The Retro League

This week we remember one of the worst PS1 games and are not at all surprised that the Gameband crowd-funding project is completely dead. We wonder if cheats and easy-modes are harmless or if they take away from the experience. We've got unreleased trolls and Inner Sphere mechs in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History November 25, 1996 - Bubsy 3D was released for PS1, and eventually became one of the most despised games on the system Virtually Retro From Beyond - Prologue LumberJack - A very BASIC version of the Homebrew C64 wood chopper Druidarium - Action platformer for the Atari XL/XE with smooth scrolling News Sega reportedly asked Bill Gates to let Dreamcast games be playable on the Xbox Crowdfunding for VB Music Tracker and a new VB Game Making classic games more approachable should be the norm   Random Links [WR] Windows 95B Installation Desktop any% in 1:31.4 Mall GameStop to Start Charging for Daycare Angry Video Game Nerd: Amiga CD32 The Brilliant & Historic Ending of Mega Man 2 Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged - Episode. 21 Caveat Gamer Atari Gameband officially cancelled; Kickstarter backers may not receive refund Nintendo Virtual Boy Lapel Pin E3 CES Hudson Soft Games of The Week Stone Protectors prototype (Genesis) MechCommander (PC-Windows) Freeloader Game of the Month Omega Blast (Genesis)

While Canada may have missed out on the Cabbage Patch Kids riots that swept the US in years past, no one is going to escape Nintendo's wrath went it comes to software piracy. Have you ever wanted to play Neo Geo games in a festive-looking holiday-themed arcade mini-console? No? Well, it's okay because we're all a little looney in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History November 19, 1993 - Madden NFL '94 was released for SNES & Genesis, starting a franchise that continues to this day Virtually Retro Flashback (PS4) Classic Space Adventure ACA NEOGEO THRASH RALLY Arcade Archives Urban Champion Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Heavy Barrel Caren - Thank You Edition 2018 Sails of Doom - Atari XL/XE News Nintendo reaches final judgment agreement with ROM site owners Winter Power-Up Game Bundle Desert Bus for Hope motors past $5 million raised all-time A Garish Neo Geo Mini Christmas Edition Is On The Way With More Games Included NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat swap soundboards, and it kinda works Random Links Mortal Kombat Annihilation Rental Review PC Classic Black Friday Origins: The 1983 Cabbage Patch Kid Riots Caveat Gamer Arcade 1up scalping on ebay MORTAL KOMBAT ANNIHILATION 1997 ORIG 46X60 SUBWAY MOVIE POSTER Games of The Week Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) Hi-Octane (PC DOS) Freeloader Game of the Month Omega Blast (Genesis)  

Black Friday is quickly approaching, so we went looking for deals on retro gaming gifts. What we found has left us bitter, disappointed, and cynical. We are almost as bored with these inflated prices as John Madden was with the last Sega Genesis game to bear his name. We've been feeling frustrated while trying to emulate MS-DOS games and NES light gun games, so it's a good thing Questing for Glory is back to entertain us with RPG speedruns. This Week in Gaming History November 12, 1982 - Fire Bug video game stamped out in Oregon Virtually Retro Lacim's Legacy (Atari Lynx) SNK 40th Anniversary Collection ACA NEOGEO PLEASURE GOAL : 5 ON 5 MINI SOCCER Grim Fandango Remastered Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Break Thru Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Night Slashers Spyro Reignited Trilogy News NPD Reveals Best-Selling N64 And Game Boy Color Games From The Mid To Late Nineties Arcade1up ‘Rampage’ Game Machine Review: Good Coin-Op Gaming, But Just Shy of Greatness Game Translations that Turned Surprisingly Political Strategy guide publisher Prima Games to close Random Links Brevity is the soul of Minit DataPlay: The futuristic optical disc format that time forgot RPGLimitBreak: Questing For Glory 2 [Schedule] Desert Bus for Hope 2018 2018 Black Friday Retrogaming Deals Family Dollar - Atari Flashback 9 & Genesis portable for $40 Shopko - BOGO mini arcade games Kohl’s - Atari & Sega Flashback for $40, $15 Kohl’s cash with SNES Classic Mini Kohl’s - $105 Kohl’s cash with Arcade 1up retro arcade CVS - Flashback Blast systems for $19.99 Walgreens - 50% off Atari and Sega Flashback Staples - LCD games for $19.99 Meijer - the same LCD games for $11 Walmart - Ocarina of Time 3D for $17 Best Buy - Ocarina of Time 3D for $14.99 GameStop - 2DS with Ocarina of Time 3D for $79.99, Nintendo figures for $14.99 GameStop - Giant Nintendo plushes for $29.99, Nintendo ornaments for $9.99 Half Price Books - 20% off everything, Nintendo mugs for $7.99 Dollar General - Atari Flashback 9, Legends Flashback Arcade for $33 Dollar General - Plug and Play games for $15 Fred’s - Knock-off plug and play games for $19.99 Games of The Week Riot Zone (TurboGrafx-16 CD) Violence Fight (Arcade) Freeloader Game of the Month Omega Blast (Genesis)  

