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Retro game news and downloads

August 20, 2024
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NEWS

In History: The first ever video game console, 50 years on
The Magnavox Odyssey was showcased on the BBC ‘s Tomorrow ’s World 50 years ago today. It was a basic but visionary design, and led to today’s multi-billion-pound industry.
Pretendo Network
An open source Nintendo Network replacement that aims to build custom servers for the WiiU and 3DS family of consoles
Game Availability Study | Video Game History Foundation
87% of classic video games released in the USA are no longer available legally. Interesting podcast.
Why Prince of Persia’s box art sold for $63000
This iconic game wasn’t initially a huge hit. Then the overseas markets and re-releases came through.
Paper view: the return of video game magazines
Print media were once the lifeblood of the gaming community, and now a new generation of lovingly assembled periodicals are bringing the scene back to life

Online Emulators

Commander X16
Commander X16 is a project made popular by The 8-Bit Guy on youtube. They built a new computer based around the early Commodore systems. You can buy the computer or emulate it.

Remakes

Turbo Outrun Reimagined v0.3.6b alpha by Sk1ds
Pseudo-3D cannonball rally
Play Free Remakes of Classic Retro Games
Feeling Nostalgic? Hundreds of Free Windows Remakes Of Retro Games are just One Click Away!
Retrospec - Retrogaming at its best
Retrospec are a team of coders, graphics artists and computer musicians who have gathered together to bring you the best remakes of old 8 bit games that we can.
Mercenary Restart
Mercenary - Escape from Targ - is now available to download for free (PC and Mac), with enhanced graphics, but keeping all the great aspects of the original game.

Media

Retromags
Retromags is a site dedicated to the digital preservation of old video game magazines!
Game Machine Archive
Archive site for Game Machine, a Japanese arcade game magazine which started in the 1970s.
OverClocked ReMix: Video Game Music Community
OverClocked ReMix is a video game music community with tons of fan-made ReMixes and information on video game music.
Game Cover Collections
Good quality large scans of thousands of games

ROMs

Sega Megadrive / Genesis
Looks like all the roms, or close enough.
Gameboy, GBA and GBC roms
fill er up
edge|emulation | your source for roms
ROM downloads for free, all the classics!
Xbox 360 Torrents
The site is in Spanish, but the games aren't
Amiga WHDload files
If you know what these are, you're set.
Download Game Nintendo - Switch, Wii, WiiU, 3DS, DS
Download Game Nintendo Switch NSP XCI NSZ, Game Wii ISO WBFS, Game WiiU ISO Loadiine, Game 3DS CIA, Game DS Free New
Myrient
Myrient is your go-to website offering organized and publicly available video game collections with the intention of keeping them from becoming lost to time.
PS4 PKG - Download Fake PKGs + Updates & DLCs 2024
Download and Install PS4 PKG (Fake PKG) on any exploited system along with updates and DLCs [5.05 - 9.00]. Updated 2024 tested 2022 PS4 PKG list
Nintendo Switch NSP List - Ziperto
Use ctrl+f to search this page for a specific game.
Nintendo 64 roms
All the games
Super Nintendo Collection
All the roms
Massive NES Rom Pack
This is believed to be the definitive collection of NES roms...Weighing in at 3,538 roms this collection should contain everysingle known NES rom (well it’s…
PSNStuff 3.07 With Updated Database 2021
PSNstuff lets you download official games for use with RPCS3.
redump.org
Group for dumping old game CDs, DVDs etc.
My Abandonware: because old video games were better
Database of 19900 abandonware games free. One of the most complete video games museum. Take a trip down Memory Lane now! Warning: whole weekends can be lost.

 

PlayStation 2 SATA Hard Drive upgrade
Replacing the internal IDE hard drive in a fat PS2 with a newer SATA drive. Replacing the IDE connector in the Sony network adaptor. Upgrading, setting up and installing games for OPL or HDLoader. Free Mcboot. PlayStation, HDD, ISO,

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