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Last year we brought your attention to a brand new retro gaming handheld in development known as the GCW-Zero. This open-source device promising fantastic emulation and homebrew offerings is now ready to be massed produced - should the demand be met on Kickstarter.

In 1998 Valve revolutionised the first person shooter genre with their incredibly intuitive adventure Half Life. While many fans of the series are long awaiting the third title in the series, those who fondly remember the original may want to revisit their past as an early development version of the title has just leaked online.

While the loss of Psygnosis may have been hard to stomach for retro gamers, it would appear that their closure has also had an affect on its former employees too.Composer Tim Wright is rekindling his triumphant past by releasing a collection of re-imagined Amiga scores on a collectable USB stick.

In 1995, Nintendo joined forces with a satellite radio company to broadcast Super Famicom experiences over the airwaves. Their short lived service required additional hardware known as the Satellaview, but its functionality has been out of action for many years. Fans, however, have other plans for the defunct service.

Kick-starting the new year in style, Imagine Publishing's Retro Gamer Magazine issue #111 is set to hit the shops shortly. With a huge selection of retro gaming articles to ease you into 2013, here's to another 12 months of our favourite publication.

Almost three months after our PlayStation 3, Wii and PC gaming buddies, we too can now bask in the 8-bit glory of Retro City Rampage - from the comfort of our Xbox 360s.

As most of Sentinel 64's customers will tell you, their clear plastic video game box protectors offer fantastic security to your most prized gaming assets. Having sold out of their Super Nintendo and N64 cases time and time again, their shop has now expanded to offer Super Famicom, Game Boy, Nintendo NES and Japanese N64 box protectors.

Despite only being a few days into the new year, 2013 is already looking promising for those interested in the unknown and unreleased. The cancelled, yet promising, Game Boy Color first person shooter Tyrannosaurus Tex has just surfaced on eBay and is very much up for grabs.

Midi Maze was an ahead-of-its-time multiplayer first person maze shooter that started life on the Atari ST. The title soon made its way onto the Game Boy, Super Nintendo and Game Gear under the name of Faceball 2000, however, the Virtual Boy port has been missing in action - at least until now.

In 1995 Namco made a triumphant entry to the overcrowded RPG genre with Tales of Phantasia. Their Super Famicom title became an instant classic and soon saw several remakes and rereleases - with the PlayStation 1 update of Cress Albane's adventure recently translated into English by ROM hackers.