This week we're being bombarded by online ads and we watched a 1990's movie that blends horror, action, romance, and revenge. We're surprised by bad translations but not surprised by the sales figures for the NES & SNES classic minis. Pottery Barn has PlayStation Furniture and Vanilla Ice almost had a Game Boy game. Good luck trying to wrap your brain around those two things. This Week in Gaming History November 5, 1964 - Birthdate of game developer David Marsh Virtually Retro Old School RuneScape ACA NEOGEO SAVAGE REIGN Arcade Archives: Alpha Mission Tetris Effect Omega Blast (Genesis) Path of Adventure News Mario's Real-Life Namesake, Mario Segale, Dies At 84 Revenant Bus brings a very slow kind of hell to Doom 2 SNES Mini And NES Mini Combined Global Sales Surpass 10 Million Mark Playing Tetris may help sooth the stress of uncertainty New Arcades: Gamestate (NED); Lost Levels (CA); Colonial Soldier Arcade (NJ); Aunt Ethel’s (WI); The Pinball Dudes (FL) & More Random Links Boy Curious - Rap Quest (Unreleased Vanilla Ice Game) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Books of Red, Blue, Purple, Beige, Orange, Scarlet Caveat Gamer Pottery Barn’s PlayStation furniture is the new high-end gamer-chic Games of The Week Maze Hunter 3D (Sega Master System) Wario Land 4 (Game Boy Advance) Freeloader Game of the Month  Omega Blast (Genesis)

The Mega Drive has turned 30 years old, and we now know which games will be on the PS1 Classic console. Is the world ready for a mash-up of all Data East games? The Grandson of a former Toys'R'Us manager has an incredible story to tell about the placement of signs that have Nintendo and Sony logos on them. We've got to avoid being burned by Satan in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History October 29, 1988 - Sega Mega Drive released in Japan Virtually Retro ACA NEOGEO STRIKERS 1945 PLUS Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid II Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Heavy Burger WindJammers News Slack engineer figures out way to load messages into a 1995 SNES game Sega Ages devs again comment on the possibility of Dreamcast games on Switch 16-year-old Tetris prodigy defeats seven-time world champion to become king of classic Tetris Halloween 2018 on the Saturn Dotemu, The Arcade Crew, and the retro revival Atari Asteroids: Creating a Vector Arcade Classic Random Links Angry Video Game Nerd - Amazon.com Caveat Gamer Walter Days Superstars Of Video Games And Pinball Trading Cards, Lot of 6. N64 SIGN PROMO DISPLAY NINTENDO PLAYSTATION EXTREMELY RARE HOLY GRAIL MUST READ! Games of The Week The Spectre Files: Deathstalker (Arcade) Satan’s Hallow (Arcade) Freeloader Game of the Month September 1999 Bonus Freeloader Game: Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls Bonus Freeloader Game: Mecha-Tokyo Rush  

