In the unfounded rumors department, the idea that Sony might be making a “Playman” to compete with the Nintendo Switch has been making the rounds, thanks to a nifty non-Sony product concept demo. The fact that there’s an older Sony patent – even though we know that patents often don’t lead to...
Although there are a few high profile RPGs in development for the Apple II, and some relatively recent releases of a handful of quality action games, there really hasn’t been a new, high quality arcade shooter available for quite some time. Now, with Alien Downpour getting close to release and already...
The Internet Archive recently updated the screenshots for their browser-based classic Macintosh software collection. Like many of the other platforms the Internet Archive plays host to, you can run this software via a clever emulation layer directly in your Web browser. Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.02 While the Macintosh never was...
Although little known outside the UK, where it was a blockbuster success, the ZX Spectrum is nevertheless a fascinating computer. Although audio-visually modest, the ZX Spectrum series was home to a quite a few legendary games, and it helped kickstart the British game development industry. Appropriately enough, I suppose, now...
As an homage to the classic block of cartoons that made up The Disney Afternoon, Capcom has released a collection of six Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games for Windows (Steam), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The six games are: DuckTales, DuckTales 2, Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, and...
To the disappointment of many fans – and contrary to what were thought to be solid rumors otherwise – Nintendo has officially discontinued the NES Classic Edition. This would explain, at least in part, why Nintendo was so sluggish with restocking retailer supplies. I guess this also means that my original...
This is a just a final reminder that VCF East is taking place from 9 AM EDT on Friday, March 31, to 5 PM EDT on Sunday, April 2 at InfoAge Science Center (2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, NJ, 07719). Here’s the high level schedule: Friday: 9:00am – 6:00pm (classes and...
Although not quite available for pre-order yet, the Dream Arcade Dreamcade Replay, which is a small Windows 10-based console meant to emulate a wide variety of classic systems, had two key pieces of information revealed for it today. The first is that the target price of the Dreamcade Replay has...
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