SEGA did an amazing Choplifter remake, for the arcades and Master System.
We had Vic 20 games, getting enhanced remakes on C64, and then for the Amiga etc. Some were better, some were worse, like those horrible 16 bit versions of The Last Ninja.
@FR4M3 That will never happen. It would be incredibly expensive, to build a factory and starting to produce CRT's again. They would never be able to make their money back.
@Blast16 Go for it! You can also play 7800 games on the 2600+. Recommend checking out the Activision and Imagic catalogue of games. The games are dirt cheap now
Definitely picking this up, for my 2600. Imagine, if someone told me, back in 1982, that in 2025, I would still be able to buy brand new games for the console. 😱😁
Even the Taito logo on the cabinet, looks different. The kid is looking at the camera, in the original picture, but AI makes him stare into the distance.
AI is just making ***** up, to fill in the gaps, in missing information...
Just preserve the original image, no matter how low res it is.
Damn that's a brutal nostalgic flashback! I've been trying to find this game for decades. Played it around 1981-1982, in a local videostore. But back then, I was only 5-6 years old, so I never knew the name or who made the game. For a while there I thought that I might have remembered it wrong or mixed it up with another game. Mystery solved, almost 45 years later 😂👍
@The_Nintendo_Pedant Yeah, it's insane how time flew by. First time I tried Playstation, was in one of those demo units, that had Battle Arena Toshinden running. I miss generational leaps like that. Going from 8 bit to 16Bit and 32 bit. Good times
Still got a big collection, inkl my very first one, that I got back in 1982 "Parachute". 43 years later, still works like new.
Sold a few, back in the early 2000:s, which I have regretted for over 20 years now, since some of them are very rare now, like the Crystal Screen games.
But this week, I finally found both a Climber and Balloon Fight, so now only Super Mario Bros, is missing, in the Crystal Screen trilogy
I love how they succeeded to make such fun and addictive gameplay, with such limited hardware. Just compare this to the crappy Tiger handhelds, which was just confusing as hell, to play.
Recommend this site, if you wanna try the Game & Watch games ( and many other handhelds as well), though some of them aren't perfectly emulated (timing is a bit off), compared to MAME. https://itizso.itch.io/retrofab
@w1p3out Yep, and some have even stopped working after updates etc. Sure Blaze is sending replacements, if this happens. But who knows if Blaze still are around to handle that, 10 years from now? It's why I didn't continue to collect more carts. Only got 4 of them.
Hope they keep their expectations in check, and don't make 500.000 units, where half of the batch, ends up gathering dust in a warehouse. The C64 mini/maxi sold very well, but that was also sold at a much lower price.
I'm still a bit sceptical of how successful, this new Commodore will become. But this is still a good start.
I'm turning 50, four months from now, and I've been gaming, since 1979.
I feared that I wouldn't be able to play my old NES games, like I used to, for much longer. But instead, the last two years, I've been beating games, that I sucked at, back in the 80s-90s.
I just hope I didn't jinx myself, and I will be able to keep playing them, for 20-30 more years 😂
Same here.
Don't understand why they went with Kiefer, as I can barely remember any dialogue from him.
Kojima or Konami probably had a hard on, for "24" at the time.
Played about 60% of the game, until I took a break, and never got back to it. 😅 Became too repetitive, just like most open-world games. When it comes to the story, I only remember the opening. Metal Gear Solid 1, will remain my favorite in the series.
Wasn't the console supposed to render games in higher resolutions? Because what we see in this video (due to that aliasing flicker), seems to be the same low res as usual?
I'm getting that "Quick, fake a video now!!" feeling from this 🤣
Oh well, guess we'll find out soon...or in 2027-2028.
Back in September 92, I had seen Super Mario World in action, but didn't feel the rush to upgrade to the SNES. Until I walked into the store a couple of days later, and got to experience Super Castlevania IV. It was jawdropping, and the music so damn epic, like I never had heard from any game on my previous consoles and computers. I ended up buying a console and the game, that same afternoon.
Still today, it's one of my favorite games of all times, and my favorite in the series.
@Ristar24 Your old tapes will probably work fine. I had a forgotten box of tapes, that had been sitting in the attic of my parents house, over 30 years. Through cold winters and summer heatwaves. And when I tested them, all of them still worked, with no load errors.