Among the growing mountain of new consoles being announced are a couple new ones that promise no DRM and no in-app purchases. One has the Intellivision brand behind it and the other is from a random dude who claims to have done countless hours of research. We're stealing the Addams Family's money and getting heartburn medicine for Christmas in this episode of the Retro League.   This Week in Gaming History   October 22, 1961 - Birthday of Mark Morgan, musician and score composer for video games, television and films October 22, 2001 – Grand Theft Auto III was released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games   Virtually Retro   ACA NEOGEO 3 COUNT BOUT (Switch) Pixel Puzzle Collection Cozy (Windows, Mac, Linux) Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood   News   Sega Genesis finally gets the HD console it deserves Kickstarter - Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure - A brand-new game for the NES Mega CD classic ‘Double Switch’ coming to PS4 and Steam   Random Links   Winamp, the 21-year old media player, is making a comeback in 2019 Being a dad changed everything I thought I knew about video games DC Announces Movie Adaptation of Superman 64 Alice In Chains - Bleed The Freak (Live Hellfest 2018) Alice In Chains - Man In The Box (Live at Main Square Festival 2014) Alice In Chains - Rooster [Live At Guitar Center]   Caveat Gamer   Disconnect Game Console AtGames using NES roms in their “arcade” plug ‘n play system   Games of The Week   The Addams Family (TurboGrafx-16 CD) Log Jammers (PC - Windows)   Freeloader Game of the Month   September 1999 Bonus Freeloader Game: Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls Bonus Freeloader Game: Mecha-Tokyo Rush  

This week we remember a famous Sega CD game and are introduced to a little-known Neo Geo platform-puzzler. Rare is selling Banjo Kazooie plushies and someone uncovered a terrible PS2 game based on An American Tale. We've got more Halloween games and more Shenmue talk in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History October 15, 1992 - Night Trap released for Sega CD Virtually Retro C64 games added to the internet archive C64 mini now available in the US Luigi’s Mansion (3DS) ACA NEOGEO ZUPAPA (Switch) NES Open Tournament Golf (Switch) Solomon's Key (Switch) Super Dodge Ball (Switch) Tower of Rubble (C64) News Rare Is Set To Open Its Own Online Store, Banjo-Kazooie Plush Toy Among The Products Available Desert Bus is back for a 12th trip in the name of charity Revealed: Sega's cancelled Shenmue HD remake - with fully updated graphics Random Links Alice In Chains: Beginnings 1988 An American Tail: Fievel Goes to Video Game Hell Caveat Gamer The CollectorVision Phoenix - An FPGA Console Behind the Times? Solomon's Key (Nintendo Entertainment System NES) NEW Factory Sealed #B Nr Mint Games of The Week The Real Ghostbusters (Arcade) Frankenstein’s Monster (Atari 2600) Freeloader Game of the Month September 1999 Bonus Freeloader Game: Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls  

This week we remember Geocities and the GBA e-Reader, and are puzzled by the idea of a live-action Mega Man movie. There's a project setting out to make a new Colecovision-compatible console, and we try to understand the Japanese perspective on Shaquille O'Neal. We've got classic Atari spooks and a monster mash-up that's made from many retro platformers in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History October 8, 1992 - Mortal Kombat released in arcades Virtually Retro ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 News Nintendo Has Patented A Game Boy Casing For Touchscreen Devices Capcom Announces Mega Man Live-Action Hollywood Film GeoCities dies in March 2019, and with it a piece of internet history What Do Japanese Gamers Think of Shaq Fu? The Power Glove Was "Way Ahead Of Its Time" According To One Of The Men Behind It CollectorVision Phoenix: An FPGA ColecoVision Console Random Links Secrets of the Nintendo GBA e-Reader Caveat Gamer Vintage 90's Shaq Fu Promo Tie Dye T-Shirt Size XL Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (Sony PlayStation 1, 1997 Midway) New Games of The Week Ghost Manor (Atari 2600) Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls (PC Windows) Freeloader Game of the Month September 1999 Bonus Freeloader Game: Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls  

