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Thirty years is a long time to keep a piece of software alive, but there aren’t many pieces of software like NHL ’94 for the Sega Genesis. Despite new annual …read more Continue reading NHL ’24 ROM Hack Reimagines Classic Game, Zamboni And All
There was a time early in the development of the Super Nintendo (SNES) where the new console was to feature backwards compatibility with NES games. The solution would have required …read more Continue reading NES Classic Metroid Ported to Equally Classic Super Nintendo
It’s weird to think that an abacus would have still been used sixty years ago, or so posits the documentary series The Computer and the Mind of Man. This six …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: 1960s Doc Calls Computers The Universal Machine
Learning to play an instrument takes a certain level of dedication — and you can add another layer of dedication on top of that when it’s an instrument not found …read more Continue reading Laser Cut Zither Instrument Kicks It Old World Style
The Nintendo GameCube in many ways defied expectations. It was purple, it had buttons shaped like beans, and it didn’t launch with a Mario game. What we got instead was …read more Continue reading Luigi’s Mansion First Person Mod Brings Spooky New Perspective
Around October, amid all the pumpkin spiced food and beverages, folks make their yearly pilgrimage to a local farm. They load themselves onto hay-filled tractor trailers and ride out in …read more Continue reading Real Tractor Moonlights as Farming Simulator Controller
It was a cold autumn night in 1988. The people of Cambridge, Massachusetts lay asleep in their beds unaware of the future horror about to be unleashed from the labs …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Cheesy 1980s News Report on Early Internet Virus
September 13th 1993, colloquially known as Mortal Monday, became as dividing line in the battle for 16-bit supremacy. The mega popular arcade game Mortal Kombat was ported to Super Nintendo …read more Continue reading Mortal Kombat ROM Hack Kontinues Arcade Legacy
It was just this year that Sega left the arcade business for good. A company synonymous with coin-op games for over a half century completely walked away from selling experiences …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Raw Video From Inside a 1980s Arcade
Steam branding is strong. Valve Corporation has turned their third-party marketplace into the first place millions choose to buy their PC games. The service has seen record-breaking numbers earlier this …read more Continue reading Valve Sells Software, So What’s With All The Hardware?