Tag: snes
Classic adventure game Flashback getting HD remake from Ubisoft
Ubisoft have announced that a HD remake of classic adventure game Flashback will be hitting the PSN and XBLA later this year. Though utilising 3D graphics and the Unreal Engine, the remake (overseen by members of the original "core team"…
Hyperkin RetroN 5 console will let you play SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy games and more
Time to dust off all those retro game cartridges sitting in the attic: Hyperkin are preparing to launch a new 5-in-one retro console called the RetroN 5 that will allow you to play games from five classic games machines from…
Downton Abbey hits the SNES… sort of
If you could turn any current TV show into a SNES-era RPG adventure, what would you choose? Breaking Bad maybe? How about Game of Thrones? Drugs and fantasy though – we've got our fill of those with GTA and Skyrim,…
New Wii U Pro Controller tips its hat to the SNES
Looking to give your brand-spanking new Wii U a retro makeover when it launches next month? Then look no further than this 16-bit era inspired Wii U Pro Controller. Listed as the "SNES Version" of the Pro Controller, it looks…
Android Market spring clean sees emulator apps kicked out
Google have given their Android Market app store a bit of tidy up, in what games developers must feel is a long-overdue cull of emulator apps. Those looking to play retro console games on their Android handsets are going to…
Dear Mum: please buy me this handheld Super Nintendo for my birthday. Thanks!
Forget the 3DS; the Super Nintendo remains, my favourite Nintendo game console ever, as well as the first I could truly call my own after playing for years on my older brother's Amiga 500. I'd fire up Super Mario World…
Happy 25th birthday Super Mario!
The world's favourite plumber, Super Mario, has turned 25. Happy birthday Mario! The driving force behind Nintendo's success over the last 25 years, Mario has lead the video-gaming charge almost as long as home consoles have existed. Easily the…
Guinness World Records 2010: Gamer's Edition – Review
Name: Guinness World Records 2010: Gamer's Edition Type: Book Price: £9.71 (Amazon) Out: Now Guinness, the world's globally-recognised authority on mankind's record breaking achievements have released their Guinness World Records 2010: Gamer's Edition. It's the latest in what is now…
Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Paying homage to itspedigree ancestry, New Super Mario Bros Wii is another near-perfect running, jumping, red-shell throwing trip down memory lane.
The Nintoaster is back – now in 16-bit
You may remember around 6 months ago we published a piece about the Nintoaster – a fine, if somewhat pointless piece of engineering ingenuity where the innards of Nintendo Entertainment System were crammed still working into the shell of a toaster with the bread-loading mechanism in tact. Given there was a five year gap between Nintendo releasing the NES and the SNES, it’s pretty impressive stuff that the same modder has a toaster based on the newer hardware already.
Other than the step up from 8-bit to 16-bit gaming, it’s more of the same, from the modder.You still switch it on by pushing down the bread switch (technical name that, I’m sure) and it still gives you a nice warming glow, even if you can’t use its original function of cooking bread.