This week AtGames is preparing to dump a large number of plug & play systems onto store shelves for the holiday rush, but the recent NEO GEO mini console has some puzzling button placement. The split between 'hardcore gamers' and 'casuals' goes back much further than some of us thought, and we try yet again to talk about battle royale games without knowing the first thing about them. We've got a couple of mediocre Halloween games and a new fastest time for Super Mario Bros. in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History October 3, 1989 - Prince of Persia released. It was the first of a genre that would be known as 'cinematic platformer' Virtually Retro Timespinner (PC, PS4, Vita) Mega Man 11 (PS4, Switch) ACA NEOGEO CYBER-LIP (Switch) Arcade Archives Excitebike (Switch) SEGA AGES Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (Switch) SEGA AGES Sonic The Hedgehog (Switch) The Internet Archive adds 1,100 New Arcade Machines to its ever growing library News AtGames Announces New Legends Flashback Console Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 reveals list of speedrun games Chrono Trigger’s Gato in Japanese Liquid Media acquires rights to 65 classic video game titles Meet the Community Keeping Obsolete Supercomputers Alive Old-school Doom does battle royale with a new mod Speedrunner Beats Super Mario Bros. In 4 Minutes 55 Seconds To Claim World Record Random: Fans Ask For A Philips CD-i Classic, Philips Says "We Will Try Our Best" Official Nintendo Christmas sweaters now available Random Links Gaming Historian | When Nike Sued Sega Angry Video Game Nerd - Drake of the 99 Dragons A Man & His Machine: The Making of Halo 2600 Caveat Gamer MetalJesusRocks: NEOGEO mini Review (INTL version) Please Read Only Registration Card for Ghoul Patrol (Super Nintendo) NEW SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 Sega Genesis SEALED Case RARE Games of The Week Ghoul Patrol (SNES) Haunted Castle (Arcade) Freeloader Game of the Month September 1999  

This week we find out what griefing is and we try to muster up any excitement for the upcoming PS1 Classic console. The team behind the Polymega has more evidence to present in response to the skepticism and there's a couple of new ports headed to the Atari Jaguar. We've got 90's-style 'tude and 80's-style duck hunting in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History September 24, 1997 - Ultima Online launches. The game's client has been upgraded over the years, allowing players to continue playing the game 21 years later. Virtually Retro ACA NEOGEO AGGRESSORS OF DARK KOMBAT Arcade Archives Rygar Atari’s Jaguar software line-up just increased by two Ribeye Charlie’s News Sony Announces PlayStation Classic Mini Console, Launches 3rd December Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu forced to stop work due to ill health Polymega Answers Critics With 25 Minutes Of Sega Saturn Gameplay Footage Sega Mega Drive Mini delayed to 2019 Caveat Gamer 50 Retro Games Remakes - Windows & Nintendo Switch Ultra Rare Nintendo World Championships 2015 NWC Plastic Poster 1 of 8 Collector Games of The Week Deadly Duck (Atari 2600) SiN (PC Windows) Freeloader Game of the Month Metro Cop  

This week we find out from our listeners that a dog was actually the mastermind behind all the creepy events in Silent Hill. We don't remember much of the Saturday Supercade, but we do remember the Pac Man cartoon from the same era. MegaCat Studios has a new game you can kickstart to get a physical NES cart of or play on your PC. We've got a Game Boy fighting game and a 16-bit sports game in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History September 17, 1983 - Saturday Supercade debuts on CBS Virtually Retro Trap Runner - A lovely new Amiga game by Night OWL Design Block Dude port for NES ACA NEOGEO NINJA COMMANDO The Nintendo Switch just became a Final Fantasy machine Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle Anodyne (PS4) News Kickstarter - Log Jammers - Axe Throwing Action on NES, PC, and Switch RepliCade X Centipede available for preorder Game Localization and Nintendo of America’s Content Policies in the 1990s (NSFW) Classic NES controllers come to Switch The story of the first Spider-Man game Caveat Gamer Hardware Review: The Retro-Bit Go Retro! Portable Is A Rose-Tinted Disappointment  Metal Warriors Super Nintendo SNES 16 Bit Cartridge Game Card Player US Version Random Links The Sega Dreamcast Changed My Life Mega64 - The Cell Saga In 5 Minutes (Dragonball Z Live Action) VG Myths - Can You Beat Sonic 3 & Knuckles Without Pressing Right? Games of The Week NFL ’94 Starring Joe Montana (Sega Genesis) World Heroes 2 Jet (Game Boy) Freeloader Game of the Month Metro Cop  

