Tag Archives: Retro gaming

Hardware Review: GB Operator from Epilogue

Today’s review is an interesting one. As of the time of writing this, there aren’t loads of people covering this product. The product in question is the GB Operator from Epilogue. I know, Epilogue sounds an awful like Analogue, but they’re not exactly in the same wheelhouse. So, instead of …

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Review/Instructions: NES TopLoader No-Cut LED Kit from Fragoltech

Why does the front loader NES get to have all of the fun?! It has a cute little LED light in it to let you know there is power flowing to the machine. So why can’t the top loader NES get the same benefit?? Well, if you’ll allow, in this …

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Pre-order: Mega Man The Wily Wars Collector’s Edition

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Mega Man The Wily Wars is getting a collector’s edition by way of Retro-Bit, thanks to an agreement with Capcom. While this isn’t a review, that will come in a few months, this article is going to dig into a lot of details. We’ll …

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Hardware Review: Toaplan Shooters Collectors Edition

Pew pew pew! Aliens! Spaceships! Bases are belonging to villain! What a better throw back to the days of Sega Genesis than a collection that covers classic shmups?! Well today we’re looking at one such collection. In fact, it may be the only collection of it’s kind (as of now). …

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RetroArch latest Open Hardware Project will let you use your own Cartridges with ease…

Libretro has big plans for RetroArch with their latest Open Hardware Project that will allow it to play your own cartridges across any device with RetroArch already on it. This device will also let you dump your cartridges, so you can legally build your own digital library of games and …

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How To: Install Magic Screen kit into Game Gear

Recently, we had reviewed the Magic Screen kit from retroKAIstore, click here if you want to read it. The model we had was a model 1 board and they no longer sell it. The review remains valid still because their model 1.2 fixes every issue I had complaints on and …

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Hardware Review: Sega Game Gear “Magic Screen” from RetroKAI.store

We’ve covered Gameboy stuff out the yin-yang, you know it and I know it. What should we talk about now? How about that awful Game Gear screen that has a bad backlight and draws far too much power? Sound good? Because we have a new set of products from RetroKAI.store …

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Hardware Review: Sega Game Gear Replacement Parts from RetroSix

As we previously mentioned, we’re moving past Gameboy upgrades for the time being. We’re going to cover parts and replacement pieces for the faithful Sega Game Gear. Today we’re specifically covering the shell, buttons, lenses, and Clean Power GG from Retro Six. It’s a lot to cover, so buckle up, …

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Quest Arrest from John Roo. Unboxing, Interview, and More.

If you’re not following @QuestArrest and @theretroroomroo on Twitter, you probably should be. You’ll see why as this article progresses. You get a video of me unboxing his first physical game, an interview, and how you can play the game right now if you don’t need to own something physically …

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Review: HD Link Cable for Saturn

This article is just another addition in a long string of articles that we’ve been doing. The series is basically searching out and finding HD solutions for retro consoles. These solutions should be plug and play by nature. Whether they upscale or are just pass-through will obviously be explained, so …

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Review: Video Game Dust Sleeves

Now, it’s been a long time since we’ve discussed anything regarding the protection of your cartridges. We’ve discussed cart protectors that cover your entire cart. These would be useful if you had a game that needed protecting that you might want to play once every 5 years. But what if …

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Review: Wireless Bluetooth Genesis/Saturn Controllers from Retro-Bit

Hey everyone! Earlier this year we covered the newly released Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn controllers from Retro-bit (read all about that here). At the time, we knew that Retro-bit had gotten the license from Sega to do what they will. We got wind that they not only would be …

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