaps crafted a 1:1 scale look a like NES controller pad out of nothing but soap. Yes, you heard right, soap. Dirty Ass Soaps (cool name …

This cool hack created by Slipstream, is by far the coolest and most definately portable handheld n64 we have ever come across. A full charge will give you over three hours and the screen is a solid 4.3 inches. Get your Mario64 on. Check out the source over here.

This may be one DIY hack I have to try myself some day. Pick up a NES, Super Nintendo or N64 pad map away and start playing. It may be the best present for that geek in your life this holiday season. The fine people over at Funtendo have created …

Want to win a life size Mario kart? hey you never know. You gotta be in it to win it. The game retailer is giving you a chance to win the ultimate Mario Kart prize. As part of its PowerUp Rewards program, the company is giving away a life-sized Mario …

Clean it good! I recently read that Nintendo changed a commercial they maid for Mario’s 25th anniversary. I looked up the videos and noticed the difference.  The first video is the original video that shows this kid come home, turn on his old tv and change it to channel 3.  …

If I had this bed as a kid I don’t think I would have ever had a problem making it. This kid has the coolest grandma ever for making something like this. Wait the NES came out 25 years ago, this was made by a total geek! Anyway we think …

Orange Crush This person or group put an awful lot of work into this soda masterpiece of Mario going after a question box! Ill never look at orange crush the same again. At least they took a picture because you know that wont last long! Not sure where this picture …

Ed Fries, the old VP of Microsoft game publishing, also a big player in the Bungie Title HALO, has returned to the old school with a new old game, Halo 2600. It was presented at the Classic Game Expo in Las Vegas last weekend. Thank Ed from Atari Age. I …

In the spirit of procrastination I decided to post about a mini arcade I found.  I’m not sure if this is old news, but it’s interesting.  This guy built mini arcades using a turbo grafx 16 and a sega genesis.  He used these mini ps1 portable screens, a retro arcade …

As I sit in a coffee shop trying to do work, my mind yet again drifts off to my gaming childhood. Video games were not the only ways I was able to get my fix.  I remember always bugging my parents to let me use a check to subscribe to …