Genesis - A rather cool Arcade Shoot 'em up for the ZX Spectrum by Retroworks

Retroworks are a group of very talented European programmers who make some excellent games for some of our favourite retro computers including the Spectrum, Msx and Amstrad cpc. The Arcade Shoot 'em up 'Genesis' for the ZX Spectrum 128k is certainly no exception! A game which sees you traversing lots of challenging levels, while blasting away many waves of enemies, and even an end of level boss. To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided a video of the game which was released some time ago... Just not featured here until today.

Mega R-Type DEMO - R-Type for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis with an updated demo!

In 1987 Irem produced one of the greatest shoot em ups of our time, a shoot em up that even today is regarded as one of the best. That shoot em up was none other than R-Type. A game which featured many waves of enemies, a beam weapon, power ups, great level detail (that almost feels alive), big menacing bosses and a fantastic soundtrack that you will listen to again and again. So why is this awesome game getting another mention? Well we've just found out that the in development Sega Mega Drive/Genesis of 'Mega R-Type,' has got a BIG demo update with a new stage and more!

Mega R-Type DEMO - R-Type for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis? HELL YEH!

In 1987 Irem produced one of the greatest shoot em ups of our time, a shoot em up that even today is regarded as one of the best. That shoot em up was none other than R-Type! It featured many waves of enemies some of them extremely deadly, a beam weapon, power ups, great level detail (that almost feels alive), big menacing bosses and a fantastic soundtrack that you will listen to again and again. As such I myself have spent many hours playing this game, more so on the Amiga than the Amstrad. But never would I believe, that this year, thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours, that R-Type would appear on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis... Well here we are!

Mega Final Fight - The Sega Mega Drive Arcade like version of Final Fight gets its first demo!

For those of you who are looking for a great Sega Mega Drive news story for Christmas, will be excited for this announcement. As we have just been tagged via Ray Castello that Mauro Xavier together with Edmo Caldas and Master Linkuei, have released the first demo for the upcoming Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version of Mega Final Fight. A full work load of bringing Final Fight over to the Sega Mega Drive with with improved character designs, better graphics, more faithful sounds, a new 2 player auto mode and much much more. As one person puts it "This looks way better than the Sega CD port already".

GLUF - RetroSouls releases a fabulous Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game

If you're looking for fresh Sega Mega Drive and Genesis news then look no further. As thanks to a heads up from Per Ola via Facebook, we've been told that the previously released ZX Spectrum version of 'GLUF', has now appeared on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis thanks to the hard work of RetroSouls; a great team of retro heads who also released fabulous games such as YAZZIE and Old Tower on other systems such as the MSX.

42 ZX SPECTRUM 128K AY GAME MUSIC TUNES - 2.5 hours of ZX Spectrum music via Zeusdaz!

A rather early write up for you this morning and one I'm sure will fill up the rest of your day, is Zeusdaz's latest game music Youtube upload, '42 "ZX SPECTRUM 128K AY" GAME MUSIC TUNES'. From the creator of the huge 6 hour Amiga music Youtube upload which was released some time ago, comes a new list of tracks as his top 42 128k favourites that are all UNemulated and completely uncut! From Byte Me, SWIV and SEA DRAGON to STEG, GENESIS and even ROBOCOP there's way too many to choose from as my favourite.

Super Retro TRIO Console - 3 in one retro system NES / SNES / Genesis / Megadrive (HARDWARE REVIEW)

Moving on from the Amstrad's, the C64's and the ZX Spectrum, today we are going to look at a rather cool retro based console sent to us by funstock, who previously sent us the Commodore 64 : A visual Commpendium. This is the Super Retro TRIO developed by Retro-Bit; an impressive looking (NES / SNES / Genesis/Megadrive - 3 in 1 System ), that can play those old console games without actually having to switch consoles. Today we are going to give you that hardware review and give our final opinion from both myself Neil and my other staff writer David.

HD Retrovision Cables - Component video cables for retro consoles

Getting crisp pictures out of gaming machines on domestic TV's has always been a bit of a panacea for retro-gaming enthusiasts, from the point that you realise that tuning your TV into an RF-Channel actually produces the worst quality, lowest common denominator visuals you could imagine, to the realisation that sanctuary lies in upgraded cables via better transmission mediums. In the case of most 8 and 16-bit consoles, that nirvana was usually in an S-Video output.

Mega Lo Mania - Another great Strategy free release from TheCompany.pl

Game Type : RTS, Strategy
Launcher Developer :  The Company.pl
Game Info  : A game that I remember so well, was Mega Lo Mania, which was an RTS developed by Sensible Software. It was released for the Amiga in 1991, and ported to many other platforms including the Atari ST, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, DOS, and the Sharp X68000. The object of Mega Lo Mania was to conquer 28 islands, divided into nine Epochs that span the history of mankind. As the years progress the game gets ever harder, so make sure your defence and research is ready for the onslaughting enemy. Thanks to TheCompany.pl you can replay this fantastic game in a single exe!
Release : Available now FREE

Systems : PC

ICE - Classic Retro Console Emulation Through Steam

Emulated Consoles/Systems : NES, SNES, N64. GameCube, PS1, PS2, Genesis, Gameboy, GBA. Wii, Dreamcast, and DS ( LATER )
Developer Quote : Use Steam to play all your old Console Rom game files via Steam's Big Picture mode
Release Update : Great news for us Retro gamers as a new company is set to take the Emulation side of things by storm. ICE is a new piece of Emulation software that will enable you to play classic games via Steam's Big Picture. All you have to do is run the software, let it make a rom folder, place your Rom files in that folder and then use ICE to pick your game of choice, what's more it comes pre-configured for your XBOX 360 controller! Hopefully they wont get a cease and desist order as it's a grey area with Rom files and they continue to update it.

3 exclusive SEGA bundles from DotEmu

The retro distrubution service DotEmu is at it again, with another top selection of retro bundles for sale. In collaboration with SEGA, DotEmu offers not one, but three exclusive genesis bundles for a great deal. You can even select the 10 games you want to see in the SEGA Genesis Community Bundle if a single type of genre is not to your liking. End of the poll on Wednesday, April 3rd 4PM (Paris Time). This is an impressive list of games and for the price no retro gamer should be without, from Classic Action Platformers to Japanese style RPG's!

Games I remember, with a remake - Mega Lo Mania

Another game I remember so well, was Mega Lo Mania, which was an RTS developed by Sensible Software. It was released for the Amiga in 1991, and ported to many other platforms including the Atari ST, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, DOS, and the Sharp X68000. The object of Mega Lo Mania was to conquer 28 islands, divided into nine Epochs that span the history of mankind.