Streets of Rage 2: 33 years of the Mega Drive's best beat 'em up
In 1992, Sega and Yuzo Koshiro delivered a beat 'em up that redefined the genre on the Mega Drive. 33 years on, Streets …
Retrogaming 32 posts
Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
Mortal Kombat II opens today: from the 1992 arcade to the big screen
Mortal Kombat II opens in cinemas today. From Karl Urban as Johnny Cage to the SNES censorship of 1993 — the story of a …
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow — 23 years of the greatest GBA game
On 6 May 2003, Konami released Aria of Sorrow on the GBA. 23 years on, the best handheld Metroidvania ever made still …
Wolfenstein 3D: 34 years of the game that created the modern FPS
On 5 May 1992, id Software released Wolfenstein 3D as shareware. 34 years on, the grandfather of every FPS is still …
Nintendo GameCube: 24 years of the cube everybody rented
3 May 2002: the GameCube landed in Europe. In Brazil, Gradiente's purple cube cost R$1,199 and lived at the rental shop …
Game Boy: the grey brick that invented portable gaming
A few weeks ago the Game Boy turned 37 since its Japanese launch. A nostalgic trip back to Gunpei Yokoi's grey brick …
Donkey Kong Country: the visual revolution that saved the SNES
In 1994, Rare brought pre-rendered 3D graphics to the SNES and silenced the competition. Donkey Kong Country is still …
A Honda Civic in Need for Speed: a childhood dream became a challenge
I'd wanted a Civic like the one in NFS since I was a kid. But instead of just dreaming about it, I turned it into a …
Neo Geo AES: 36 years of the most expensive console ever made
On 26 April 1990, SNK launched the Neo Geo AES in Japan — the $650 console that brought the arcade home. 36 years of a …
New Game+: what if you could start everything over?
What if life had a New Game+ option? A philosophical think about fresh starts, regrets, and what games teach us about …