VTech twice chased hybrid “edutainment” consoles with CreatiVision and Socrates and proved one thing: they didn’t learn from the first failure.
Author: Jim Gray
Jim Gray
Jim is a dad from Massachusetts by way of the Northeast Kingdom (IYKYK). He makes music as Our Ghosts, and with his band, Tiger Fire Company No. 1. He also takes terrible photos, writes decent science fiction and plays almost exclusively skateboarding games. He cannot, however, grow a beard. Favorite Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
SNK and Plaion Replai have announced the Neo Geo AES+, a re-engineered ASIC-based console with original cart support launching November 12 from $249.99.
TRSE (Turbo Rascal Syntax Error), the multi-platform retro game dev tool, is now fully accessible in the browser via the Retro Game Coders online IDE.
Afterplay has launched a ROM storefront where players can buy new indie retro games from studios like Incube8 and Mega Cat Studios and play them instantly.
Playmaji has re-engineered the Polymega Base Unit with upgraded internals, while the $199 Polymega Remix peripheral is up for pre-order.
Snes9xTYL, a popular SNES emulator for PSP and PS Vita, has been revived after 8 years with 90% faster loading and support for 4,000 ROMs.
The EasySMX M20 mobile controller features rotating ABXY face buttons, letting players swap between Xbox and Nintendo layouts on the fly.
The DSpico, the world’s first open-source Nintendo DS flash cart, is now available pre-assembled from two retailers starting at $20.
Developer @toruzz reveals GB Bridge, an emulator that ports original Game Boy games to the GBA with expanded color and resolution.
Xbox’s game preservation team is reviving backwards compatibility for the console’s 25th anniversary with “entirely new ways” to play classic titles.