Those tapes are much more durable, than we thought. The tape drives, might need a new belt, but that is an easy fix. Give them a try, if you still have a working C64 👍😀
Still today I replay those Activision games, on the 2600. Enduro and Beamrider are great additions to the collection.
I hope the release a "imagic" collection as well. Which was made up of the other half of those amazing 2600 programmer's, that left Atari, to form their own company. Atari own their catalogue now, so shouldn't be hard to license from them.
Comment sections are so "fun" to read these days. As if annoying fanboy wars aren't enough, we also have to kill the mood with politics? I miss gaming magazines of the 80s-90s. Full focus on gaming, and none of the industry drama.
Cool. But I wish it was bigger. Maybe they'll release a full size model, if this sells good enough. Good choice using OLED, as it's the only modern display, that can somewhat replicate the look. My good old old Vectrex still works great, but might still pick this up, at sale.
The first game I ever played on Atari ST. Played it on a demo unit, and ended up buying both the game and the computer. Still one of my favorite games on the ST.
Thanks for the info, now I really wished, that Capcom and Konami would have made plenty of games for it, in the 80:s. Imagine what Castlevania, Contra, Gradius, Mega Man etc, could have looked like, on the 7800.
Definitely better than the NES port.
I love to play ports on different consoles.
If I wanna play the arcade version, then there are "billions" of other choices to do so.
Wonder what would have happened, if the US videogame crash didn't happen, and the 7800 was released in 1984, as original intended.
And if it had more recent arcade ports, from the era, instead of just releasing yet another bunch of ports of Asteroids, Centipede and Ms Pac Man.
Commando was amazing on the 7800, yet another one, beating the NES version.
Same with Ikari Warriors (except the music)
Would love to see more new arcade ports for the 7800.
This have been the worst decade so far, in my lifetime. The world is a complete mess now. Can't even escape the current madness, in comment sections on a retro gaming site...
Comments 98
Re: "We Brought The Rivalry To An End" - Atari Reveals The Intellivision Sprint
Yes!! Exactly what I wanted. A new Intellivision.
Edit: Though disappointing, that it doesn't have a cartridge port...
Re: Capcom Almost Didn't Reissue Resident Evil 1-3 On GOG Because We Already Have Their HD Remakes
@Quick_Man
SEGA did an amazing Choplifter remake, for the arcades and Master System.
We had Vic 20 games, getting enhanced remakes on C64, and then for the Amiga etc. Some were better, some were worse, like those horrible 16 bit versions of The Last Ninja.
So, yeah, this is nothing new.
Re: Atari Appears To Be Counting Down To An "Exciting" New Retro Announcement, Taking Place This Week
I hope it's a Intellivision+, or a 5200+.
Hope it's not Jaguar, one of the worst systems I've ever owned. Only Tempest2000 and Iron Soldier was worth playing.
Alien vs Predator was overrated.
Re: This Modder Is Making The Best Home Port Of Ghouls 'n Ghosts Even Better - And You Can Help
@FR4M3
That will never happen.
It would be incredibly expensive, to build a factory and starting to produce CRT's again.
They would never be able to make their money back.
Re: Creator Of Pitfall! Returns To The Atari 2600 With Rescue From Poseidon's Gate
@Blast16
Go for it!
You can also play 7800 games on the 2600+.
Recommend checking out the Activision and Imagic catalogue of games. The games are dirt cheap now
Re: Creator Of Pitfall! Returns To The Atari 2600 With Rescue From Poseidon's Gate
Definitely picking this up, for my 2600.
Imagine, if someone told me, back in 1982, that in 2025, I would still be able to buy brand new games for the console. 😱😁
Re: "You Are Vandalising Your Own History" - Taito Caught Using AI To "Undermine" Its Gaming Past
Even the Taito logo on the cabinet, looks different.
The kid is looking at the camera, in the original picture, but AI makes him stare into the distance.
AI is just making ***** up, to fill in the gaps, in missing information...
Just preserve the original image, no matter how low res it is.