This week we're between software piracy and software preservation. We find out in real time how someone could play US Super Nintendo games on a Japanese console. We waited so long to see Gohan go Super Saiyan that now we can't help but be disappointed. We're talking about Mortal Kombat's role in the console wars and playing Atari games from a slip of paper in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History September 10, 1941 - Birthdate of Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the Game Boy and Game & Watch, and producer of Metroid Virtually Retro ACA NEOGEO FOOTBALL FRENZY The Glitch Wikipedia Game – Browser Game News Kickstarter - Micro Mages PaperCart - Make an Atari 2600 that plays QR codes Bonk 64 (Ultra Genjin) [N64 – Cancelled] 7th Guest get the Board Game treatment Three unreleased PlayStation games appear on eBay How Mortal Kombat Defined The Console War Between Sega And Nintendo Polymega available for pre-order Caveat Gamer Mortal Kombat Sega Genesis Video Game Cart Mortal Kombat II SHVC-28 Kyuukyoku Shinken Nintendo Super Famicom SFC 666 Random Links SSFF - Video Games Won't (and Can't!) Save Its History N64 (Honest Game Trailers) Electronics Boutique Summer 1992 Catalog Time Traveler From 1994 Unimpressed by Today’s Indie Games Games of The Week Kosmonaut (PC-DOS) Forgotten Worlds (Sega Master System) Freeloader Game of the Month Metro Cop  

This week we coincidentally picked two games of the week that have neat ideas but are a little too hard for us to enjoy. We find out how much Wacom tablets are worth and what games were designed for use with the N64 mouse. Nintendo is continuing to crush people's creativity with legal action but one site isn't scared. We've got a neo-retro ninja game and the final secret of Doom 2 in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History September 3, 1946 - Minoru Arakawa was born Virtually Retro NES-Inspired Adventure Haunted Halloween '86 Comes To Xbox One Alley Cat - Atari/DOS cat classic coming to the ZX Spectrum ACA NEOGEO CROSSED SWORDS The Messenger (Switch and PC) News Streets of Rage 4 announced Doom 2’s impossible secret is discovered, 24 years later wideNES Watch a working Apple-1 run games and graphics like it's 1976 Nintendo shuts down the tool behind your favorite Pokémon fan games Illegal Game Sharing Site Mocks Nintendo's Recent Legal Actions With Trolling Video Madman Beats Mario 64 Using A Nintendo 64 Mouse Have $22,000? Then Why Not Treat Yourself To This Solid Gold Mega Man Statue Video-out mod for the Virtual Boy Caveat Gamer Bundle 5.25" Floppy Disk 1, 2, 3 THE DARK CRYSTAL Game Sierra On Line Inc Atari Pac-Man Atari 2600 1981 Original Game Sealed With Instruction Booklet RARE HTF!! SUPER VALUE LOT WACOM, PAC-MAN, TOYS, VINTAGE & ESTATE ITEMS, ART + SO G Random Links Hackers Exploit N64 Hardware Glitch That Makes Mario Feel Real Pain New Indie Game Just One Big Pixel The Creators of Ninja Gaiden Play 'The Messenger' Games of The Week Desert Falcon (Atari 2600) Dark Crystal (Apple II) Freeloader Game of the Month Metro Cop  

This week some single player NES games have been upgraded to multi-player, but if you played as Oddjob in GoldenEye 007 then the developer of the game would disapprove. Classic game music has been retooled to put you to sleep and we're putting buzzwords next to fantasy sports. We've got fantasy films from the 80's, Mega Man from the 90's, and a Pac-Man collection from the 00's in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History August 31, 1998 - Capcom releases Mega Man Legends for PS1 Virtually Retro Gate Of Doom (PS4) PoNG4 - Homebrew Pong for the Amiga ACA NEOGEO REAL BOUT FATAL FURY 2 (Switch) Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition (Switch) Nova the Squirrel - Charming homebrew platformer for the NES The Settlers History Collection - 25 Years Anniversary News ‘Galaga Chronicles’ Arcade Game Saga Adds Roberto Orci, ShadowMachine The creators of the Nintendo 64 GoldenEye have officially ruled: Oddjob is cheating Romhacking Spotlight - Hacks that adds a second player Drift Off With Music Box Classics, A Series Of Gaming Soundtracks In Lullaby Form Caveat Gamer CRYPTO LEAGUE – First Soccer Manager on Blockchain! Random Links Super Mario Creator Warns Gaming Industry: Don't Be Too Greedy Miyamoto Doesn't Want To Make An MMORPG Because It Would Be Boring Steam vastly improves life for Linux gamers Games of The Week Holosseum (Arcade) Pac-Man Collection (Game Boy Advance) Freeloader Game of the Month Roguelight  

