As media, gamers, and insidious fanboys speculate about E3 2010, there’s much chatter about a PSP2, PSPhone, Xbox 360 Slim, Xbox 720, and, sadly, Dreamcast 2. These systems, which currently live in the realm of fantasy, have got me to thinking of video game consoles of days past and present.

Expert console modder Bacteria (ew) revealed his latest creation: a bulbous, red, portable TurboGrafx-16! It sports an official Sony PSone screen with a 5.4-inch display, a built-in battery that lasts three hours between each recharge, a region-free switch for American and Japanese PC Engine games, and turbo switches for the action buttons. Like Bacteria’s previous [...]

Irem’s R-Type is without a doubt a shmup/shooter classic with its plodding, strategic gameplay, tough-as-nails challenge, huge bosses, and unique graphical style that seems to make even the most mechanical enemies appear semi-organic. Despite the number of sequels that have appeared since the series’ debut in 1987 (such as R-Type Delta and R-Type Final), it’s the [...]

Back in January, just a week into the new year, Electronic Gaming Monthly was purchased by media giant Hearst, promptly closed, and purged of all its employees. That was a particularly black day as I considered EGM the bible of videogame journalism, even when the content lost some of its luster in the Ziff Davis [...]