The N64 was home to some groundbreaking games that set the standard for games in their genre. Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 are two such titles. Those two games are probably the most influential games for 3D movement and level design of their generation. Arguably, the Playstation didn’t have as many great core titles as the N64, but it did have a great diversity of games available and had titles for every genre you could imagine.…
Category: Feature
Features are our catch-all for all things long-form, from overviews of important things relating to emulation and preservation, to list content.
ExtremeRate GBA Shells – All that you need to make that ultimate build
The proliferation of many different kinds of emulation handhelds in recent years might have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that no major hardware manufacturer has a dedicated handheld on the market. Or, the fact that Nintendo (and other companies) has no cheap, utilitarian handheld on the market could be the main factor in why companies like Retroid, Anbernic, and Powkiddy are releasing iteration afer iteration of devices that have a primary function of using emulators to play, often pirated, ROMs from the former company’s back catalogues.…
D*Fuzed Review
Since Tetris was released alongside the original Nintendo Game Boy in 1989, handhelds (and later, mobile phones) have been associated with puzzle games. The daddy of the puzzle game, Tetris, has gone on to be one of the best-selling franchises in all of gaming. Others, like Bejeweled, Puzzle Bobble, and Candy Crush, have become popular with people who often don’t play puzzle games.…
Tales of Monsterland DX Review
The release of the ModRetro Chromatic has been a gift for fans of the Game Boy and its early iterations. Around twenty Game Boy games have already been released under the ModRetro branding in the past couple of years. It’s great for the community to have access to all this software, and even though these aren’t official releases, physical versions are also available.…
Wicked Plague Review
Wicked Plague was developed by LocusMotion and published by ModRetro. The game released on July 11th, 2025. It is exciting to be reviewing a title for the Game Boy Color that has just been released in the year 2025. Wicked Plague is a stylish 8-bit metroidvania with cool, grunge-style characters and satisfyingly difficult combat. The physical version of the game comes in a nice-looking compact box, with concept art and descriptive text on the back.…
Dragonhym Review
The homebrew and ‘post-life’ library for Game Boy and Game Boy Color seems to be getting new additions every month. While some of these go under the radar and are simple puzzle games, other titles are more ambitious. Dragonborne was originally released as a Game Boy title a few years ago (still in the Game Boy’s ‘post-life’ era).…
Master Everdrive X7 Review – Your Master System Collection on one Cart
The Sega Master System is an often underrated console with a huge library of games that sold more than it’s rival, the NES, in some regions, including Europe and South America. As someone from Europe, the Master System was a popular console choice for older generations, such as my brother and his school friends. Even today, the Master System seems to be looked back on more fondly than the NES, at least in my local area.…
Hyperkin Retron 1 HD Gaming System Review
I review a few flash carts and reproduction games (ROM hacks) on this site, and often I don’t use the original hardware to test the carts, but instead I use a ‘clone console’. There is some misunderstanding as to the quality and presentation of ‘clone consoles’. While it is true that older clones, such as the ‘Scorpion’ (a Sega Megadrive clone system from the 90’s) were trying to pass themselves off as the real deal, modern clones from companies such as Hyperkin, Analogue, and Retro-Bit differentiate themselves by presenting as unique, cool, and practical alternatives to original hardware.…
Hex Gaming Ultimate PS5 Controller Review
Hex Gaming is becoming a more well-known name in the world of premium Xbox and PlayStation controllers. I’ve reviewed quite a few of their controllers on this site, and the controllers not only always look good, but they also perform in the top category of controllers for their respective systems. At the moment there is a lot of talk about Hall effect analogue sticks, with the Switch 2 not implementing Hall effect in their Switch 2 Joy Cons.…
HISPEEDIDO GBP IPS Kit (New Version) + GBP Battery Mod Review
There is a certain appeal to backlit Game Boys. They are stylish and cool (to some of us at least). Since the 90s, people have wished that they had the capacity to put a light on that screen so that they could play the Game Boy in their room at night. For many years, there have been options available to backlight your Game Boy.…