This week we remember one of the earliest tactical FPS games as well as one of the most successful 32-bit platformers. You can use your SNES Classic Mini to play actual SNES carts, and if you loved Smash TV then we might have a game you'd like, but we can't be sure of that since we had never even heard of Nitro Ball before this show. We're talking a lot about the Kool-Aid man, and our listeners have found some great retro game stores in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History August 21, 1998 - Red Storm Entertainment releases Rainbow Six for Windows, one of the first realistic FPS games Virtually Retro Heaven's Point - A Retro Adventure Brawler - Alpha Demo Now Available ACA NEOGEO METAL SLUG 4 (Switch) Arcade Archives Kid's Horehore Daisakusen (Switch) Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Nitro Ball (Switch) News Let's reflect upon the glorious creativity of Super Nintendo music What Retro Games Are Best For eSports? Kickstarter - Old School Gamer - The Second Year Use Original Cartridges On Your SNES Mini With This Classic 2 Magic Attachment Caveat Gamer Kool aid man video game-1983 original advert framed Random Links Gaming Historian - The Story of Spyro the Dragon Continue? River City Ransom (NES) Atop the Fourth Wall - Adventures of the Kool-Aid Man #2 Games of The Week Live a Live (Super Famicom) Breakout (Atari 2600) Freeloader Game of the Month Roguelight  

This week we found out Jim Carrey will be in the upcoming live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film and all the questions we have about that leave us confused and befuddled. We wish a Happy Birthday to Chrono Trigger while someone launched Earthbound into space. Nintendo's crusade against software piracy has hit one of the big rom sites, and we learn life lessons from The Dude in the episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History August 11, 1995 - Chrono Trigger released in US Virtually Retro Phantom of the Blasteroids - Sci-fi shooter released for the C64 by Genesis Project Scramble - A cool retro shoot em up gets a fantastic Atari 5200 port ACA NEOGEO PREHISTORIC ISLE 2 News Video Game ROM Site Bows Out Fearing Nintendo Legal Action Pre-Orders Are Live For This Fully-Playable 1/4 Scale Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet Jim Carrey Will Play Dr. Ivo ‘Eggman’ Robotnik In Sonic Movie SID Effects - Double C64 Album goes FREE High School Student Sends EarthBound Cartridge Into Space Caveat Gamer Video Game Arcade Machine Cabinet Pre-order: Rampage, Street Fighter Random Links RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny - now available to download and stream! A Guide to Street Fighter Game Boy Ports Costa del Sol - Final Fantasy Vll (cover by moonbowmusicmovie) Games of The Week V-Tetris (Virtual Boy) Uniracers (SNES) Freeloader Game of the Month Roguelight  

This week we have joke news articles about GameStop and lazy creators, but real news about the NES outselling modern systems. High-tech cars are getting a software update that will include Atari games and EA is stomping out a SimCity fan game. We've got Harry Potter fan theories and a sub-par PS1 game in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History August 5, 1965 - Birthday of video game composer Motoi Sakuraba Virtually Retro Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Shoot Out (Switch) News Tesla is launching software version 9 in ‘4 weeks’, will include classic Atari games, says Elon Musk In honor of Harry Potter’s 38th birthday, we remember Dudley’s PlayStation EA shuts down open source SimCity 2000 over lifted assets It’s 2018, and the NES outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Caveat Gamer Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES Classic 2017 Mini NEW Ships 9/29 Modded SNES classic Random Links MEGA MAN X (Honest Game Trailers) RPGs need in-game recaps to help us out GIFs That Keep On Giving: '80s Movie Floor Plans Man With Really Cool Idea For Game Just Needs Volunteers to do Coding and Art Games of The Week Ice Climber (NES) The Fifth Element (PS1) Freeloader Game of the Month Roguelight  

