Sony announced it’s made a miniature version of the PlayStation, called the PlayStation Classic. The console will come with full-size controllers and over 20 different classic games to choose from. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Playstation, R…
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RIP EmuParadise, a haven for retro gamers for almost two decades
If you’re a fan of retro games, chances are you have a few emulators installed to let you play Mega Drive or Atari 800 titles. And if you have a few emulators installed, you probably have some ROMs. And if you have some ROMs, it’s likely that sometime since the year 2000 you visited EmuParadise, a stalwart provider of these ambiguously legal files. Well, EmuParadise is no more — at least the site we knew and loved.
View More RIP EmuParadise, a haven for retro gamers for almost two decadesClassic Mega Man games get glow-in-the-dark cartridge reissues
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Arcade fame turns to infamy as Billy Mitchell’s record-setting Donkey Kong score is invalidated
The record-setting score that settled the Donkey Kong arcade rivalry, made famous by the documentary The King of Kong, has been invalidated by Twin Galaxies, the de facto arbiter of arcade world records. What’s more, Billy Mitchell, the occasionally controversial player who set the scores, has been permanently banned from consideration for future records.
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If you’ve seen any trailer for Ready Player One, or read Ernest Cline’s wildly popular book that serves as the flick’s inspiration, then you already know it’s chock full of nerdy references from the ’80s.
Ready Player One is pretty much the…
You might be able to buy a SNES Classic from ThinkGeek—but there’s a catch
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You don’t need us to tell you that Nintendo’s NES Classic and SNES Classic are notoriously hard to come by, with online restocks selling out in sec…
Retro gamers, rejoice — this SNES-style controller works with newer platforms
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If the SNES re-releases have been consistently eluding you, then this SNES-like controller will at least give you the feel of playing retro games w…