Retro gaming is a culture and that's something you can't deny. The lifestyle is much more than just the games themselves, so understandably we've got a lot to say about them. Get our top lists on the best and worst games around, view our guided tours of retro gaming shops or even take a seat as we delve into gaming lore. Interviews are also up for grabs with game industry veterans, or should you fancy socialising...join the RetroCollect Retro Game Club.
Golfing, but with Sega. That seems to be the mission statement of Sega Splash! Golf, an online-only game that entered closed beta in November 2007, and survived until Februrary 2009. What did we lose when it closed down? A whole load of Sega references, that's what. [Warning, image-heavy article ahead!]
After a long-over due absence, RetroCollect’s Retro Game Club is back! This month we're starting our engines in the car of our dreams, and finding success from the Sunday Cup all the way through to the GT 500 Championship with Gran Turismo 2. Whether or not you accomplish this simulator in a Daihatsu Midget II D-Type or Mitsubishi GTO is up to you, [ … ]
If local news stations in the 1990s were to believed, video games were still a futuristic form of entertainment. In an attempt to explain this modern technology to the masses, several channels sent their reporters out to sit down with the fabled Lucasarts to find out more about their ground-breaking adventure games. Much to our surprise, somebody h [ … ]
Howard Phillips sits down with us to chat about Nintendo, reflects on the cancellation of Nintendo Power and tells us more about his time in the video game industry.
With Lara Croft firmly cementing her status as the Queen of modern gaming, it seems only right that we cliff-dive into the very roots of a series that helped define a genre.
With everyone’s favourite femme-fatale parkouring her way back onto our now consoles this month (and in truly spectacular style), it seems like it’s about time we took a closer look at the colourful roots of a certain Ms. Lara Croft.
It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air. Whether your one true love is sat beside you or you're still waiting to find the one, retro games will always offer their unconditional love. With this in mind we explore some of the most romantic (and lustful) moments in gaming that we treasure from the bottom of our heart containers.
It’s not a cheat if the game allows you to do it, right? With this in mind we explore the wildest shortcuts that will have you crowned both the King of Rainbow Road and the karter nobody wants to play with. RetroCollect introduces the greatest and most useful glitches to take of advantage of in Mario Kart 64.
With the advances in internet connected modern gaming, the need to meet up with friends for a good old fashioned brawl on our favourite titles is something of the past. Ignoring this worrying fact, RetroCollect looks back at the best multiplayer retro games around which defined our childhoods.
Some say his tracks define the chiptune genre, those unaware ask who's that masked musician? We say it's Dj Cutman and we're avid listeners! Having recently provided audio for the RetroCollect FM Podcast, we sit down with Mega Man's mysterious enemy.
While many of us here at RetroCollect are able to showcase a collection hundreds (or maybe even thousands) of retro games, there is one collector out there who happens to have a certificate declaring the largest collection in the world. This accumulation, however, doesn't consist of retro games... it's made up of video game memorabilia and toys.
Wreck It Ralph, Disney's new animated film, has been on the retro radar for awhile due to not only it being about video games, but because it features cameos from many well known retro video game characters. But can even the mighty Disney break the curse of the rubbish video game movie?
Join the RetroCollect Squad as they discuss our gaming past in the all new RetroCollect FM - Retro Gaming Podcast.
Join the RetroCollect Squad as they talk their way through the wonderful world of retro gaming.