This week you could buy a brand new arcade machine and there's an edutainment parody game awaiting crowdfunding. We question Wikipedia's list of greatest games, and remember college bowling alley arcades. We find more emulator boxes trying to grab your money and Russian eBay scammers in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History July 30, 1998 - Namco first releases SoulCalibur to arcades. It earned high critical praise and its home port became one of the best selling games for the Dreamcast. Virtually Retro Cheril the Writer - The Mojon Twins new NES game is now available ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 (Switch) Arcade Archives Omega Fighter (Switch) Arcade Archives Sky Skipper (Switch) Flashback (Switch) INTO THE BLUE - New Game for the Game Boy Griel's Quest for the Holy Porrón now available as a free Sega Mega Drive/Genesis ROM download News Where To Pre-Order Arcade 1Up’s ¾-Sized Gloriously Retro Arcade Game Cabinets Kickstarter - Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning Caveat Gamer G Blue Arcade Machine - Custom Console video game Elevator Action (Nintendo NES, 1985) Brand New & Sealed Black Label ULTRA RARE Games of The Week Triple Punch (Arcade) Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) Freeloader Game of the Month Unreal Tournament for Atari 2600  

This week we're making our controllers wireless and researching a Super Famicom game with a generic title. We wonder if kids these days are so impressionable that they would rush out and buy luxury cars just because they saw one in Mario Kart. We remember Suncoast stores and the Rock is looking back on his younger self in this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History July 26, 1967 - Birthday of Tim Schafer Virtually Retro DOOM PIT - Exclusive physical release has been announced for the speccy Astronomer (Atari 2600) Prisonnier II - A New Game for the Sega Master System Mega Man X Legacy Collection (Switch) Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 (Switch) Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2 (PS4) ACA NeoGeo League Bowling (Switch) Arcade Archives: City Connection (Switch) News Make Your Official NES, SNES And Mega Drive Controllers Wireless With 8BitDo DIY Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator lets you enjoy VR like it’s 1995 again Mattel Is Releasing Mario Kart Themed Hot Wheels Racers Arcade Raid! Warehouse Find, UK Nintendo Sues Console ROM Sites For Mass Copyright Infringement Nintendo wants GitHub to shut down Game Boy Advance emulator (that was also distributing roms) Mini Commodore 64 is coming to North America on October 9 Hardware Classics: Uncovering The Tragic Tale Of The Philips CD-i Caveat Gamer Trog Nintendo NES Video Game Cart Random Links How to work around the VB's color limitations The Jimquisition: A Frustrated Post-Mortem Of Lawbreakers, Radical Heights, And The Culling Games of The Week Trog (NES) Battle Master (SNES) Freeloader Game of the Month Unreal Tournament for Atari 2600  

This week we have evidence that the mythical NES Classic Mini is actually a real product that consumers could buy and not just a scam perpetrated by eBay resellers. We might have to expose our stomachs to cheap burgers in order to get some Mario toys but we were completely perplexed for several minutes by the face of Trog. We've got a Sega CD adaptation of a comic book super hero and a staple of the SNES on this episode of the Retro League. This Week in Gaming History July 14, 1983 - Court upholds ban on video games Virtually Retro ACA NEO GEO THE SUPER SPY (Switch) Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Express Raider (Switch) Super Destronaut DX (PS4, Vita) Tempest 4000 (PS4) News The 80s and 90s PC games still unbelievably being updated today One of Super Mario 64’s toughest speedrun records has been broken McDonalds' next Happy Meal is Super Mario SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History Nintendo hid a load-your-own NES emulator inside a GameCube classic Arkado Returns, Vintage Arcade Inspired Limited Edition Tees Caveat Gamer Ebay - Home brew Atari 5200 'Tempest The Legend Returns’ for $250 The exact same Tempest game from AtariAge still available at its original price of $35 Random Links Continue? - Panic Restaurant (NES) Games of The Week The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Sega CD) Mega Man X (SNES) Freeloader Game of the Month Unreal Tournament for Atari 2600