Gaming Lore & Retro Gaming In-Depth

Although arriving two years before the hit UK TV show Gamesmaster, gamers in the US had their very own video game broadcast known as Video Power featuring news, hints and reviews. The show was also accompanied by The Power Team, a cartoon tailored around characters from various Acclaim games.

There’s a huge unspoken monster that’s slowly revealing its face to the video game public, and it’s going to have an effect on every single person who reads this, guaranteed. It’s video games and ageism, and how we’re not dealing with it the proper way. 

Upon release of the Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, a run of European limited edition gold painted Game Boy Advance SP bundles containing the game made their way onto shop shelves. To add to the 2004 arrival of a new Zelda game, Nintendo took a leaf from the Willy Wonka story by placing into a few of these units a winning golden ticket.

Looking for something to get you in the Christmas mood? Leave Christmas NiGHTS and Daze Before Christmas aside this year- for a slice of Christmas insantiy, look no further than the Merry Merry Christmas stage of Boogie Wings.

It's the first day of December which gives us the perfect excuse to whip up some festive retro gaming content. To kick start the celebrations, we're going to take a step back in time to once again watch all those television commercials which had the child within screaming for Santa to arrive.

One part of gaming that has never really gone away is gamers ability to find ways do things the original programmers didn't want you to do. 

After having a chat with some former Midway employees, RetroCollect was kindly sent a proposal document for an internet-enabled first-person shooter called Ruins (later Relix), cancelled some time around 1995/1996- had it been released, it would've allowed gamers from all over America to play against others in the comfort of their local arcade.

Just like any game, NBA Jam was nothing more than an idea on the drawing board within the Midway development studio. Starting out as a state of the art and impressive Basketball game, Midway needed to bring in some official licensing from the NBA to add the finishing touches. To do so, they created this early pitch video to lure in the big names.

Angry Birds, Apple, Facebook, and smartphones may be digging the grave for retro and modern video games, and it’s up to you to stop them. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the past, present and future of video games?

While we may be familiar with the finished product of a video game, how much do we really know about what happens behind the scenes? With sound effects, programming, graphics and music to consider, the British actor Craig Charles takes us through the entire process at Gremlin Graphics' headquarters.