Retro Blog

I must say I am impressed with this mans skills. He defeated Bowser and beat Mario 64 in 15:35. It took me weeks to beat this game, this guy, under sixteen minutes. We salute you, MR. Super Mario 64 Beater guy.

I recently found this comic and really enjoyed the art.  I was surprised how well some of the later images were illustrated.  The story is a little odd, and the writing needs a bit of work, but the art is top notch! Some nsfw illustrations, but overall it’s fine.  For …

Remember the days when you and your friends would talk about rumors and claim to be able to do things in games that seemed impossible? I particularly remember the blood code for Mortal Kombat1, in Mega Man 3 if 2nd player held specific buttons you could fall in gaps and …

So after all of these years I have finally figured out why Mario and the Princess are still in love. They use the Nintendo Love Tester, duh. The original device was created in 19(69) by Nintendo, ha. Who would have thought, long before the video game kings were kings they …

A recent study suggests that children and adolescents play games for various reasons other than just to Gimme GameZ! have fun.  In their interviews,  kids and teenagers reported that they played video games to de-stress, fulfill emotional needs, for the challenge, and used violent games to deal and let go …

A guy by the name of Mario over at ModRetro forums put together a nice little Atari 2600 hand held gaming console. Here are the Specs and what Mario has to say: Specifications: 3.5″ Screen Uses an Atari Flashback 2 Hopefully will have room for the cartridge slot 2 GBASP …

Pretty cool idea. A group of guys play through 25 years of Mario games in the name of sick children, for charity! QUOTE: “Mario Marathon is an annual fan run fundraiser for Child’s Play Charity. Child’s Play provides toys, games and books to patients of children’s hospitals worldwide. The multi …

This video is hilarious. She wants to disable the Pac-Man game from her home page! How does she get rid of it? Arg! It wont go away until tomorrow!

A new retro gaming mag is in the works! Raiders of the Lost Arcades – Battle Plan! Vol. 5 Unfortunately, the arcade is becoming extinct as a gaming platform, so we take a trek back through time – using MAME’s random generator – to relive some of the arcades greatest, …

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This fan-made remake of Nintendo’s classic Donkey Kong  rules with updated graphics and a pretty sweet soundtrack. Created by Mick Farrow, there is an awesome Donkey Kong remake. Head on over to the site and grab it before Nintendo decides to take it down.

I laughed a little… Who knew Pac-Man was a junkie and wife-beater? Or that Frogger is a terrorist, and Donkey Kong and Mario are pitted in an epic manage-a-trois of princess passion? From creators Frank Meyer, Scott Chernoff and BJ Guyer, the TV pilot Videogame Theater delves into the world …

Some guy took an R2D2 cooler and turned it into a retro game machine! Inside are eight consoles and a projector mounted in the head kinda like R2D2. Now you can have your own gaming robot to help take care of that old school gaming itch. Thank these guys for …

I had no idea how much arts and crafts enthusiast cared for the fine taste of vintage gaming. A fella by the name of BottleCapArt has put his art and craft skills to good use. Mario is large and in charge in this bottle cap art piece and is showing …

There are quite a few games out there that were awesome growing up that you have not played in years I am sure. There are thousands of classics, and many have slipped your mind. Here are some titles that you have forgot about. 5. Kid Icarus for the NES. (Nintendo …