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Bill’s Tomato Game is available for download

Posted on October 14, 2014 by frankeivind

Remember the prototype of Bill’s Tomato Game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive that was for sale in small quantity a while back? Well, the guys that bought the prototype on eBay and made a reproduction of the game, have now made … Continue reading →

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Retron 5 updated to firmware v2.0

Posted on September 25, 2014 by frankeivind

Over the last months, Hyperkin have released beta version of the firmware for Retron 5. But now, they have released a stable firmware v2.0. The biggest addition to last firmware (v1.6) is support for IPS/UPS patch. This means that you … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer #133

Posted on September 25, 2014 by frankeivind

Retro Gamer issue 133 is out: Back to the Nineties – August 1997 The History of Punch-Out! The Making of: Finders Keepers Ultimate Guide: Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja Micro Man The Personality People – Maratech Games Minority Report: Neo-Geo CD … Continue reading →

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Retron 5 review

Posted on September 13, 2014 by frankeivind

With Retron 5, you get a hardware that plays 9 different consoles out of the box: NES, Famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. And with the Power Base/Master System-converter, you … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer #132

Posted on August 23, 2014 by frankeivind

A new issue of Retro Gamer has arrived, and this is some of the tings to read in #132: Back to the Eighties – January 1980 Back to the Nineties – July 1997 Atari 7800 prosystem – 30th Anniversary The … Continue reading →

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Discounted NES-games week 4

Posted on August 12, 2014 by frankeivind

So, it’s last week of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 14 and 21 August: Ballon Fight Donkey … Continue reading →

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The ColecoVision Flashback classic game console available in October

Posted on August 10, 2014 by frankeivind

I’m not sure if I can remember playing the ColecoVision in my childhood. Anyway… AT Games is releasing the ColecoVision Flashback classic game console in the US in October for $40. ColecoVision had about 145 games released in it’s lifespan from … Continue reading →

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Discounted NES-games week 3

Posted on August 6, 2014 by frankeivind

So, it’s week 3 of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 7 and 14 August: Tennis … Continue reading →

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Bill’s Tomato Game on the Mega Drive

Posted on August 5, 2014 by frankeivind

I remember that I played a demo of Bill’s Tomato Game on the Amiga sometime in 1992, I think. It was addictive and very fun. The game was also released on Atari ST and a version for the Sega Mega … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer #131

Posted on August 4, 2014 by frankeivind

This is some of the things you can read in issue 131 of Retro Gamer: Back to the Eighties – 1980 Back to the Nineties – 1997 The History of… Rampage The Making of… Tau Ceti The Marathon Men Minority … Continue reading →

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