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Amazing Stop-Motion Retro Game Animations

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Isn't it amazing what the kids can do with cameras and stuff nowadays? Especially if they have the right toys to go with them... With a selection of retro game themed figures, RetroCollect looks at the art of stop-motion animation.

Last Updated ( 09 August 2011 )
 

Hot Button Topics - The Internet: Gaming’s Greatest Resource

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The internet age is a world-wide playground filled with rainbow pop-tart cats, forum trolling and most of all: information. Going online means gathering information; while we learn from sites such as Wikipedia, we also gain knowledge from people. But what does this have to do with Retro Gaming?

Last Updated ( 22 July 2011 )
 

No Love For Samus: A Retrospective For Metroid's 25th Anniversary

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With countless video game celebrations kicking off around us this year, there is still one franchise sitting outside of the birthday limelight. Of all the possible candidates, Metroid's very own Samus Aran must feel like the middle child in Nintendo’s family.

Last Updated ( 24 June 2011 )
 

Happy 20th Birthday Sonic The Hedgehog (June 23rd, 1991)

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Twenty years ago today, the lightning fast blue hedgehog made his debut on the Sega Mega Drive. Since then our favourite Sega mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog, has become a prominent figure in the gaming industry, shaping many of our fond gaming memories to date.

Last Updated ( 23 June 2011 )
 

Being a Gamer – How Nostalgic Gaming Affects Growing Up

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I’m sitting here alone in my living room, the distant lull of my Xbox 360’s fans quietly humming, thinking about my life for the past 20 years.

Last Updated ( 08 June 2011 )
 

Guided Tour of Southport's Vintage Gaming Penny Arcade

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How would YOU define "retro gaming"? It's an age-old, and very boring, argument. Well in this reporter's view, if it doesn't involve mechanical cogs then it may as well be Call Of Duty 6. Revel in ancient fun!

Last Updated ( 01 June 2011 )
 

Looking Back at Retro Game Television Commercials from the 80s

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A few months back RetroCollect dived into the deep end of video game commercials from the 90's, with a nostalgic look on the short clips which got our adrenaline pumping. This time, we're stepping back in time a further 10 years to look at the 80's.

Last Updated ( 03 May 2011 )
 

Deus Ex - Still the Best Game Ever?

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Deus Ex. If you were at all interested in PC gaming in the early 2000's it is a title that you would have heard quite a lot. Released that year by Eidos Interactive and developed by Ion Storm, Deus Ex received huge amounts of praise from the gaming press, including Game of the Year awards from nearly every corner and even Best PC Game of All Time f [ … ]

Last Updated ( 27 March 2011 )
 

HiScore 2011: UK Classic Arcade Game Tournament

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This past weekend (19-20th March, 2011) saw the happening of an amazingly fun weekend in deepest, darkest Exeter: a coming-together of around forty enthusiastic gamers, willing to see who was best at various classic arcade games. This happening had a name: HISCORE!

Last Updated ( 28 March 2011 )
 

Applying Next Gen Sound Effects to Classic Retro Games

Super-Mario-Bros-3-ArtworkTo kick start your Friday evening gaming, we thought it would be best to point you in the direction of some game videos which should offer a few smiles. Taking the ultra realistic sound effects from current-gen games applying them to Retro Games, creating a rather horrifying mash up.
Last Updated ( 11 March 2011 )
 

Dream On : The Movies

A gamer's first taste of a new title was often a movie on a cover disc and now, thanks to RetroCollect and the wonderous YouTube, you can now experience every single movie from the Sega Dreamcast's Official Demo Disc - Dream On.

Last Updated ( 02 March 2011 )
 
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