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Cronosoft: A RETROspective.

The Beginning. With the rise and popularity of next generation consoles, it seems they are taking over the world. New games are released every week and you can’t get away from the ads where you think you’re watching a film trailer and it turns out to be the latest PS4 game. How did that happen? […]

Hardcore Gaming 101: Japanese Video Game Obscurities.

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A brand new, gorgeously printed hardcover book covering 101 weird, obscure, historically important, and just plain cool Japanese video games. Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. For any number of reasons, not all of them were ever released outside of the country, especially in the ’80s and ’90s. While many of these titles […]

The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2 Review.

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The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2 review was a mammoth task that was entrusted to me and given the number of pages in this book: a whopping 390 of them! I was asked to take a “time out” to read and cover this book on behalf of RVG’s exclusive book reviews, so here […]

100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987: Review.

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The decade between 1977 and 1987 was a very special one for those of us who grew up during those year for it was then that video games became household names. It was during this particular 10 years that we saw the rise of this industry as well as its fall (in North America) followed […]

RVG Podcast Returns: Chiptune Special.

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We are back for 2018, something simple to start us off, a selection of my favourite Chiptunes. Electrocop – Atari Lynx Black Hornet – Atari ST Commando – Rob Hubbard – C64 Missile Command 3D – Jaguar Raiden – Rough And Tumble – Arcade Shadow of the Beast – Main Theme – Amiga Time Trax […]

Gaming Event: UKPinFest.

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The UK’s ONLY dedicated pinball event! UKPinFest will be held on the 25th and 26th of August at The Mercure Hotel Daventry, the event will run from Friday Evening to Sunday. There will be approximately 100 machines all set to FREE PLAY. Play machines from the 60’s to the very latest releases. During the course […]

DIVMMC Future Review.

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The DIVMMC Future is the latest in a line of divIDE interfaces for the ZX Spectrum range which allow you to load and save games from an SD card. For many, using an emulator just doesn’t give you the full Spectrum experience, but on the other hand, using a real Spectrum comes with all sorts […]

Freeze 64 Magazine Review.

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Its not often i’m blown away when I do reviews but today Freeze 64 came through the post, I opened the packaging to be blown away with the vibrant glossy cover, now I must admit I was expecting a fanzine type magazine here, I think you know the ones I mean, this however is a […]

RVG Interviews: Chris Blackbourn.

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RVG’s latest interview is with Chris Blackbourn, most commonly known as the creator of the awesome Skidmarks racing games on 16-Bit systems. Chris takes some time out of his busy schedule where he is creating the next installment to the Skidmarks line of games.

The Kickstarter Legion at RVG.

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What is it? With all the Retro Gaming style Kickstarter projects happening recently, we thought wouldn’t it be a good idea to attempt to try and offer some of these projects a place to showcase those most relevant to you here at RVG, on our new Kickstarter Legion page. Therefore we would encourage those that […]