retro gaming Archives - Page 22 of 29

The RetroBeat: Appreciating Donkey Kong Country, decades later

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 2, 2018
3 min

Here’s a fact about my gaming history I’m a bit embarrassed about. For a long time, I did not “get” Donkey Kong Country. I’m...

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3 min

Cartridge Get! Mega Man 2 and Mega Man X get 30th anniversary reprints from Iam8bit

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 1, 2018
2 min

Capcom is teaming up with the game boutique and production company Iam8bit to release new limited edition cartridges of two of the most popular Mega...

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2 min

The RetroBeat: Hemingway helps me explain why I like retro games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 25, 2018
4 min

I don’t only play video games during my spare time. Well … OK, I do. Almost exclusively. I was beginning to feel a bit...

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4 min

Summer Games Done Quick releases weeklong speedrunning schedule benefiting Doctors Without Borders

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 23, 2018
1 min

Summer Games Done Quick has released the schedule of games that it will host during its week of marathon speedrunning, scheduled from June 24...

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1 min

The RetroBeat: Sega needs to show the Saturn more love

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 18, 2018
3 min

Sega has been making a lot of retro gaming announcements. It’s going to start releasing old Genesis and Master System games like Sonic the...

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3 min

The RetroBeat: Splitting up the Mega Man X series into two collections is weird

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 11, 2018
3 min

Capcom announced earlier this week that the Mega Man Legacy X Collections (yes, plural) are coming out on July 24 for the Switch, PlayStation...

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3 min

EA hated Ultima Online until it didn’t

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 23, 2018
2 min

Ultima Online was a landmark game for the industry, setting a standard for persistent, online worlds and paving the way for the massively multiplayer...