Re: "They Were Very Clear About What They Wanted" - Roger Dean On The Creation Of One Of Video Gaming's Greatest Logos
Loved the artwork. The boxes looked amazing.
Wish I had kept them all. The only one I have left, is their Barbarian game.
Re: Gaming Legend Rebecca Heineman Could Really Do With Your Positive Vibes Right Now
It's just insane, that people have to start a gofundme, to be able to afford an operation, in the US.
Best wishes Heineman.
Re: Namco's First In-House Arcade Game From The Creator Of Pac-Man Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
Damn that's a brutal nostalgic flashback!
I've been trying to find this game for decades. Played it around 1981-1982, in a local videostore. But back then, I was only 5-6 years old, so I never knew the name or who made the game. For a while there I thought that I might have remembered it wrong or mixed it up with another game. Mystery solved, almost 45 years later 😂👍
Re: "Nintendo Has Made Serious Objections" - Last Ninja Collection Delayed On Consoles
@wizzgamer
People find new things to be "offended" by, every day now. 😂
Re: "Nintendo Has Made Serious Objections" - Last Ninja Collection Delayed On Consoles
@Sketcz
Thanks for the info.
Yeah this whole situation is just stupid.
Re: "Nintendo Has Made Serious Objections" - Last Ninja Collection Delayed On Consoles
Interesting that nazi flags in games, are fine, but not this?
Is the rising sun symbol worse than the Swastika??
Just put a warning on the box.
Re: 'Maiden Of The Dark' Is A New Return Of The Ninja-Inspired Platformer For The Nintendo Game Boy
That looks mediocre though.
Re: Pre-Orders For Epic GBC SRPG 'Infinity' Go Live Today, And Yuzo Koshiro Is Involved
Looks interesting.
Found the demo here:
https://incube8games.com/products/infinity-gbc-digital-edition-demo
Re: Anniversary: Ready To Feel Really Old? WipEout Turns 30 Today
@The_Nintendo_Pedant
Yeah, it's insane how time flew by.
First time I tried Playstation, was in one of those demo units, that had Battle Arena Toshinden running.
I miss generational leaps like that. Going from 8 bit to 16Bit and 32 bit. Good times
Re: Anniversary: Ready To Feel Really Old? WipEout Turns 30 Today
@rob7979
That's correct. We played that same track for hours
Got lots of playtime from that Demo disc.
Re: Anniversary: Ready To Feel Really Old? WipEout Turns 30 Today
First time I played Wipeout, was on that Demo1 disc. I was blown away.
I was 19 back then, and now I turn 50, in three months. So, Yes, I feel old 😱😭🤣
Re: Game Changer: Donkey Kong II Game & Watch - My First Ever Taste Of Video Games
Still got a big collection, inkl my very first one, that I got back in 1982 "Parachute". 43 years later, still works like new.
Sold a few, back in the early 2000:s, which I have regretted for over 20 years now, since some of them are very rare now, like the Crystal Screen games.
But this week, I finally found both a Climber and Balloon Fight, so now only Super Mario Bros, is missing, in the Crystal Screen trilogy
I love how they succeeded to make such fun and addictive gameplay, with such limited hardware. Just compare this to the crappy Tiger handhelds, which was just confusing as hell, to play.
Recommend this site, if you wanna try the Game & Watch games ( and many other handhelds as well), though some of them aren't perfectly emulated (timing is a bit off), compared to MAME.
https://itizso.itch.io/retrofab
Re: Review: The 2025 Evercade EXP-R And VS-R Models Please Me As A Nintendo Fan
@w1p3out
Yep, and some have even stopped working after updates etc. Sure Blaze is sending replacements, if this happens. But who knows if Blaze still are around to handle that, 10 years from now?
It's why I didn't continue to collect more carts. Only got 4 of them.
Re: Golden Axe Is Being Unofficially Ported To The Atari 2600
@turboxray
Yeah what an abomination that was 😱🤣
Re: "We're Building The Future Together" - Commodore Has Sold Over 10,000 C64 Ultimate Systems
Hope they keep their expectations in check, and don't make 500.000 units, where half of the batch, ends up gathering dust in a warehouse.
The C64 mini/maxi sold very well, but that was also sold at a much lower price.
I'm still a bit sceptical of how successful, this new Commodore will become.
