Retro Game Haul: Tron Deadly Discs and Reversi
The sale of the Intellivision brand to the Atari brand means it’s finally legal for me to play Intellivision games after only 40 years.
Retroarch
PCSX2 has gone and done it this time...
The latest updates to the PCSX2 PlayStation 2 emulator have done amazing things for its convenience and compatibility.
Is playing on the original hardware worth the trouble?
I went through a lot of trouble to be able to play Ogre Battle 64 on the original hardware with today’s high resolution, digital monitors. Was it worth it? Intro from original hardware Most older consoles were designed around the old cathode ray tube televisions – one to three electron beams use electromagnets to shine on variously colored phosphors. The whole thing was high voltage and prone to interference from anything else going on electrically in the area. ...
Dark Stone, Retroarch, and Steam.
I was looking for a game to keep me occupied during the long holiday weekend, and my partner handed me an old RPG from the original PlayStation days – Dark Stone. It didn’t run super well on my usual PSX emulator, so I was forced to try something different – RetroArch, now on Steam. Dark Stone questing Dark Stone is an action RPG. A necromancer, Draak, has resurrected himself as a dragon and is terrorizing the world. Seven crystals scattered across seven dungeons in seven lands are required to reform the Time Stone and allow you to put a final end to him. You take on the role of one of eight different classes (male and female versions of warrior, mage, thief and priest), go out, explore, hunt, get levels and gear, and then take on a dungeon. ...