A portion of the city’s subway system is now adorned with 8-bit art inspired by Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. As such, you can find clouds, mushrooms, pipes, ghosts, ladders, and other elements from old school games. Bit Rebels has several shots of the retro-themed tile art that is worth a gander if you’re a fan of ol’ school visuals.
Artist and retailer Mighty Fine released two new T-shirts that feature Marvel Comics’ Avengers and X-Men, but in pixelated, retro-sexy, Sword and Sworcery-like 8-bit form. The 8-bit X-Men T-Shirt (available in Black and Gray) features 8-bit models of the original mutant team consisting of Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Angel, and Iceman. The 8-bit Avengers T-Shirt (available in Black, Gray, and White) showcases Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk.
Game designer Eric Ruth is back again with another 8-bit adaptation of a present day title.
OK, I realize that every game has there preferred platform to play their favorite titles, but seriously, is anyone clamoring to relive their childhood memories on the iPhone/iPod touch? SEGA thinks so, and apparently deemed it a fine time to launch a classic gaming portal that’s set to arrive in the App Store in February. [...]
I have to confess that there was much internal debate regarding whether or not a site devoted to the 2D gaming scene should cover with “3D” smack dab in the beginning of its title. But alas, 3D Dot Heroes, Atlus’ upcoming PlayStation 3 throwback action game, has sold me on its retroness.
The NES lives! Sort of. A group of retro-minded dudes at Sivak Games plan to release Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril on a real Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge. Yep, a homebrewed NES game on a real cart, which will be available at website RetroZone. Starring a green-suited floaty kid name Timmy, Battle Kid resembles the [...]
Legacy Engineering introduces a new — no, wait — old way to play your favorite games on PC. Hearkening back to the days of Atari and Commodore 64, Legacy Engineering has launched USB-compatible joysticks based on the classic designs of the ’80s for this holiday season. Depending on how many USB ports your computer has [...]
Capcom, those retro-loving scamps, will release several of their past PlayStation One and PSP titles on the PlayStation Network… sometime soon. The titles include: Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (UMD Legacy) Mega Man Powered Up (UMD Legacy) Dino Crisis (PlayStation Legacy) Powerstone Collection (UMD Legacy) Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (UMD Legacy) Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation [...]
The 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis’ U.S. debut will soon be upon us, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that all manner of Genny product will be introduced in time to satisfy nostalgia-drunk gamers. And I welcome it. Hyperkin is one those companies. In late August, it will release two Sega-licensed game systems: The [...]
It’s said that the only guarantees in life are death and taxes, but I’d like to ammend that statement with an extra category: an annual Sega hardware rumor. Since the premature exit of the beloved Sega Dreamcast, the rumor mill gets a-grindin’, churning out a small dose of hope to which fanboys and retrogamers cling [...]
