Less than a year after announcing and releasing their first consolizer project, the VGA-based DMG-Consolizer, Gamebox Systems just revealed their second entry into their Gameboy consolization line of products: The GBHD Color Consolizer. As the name implies, the GBHD Color Consolizer aims at turning the original DMG’s successor, the Gameboy Color aka CGB, into a […]
8bitdo has just announced an interesting new arcade stick, that will work over USB, Bluetooth and has a 2.4GHz RF USB stick contained inside it as well. They claim the internal battery will provide 40 hours of play time on 2.4g connection and 30 hours on bluetooth with a 4 hour charging time. It’s available for […]
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Documentaries are a dime-a-dozen on Netflix. From conspiracy theories to whodunits, the streaming giant never shies away from attempting to appeal the the largest market possible. In this case, the target is centered on classic gaming market and its history from the late 70’s into the late nineties though its latest series aptly named High […]
Back in 2019, we covered Arkagis Revolution, a “mode 7” style shmup for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive by famed developer Sikthehedgehog. The game is a top-down shooter which features a rotating play field at a full 60fps and features voice acting which is impressive for a cartridge-based Genesis game. As many readers of […]
After Dan previously announced that he’d be open sourcing and no longer be selling the 3DORGB kit, a few stores said they’d look into keeping the project alive. Projects like this are very challenging to stock, as the flex cables can be tricky to produce and the mod itself is a bit complicated to perform. […]
A new Wonder Boy game was just announced, called Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World. It’s release is planned for early 2021, on both the PS4 and Switch: https://wonderboy.inin.games/ The game is essentially the next in series after 1994’s Wonder Boy IV and it appears the original team is coming back to make it: The […]
I just did an interview with Jim, aka KidShoryuken. We have a bunch of mutual friends and his name was constantly coming up, so I wanted to both get to know him and introduce him to you all as well. While most of our chat was just a laid back conversion, his insight into Japanese […]
Vectrexmuli.com has opened pre-orders for a complete set of reproduction overlays, containing one for each of the official 28 games. They’re not cheap at $225, but aim to match the exact quality and texture of the originals, including the paper sleeve. Overlays for unofficial releases such as Dark Tower, Pitcher’s Duel and Tour De France […]
Strictly Limited Games has just opened sales on complete-in-box versions of the Turrican games, including Switch, PS4, SNES and Genesis versions in all regions: https://store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/turrican Classic console cartridge releases are about $60 each, with Super Turrican and Super Turrican 2 available for the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom and Mega Turrican available for the Genesis […]
