Goldeneye 007 NSO – Retro Review

Of all the N64 classics, Goldeneye 007 is the elusive game that managed to avoid re-release for over two decades. Created by the fabled UK development studio, Rare, and released in 1997, it was a game that set the standard for console first-person shooters. In the mid-1990s, Nintendo held the rights to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and they tasked their trusted partner, Rare (or Rareware), with developing a game based on the property.…

R36T – Emulation Handheld – Review

Twenty years ago, Nintendo held the keys to the handheld gaming market. Sega had challenged them with the Game Gear in the 90s, but the Game Boy Pocket, and then the Game Boy Color had comfortably outsold them. Then later, Sony came along and almost outsold the Nintendo DS (for a while) with the high-powered PSP.…

Hispeedido GBP Laminated Screen Kit Review

The Game Boy Pocket is known as probably the most difficult of the Game Boy systems to backlight. While it is true that most of the good kits for the Pocket require soldering, recently some ‘drop-in’ kits have become available from companies like Hispeedido. Drop-in kits are so much more convenient and basically mean that anyone can upgrade their Game Boy system.…