But this is still a good start.
Re: Castlevania's Director Wants To Know What Game You'd Like To See Adapted Into A TV Show Next
Give us an action packed Contra or Gradius show.
Re: Golden Axe Is Being Unofficially Ported To The Atari 2600
He's done a great job on those multicolored sprites. Gotta try this out.
Re: Review: KONKR Pocket Fit - Like A Portable PS2, But Even Better
Flooding the market with handhelds every day.
When will it end...
Re: "He Went Out A Fighter" - Retro Gaming Community Pays Tribute To Game Chasers Co-Host Billy Hudson
Been watching Game Chasers, since the beginning. Gonna miss him...
RIP Billy.
Re: "We Were Blown Away" - Belfast's First Retro Arcade Opens Its Doors
Great to see a retroarcade, that isn't 90% lightgun and driving games. These are proper classics, with endless replay value.
I hope it continues to be a success 😀👍
Re: "Amiga Lives!" - Apollo A6000 Promises To Pick Up Where Commodore Left Off
Must be hard today, to record an actual human voice, reading the script, instead of using a robotic sounding AI voice...
And this is so beyond overpriced.
Especially with the case being 3D printed, which you can see on the website, compared to the CG images.
Re: "You Still Can't Beat Me" - 100-Year-Old Grandma Plays Her Super Famicom Every Day
I'm turning 50, four months from now, and I've been gaming, since 1979.
I feared that I wouldn't be able to play my old NES games, like I used to, for much longer. But instead, the last two years, I've been beating games, that I sucked at, back in the 80s-90s.
I just hope I didn't jinx myself, and I will be able to keep playing them, for 20-30 more years 😂
Re: Fan-Made Genesis Port Of Final Fight Might Get Support For Three Players
@Blast16
When it's finally finished, it's supposed to available for free.
Re: "Reject This Ugly Husk And Play The Original" - Panzer Dragoon II Zwei Remake Isn't Going Down Well With Fans
Just re-release the original versions, in a collection.
Re: Anniversary: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Is 10 Years Old Today
@The_Nintendo_Pedant
Same here.
Don't understand why they went with Kiefer, as I can barely remember any dialogue from him.
Kojima or Konami probably had a hard on, for "24" at the time.
Re: Anniversary: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Is 10 Years Old Today
Played about 60% of the game, until I took a break, and never got back to it. 😅 Became too repetitive, just like most open-world games.
When it comes to the story, I only remember the opening. Metal Gear Solid 1, will remain my favorite in the series.
Re: Analogue's FPGA N64 Is Shown Running For The First Time
Wasn't the console supposed to render games in higher resolutions? Because what we see in this video (due to that aliasing flicker), seems to be the same low res as usual?
I'm getting that "Quick, fake a video now!!" feeling from this 🤣
Oh well, guess we'll find out soon...or in 2027-2028.
Re: This Jaleco Arcade Game Is Finally Getting An NES Release, Over 30 Years Later
Can understand why is wasn't released.
There were plenty of these kind of puzzle games, being released on the NES, during those last years.
Re: Game Changer: Super Castlevania IV - Why Simon Belmont's 16-bit Debut Is A Stone-Cold Classic
Back in September 92, I had seen Super Mario World in action, but didn't feel the rush to upgrade to the SNES. Until I walked into the store a couple of days later, and got to experience Super Castlevania IV. It was jawdropping, and the music so damn epic, like I never had heard from any game on my previous consoles and computers. I ended up buying a console and the game, that same afternoon.
Still today, it's one of my favorite games of all times, and my favorite in the series.
Re: "Commodore Now Has Money In The Bank" - C64 Ultimate Brings In Over $2 Million
@Ristar24
Your old tapes will probably work fine.
I had a forgotten box of tapes, that had been sitting in the attic of my parents house, over 30 years. Through cold winters and summer heatwaves. And when I tested them, all of them still worked, with no load errors.
Those tapes are much more durable, than we thought. The tape drives, might need a new belt, but that is an easy fix. Give them a try, if you still have a working C64 👍😀
Re: Evercade's Next Two Carts Feature Activision And Llamasoft, And You Can Pre-Order Them Now
@slider1983
I think you mixed it up with the Intellivision collections?
