RETRO

merritt k Aug 9, 2022. 4 minute read

Games in the Rear View: The Retro Obsession

At some point over the last decade, I stopped looking forward to games and started looking backwards. I don’t know when it happened, but the shift is real — I’ve been writing a column about educational and freeware titles for the past few months, and I was doing a streaming…

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Lotus Jul 20, 2022. 7 minute read

The AYN Odin Pro Is Mostly the Ultimate Gaming Handheld It Claims To Be

It’s been a long time since I’ve used a gaming handheld, and longer still since I’ve wanted one. I bounced off the Nintendo Switch hard when it became clear it was a jack of two trades that was just okay at both, with a library sorely lacking in games designed…

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Kevin Podas Mar 29, 2022. 7 minute read

GameCenter CX Deserves to be Seen Outside of Japan

GameCenter CX has become a hallmark staple of retro gaming culture in Japan since its first broadcast in 2003. Even overseas, if you’ve spent any time on gaming-adjacent corners of the internet, you’re likely to have seen the face of the show’s host somewhere before. Whether it’s from YouTube clips,…

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Jordan Mallory Dec 19, 2019. 2 minute read

For the Person Who Has Everything, Consider the Nintendo Play Station

One of gaming history’s last true unicorns will soon go up for auction, and lucky you, there’s no reserve. The Nintendo Play Station — a one-of-a-kind prototype produced during a failed 16-bit era Sony/Nintendo collab — goes on the block next February through Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auctioneer of dramatically…

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Jordan Mallory Oct 16, 2019. 2 minute read

Analogue’s New ‘Pocket’ Handheld Is the $200 Game Boy of Your Dreams

Analogue — purveyor of pricey-yet-premium retro gaming hardware platforms — has announced its next product aimed at discerning enthusiasts: the Analogue Pocket. Available sometime next year for $199.99, the Pocket natively supports original Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games, with support for Game Gear, Neo Geo…

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Alexander Chatziioannou Jan 2, 2019. 4 minute read

The 5 Best New Games for Retro Platforms of 2018

Nostalgia is a major driving force in the gaming industry. That’s not exactly some grand revelation, but it’s sobering to realize how rapidly childhood memories influence what we play. Consider this. In 2018, Sony repackaged and resold one of its classic consoles to rival Nintendo’s SNES Classic juggernaut. They were…

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