Neowin News Feed for: Retro

A day at the Apple Pop-Up Museum

Tyler Holman — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:12:08 +0100

The Atlanta area was recently graced by the Apple Pop-Up Museum, and Neowin was lucky enough to be able to check it out and share some of the wonderful stuff on display you. Read more...

Galaga comes to Android devices for free

Paul Ferson — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:27:49 +0000

Galaga, that Namco gem of the 1980s, has reached Android devices. Entitled 'Special Edition', the game is free and - according to the Play Store description - compatible with pretty much everything. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: The sad story of the Apple Pippin

Tyler Holman — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:02:25 +0100

We delve into the dark days of the 1990s, when Apple was tasteless and licensed out their software to create Pippin, the bizarre lovechild of Cupertino and Bandai, in this week's Retro Wednesday. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: E3 1995

Tyler Holman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:22:08 +0100

Retro Wednesday takes you back in time to visit the very first E3 way back in 1995, showing off Nintendo's Ultra 64 prototype, the Virtual Boy, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, and much more. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: Marathon

Tyler Holman — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:48:54 +0100

This week's Retro Wednesday delves deep into the world of Mac gaming for the first time to discover the roots of Halo in Marathon, a classic title from Bungie with a big legacy. Read more...

New SNES game coming in 2013

Tyler Holman — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:42:56 +0100

14 years after 1998's Frogger, the SNES is getting a brand new game in the form of Nightmare Busters, a 'masterful run and gun game' featuring werewolves and leprechauns. Does it get any more awesome? Read more...

Retro Wednesday: Journey to Rivendell

Tyler Holman — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:58:50 +0100

In this week's Retro Wednesday, we take a look at The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell, a lost Atari 2600 prototype and the first attempt to turn Tolkien's world into a video game. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: The Secret of Monkey Island

Tyler Holman — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:46:17 +0100

Arr, I wanna be a pirate (don't we all?)! This week we take a look at the classic LucasArts title, The Secret of Monkey Island, one of the funniest games of all time! Plus, woodchucks chucking wood! Read more...

Retro Wednesday: Rogue

Tyler Holman — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:36:55 +0100

In this week's installment of Retro Wednesday, we take a look at a title that gives 'text game' a whole new meaning, a graphics-free experience who's reverberations are felt to this day. Read more...

Game Boy: 23 years on

Tyler Holman — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:43:38 +0100

Believe it or not, it's been 23 years since the original Game Boy was released in Japan, and we decided to celebrate by putting together a little retrospective on this groundbreaking device. Read more...

Ultima VII: The Black Gate turns 20

Tyler Holman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:14:56 +0100

If you were around when it came out, chances are there's a soft spot in your heart for Ultima VII: The Black Gate, and believe it or not, this RPG classic just turned 20 today. Read more...

Legend of Grimrock turns a profit - patch incoming

Tyler Holman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:13:37 +0100

Legend of Grimrock, Almost Human's retro inspired dungeon crawler, has earned back its development costs several times over in its first week on the market, and a new patch is on the horizon. Read more...

Sega Opens Retro Download Service

Marcel Klum — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:58:16 +0000

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Sega today opened the official page for its soon-to-debut "Sega Game Honpo" service, a new subscription-based retro-gaming site where players can download and play an array of 16-bit games on their PCs. Starting November 20,... Read more...