Re: Evercade's Next Two Carts Feature Activision And Llamasoft, And You Can Pre-Order Them Now
Still today I replay those Activision games, on the 2600. Enduro and Beamrider are great additions to the collection.
I hope the release a "imagic" collection as well.
Which was made up of the other half of those amazing 2600 programmer's, that left Atari, to form their own company. Atari own their catalogue now, so shouldn't be hard to license from them.
Re: Commodore's C64 Ultimate Could Be Delayed Thanks To Trump's 'De Minimis' Policy Change
Comment sections are so "fun" to read these days. As if annoying fanboy wars aren't enough, we also have to kill the mood with politics?
I miss gaming magazines of the 80s-90s. Full focus on gaming, and none of the industry drama.
Re: Vectrex Mini Is The Next Micro Console You'll Need To Own
Cool.
But I wish it was bigger. Maybe they'll release a full size model, if this sells good enough.
Good choice using OLED, as it's the only modern display, that can somewhat replicate the look.
My good old old Vectrex still works great, but might still pick this up, at sale.
Re: These $25 Keyring-Sized Arcade Hits Come From The Company Behind Evercade
@Damo
Looks like the 7800 version.
Re: Retro Games Ltd's Full-Size Amiga Replica 'THE A1200' Resurfaces At Gamescom
Now THIS is something I will pick up.
Who needs new "Commodore", when we got these guys. 😁👍
Re: These $25 Keyring-Sized Arcade Hits Come From The Company Behind Evercade
Just what we needed, even more ways to play Space Invaders and Asteroids...
I love the games, but the market is beyond oversaturated now.
Re: Atari ST Shoot 'Em Up 'Wings Of Death' Is Getting A Jaguar Port, And Pre-Orders Are Open Now
The first game I ever played on Atari ST.
Played it on a demo unit, and ended up buying both the game and the computer.
Still one of my favorite games on the ST.
Re: Team17-Backed Successor To Amiga Classic 'Project X' Launches Today On Steam
Tried the demo.
I you loved the original, you might like it, if not, don't waste your time. Looks and plays like a flash or mobile game.
Had the original on my Amiga CD32, but got bored after 30 minutes, and went back to playing Axelay on my SNES.
Re: Review: Tiger-Heli (Atari 7800) - There Are Better Ways To Play, But That's Hardly The Point
@KrunchyTC
Thanks for the info, now I really wished, that Capcom and Konami would have made plenty of games for it, in the 80:s.
Imagine what Castlevania, Contra, Gradius, Mega Man etc, could have looked like, on the 7800.
Re: Review: Tiger-Heli (Atari 7800) - There Are Better Ways To Play, But That's Hardly The Point
Definitely better than the NES port.
I love to play ports on different consoles.
If I wanna play the arcade version, then there are "billions" of other choices to do so.
Wonder what would have happened, if the US videogame crash didn't happen, and the 7800 was released in 1984, as original intended.
And if it had more recent arcade ports, from the era, instead of just releasing yet another bunch of ports of Asteroids, Centipede and Ms Pac Man.
Commando was amazing on the 7800, yet another one, beating the NES version.
Same with Ikari Warriors (except the music)
Would love to see more new arcade ports for the 7800.
Re: Operation Night Strikers' Gun Peripherals Pulled By Publisher, But Not For The Reason You Might Expect
This have been the worst decade so far, in my lifetime. The world is a complete mess now.
Can't even escape the current madness, in comment sections on a retro gaming site...
Re: "Please Support Us" Pleads Yuzo Koshiro As Pirated Earthion ROM Appears Online
@SlangWon
They are still doing some tweaking to the game, that is not only emulator related.
"Earthion Version 2.0.1 Patch Notes
Fixed issue of subweapons becoming unusable
Fixed issue of subweapons occasionally not displaying correctly
Fixed issue of game freezing after inputting password
Fixed issue of sound effects not playing after selecting Continue
Adjusted enemy bullets to be more easily visible
Adjusted three pixels in the second half of Stage 2
Start can now be pressed when selecting Continue
Can skip Countdown by pressing Start (Only in Automatic Mode)
Added 2 more Challenge Modes"