Retrogaming

While most gamers probably think of the Genesis/MegaDrive as Sega's first console, the Master System System actually preceded the the 16-bit wonder but failed to adequately compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console or you boot up an emulator for the first time (try NesterDC, for instance), you can usually find or remember the major games to check out.� But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.

This year, we have seen the curiosity with retro gaming grow among the mainstream gaming audience and it seems that game publishers are clueing into the fact. While it is unfortunate that publishers seem to focus most of their retro efforts at the handheld market, there were also a handful of excellent console compilations to keep us happy.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in. Our resident TG-16 expert, marurun, is back to take a look at what the TG16 has to offer.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.

There are a ton of excellent games from the previous generations of gaming that almost everyone has missed out on.

Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.

This is a continuation of my series on console games that made the best use of each console's limited system resources.

This is a continuation of my series on console games that made the best use of each console's limited system resources.

It seems like every gaming site has their own "Best of the Year" lists, but here at Racketboy, we will be taking a look at the best new games of 2007 that focus either focus on old-school gameplay or are remakes of classic games.

The NeoGeo Pocket Color was launched in the West ten years ago this month. Each day this week, starting from tomorrow, I'll be looking at a key game for the system and discussing its merits in terms of whether it's still worth playing today. Before all that, let's take a look at the machine itself and its history.

Everyone has their favourite Neo games, be it more popular games like Metal Slug and King of Fighters, to the slightly more obscure or unknown games like Waku Waku 7, Ninja Masters, Aggressors of Dark Kombat, and many, many more. Talk to anyone and they will all tell you very different things about what the best Neo games are, but seeing as this is my site I thought I'd throw up a list of my own personal faves, which might be helpful as a starting point for newcomers to the Neo Geo scene. This isn't meant to be a definitive list of the best Neo Geo games ever or anything like that, it's just my personal recommendations for games that I believe you can't afford to miss.

In Japan, shortly after the introduction of Nintendo's Famicom (Japan's version of the NES), the electronics giant NEC entered into the videogame market with the introduction of their "next generation" system, known as the PC Engine (PCE). The PCE boasted a 16-bit graphics chip capable of displaying up to 256 colors on screen at once, at a number of resolutions. Although its CPU wasn't much more powerful that of the NES, its spectacular graphics chip and six-channel sound bettered the Famicom in every way. It utilized a sleek new card format (PCE games are either HuCards or Turbochips) to hold its software, rather than bulky cartridges. It was also the first console to boast a CD-ROM drive, for full orchestral soundtracks and even (gasp!) full motion video. The PC Engine was immensely popular in Japan, outselling the Famicom by a significant margin.

Everybody loves an underdog. There's something alluringly idealistic about the notion of the little guy taking on overwhelming odds and coming through triumphant. Unfortunately, this type of struggle doesn't always end with a result akin to David and Goliath's encounter.

Ten years ago, SNK's cult-favorite handheld landed in America.

When Gunpei Yokoi was tragically killed in a road traffic accident in 1997, he left behind a portable video gaming legacy the likes of which we're unlikely to ever see again.