Retrospekt: Recent Episodes
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Following from our involvement with YorKON in 2019 and 2022, YorKON is back in 2023 and so are we! This year’s event will be held at the Matiland Town Hall on Saturday, 22 April from 10am-7pm and Sunday, 23 April from 10am-3pm. Joining forces once again with Retrospekt, AVCon, Copper Coast Tabletop Gamers, the 501st […]
For many years now, Retrospekt has been both lucky and fortunate enough to get hold of breaking retro game related news right as the month of March comes to an end. And this year is no different, as we have some quickfire chunks of hot stuff ready to go yet again! Mario Movie Delisted Ahead […]
“The reality is, that all you’re doing is pushing buttons.” Tommy Tallarico, describing a videogame. There’s a good chance that at least once in your life you’ve heard the word “Intellivision“. And, if you’re reading this, there’s also a good chance you have an idea of the history behind the company and the retro console. […]
Happy new year everyone. We hope you had a safe, restful, and enjoyable holiday period. There’s a fair backlog of news, reviews, and more; do check in on our website for more regular updates as 2023 rolls on. Jumping right into our piece of retro gaming news for the year, and wow is it a […]
Not long after GBStudio was first released in 2019, I started making Game Boy games using this software. Years later and there’s quite a large library of Game Boy games on the Game Buoy Games itch.io page. But nothin’ for any other handheld or console. ‘Til now. I recently stumbled upon retro-indie dev Elvie’s new Hollow […]
The Intellivision Amico has had a rough ride to retail the last few years. Having missed release dates, a failed retry at crowd funding, re-shuffling the company higher ups and currently embarking on a bit of a quiet period. Despite this, a recent unboxing video failed to garner the expected positive response Intellivision were after, […]
When the Monkey Island 30th Anniversary Anthology from Limited Run Games was delivered yesterday two interrelated thoughts immediately popped into my head. The first was just how quickly I jumped on this when pre-orders opened (despite, at the time never having purchased a Limited Run product before). A subsequent question arose almost instantly; just how […]
Retrospekt has been involved with a lot of nerdy music events over the years. From entertaining con-goers during and after AVCon and Oz-Comic Con to the plethora of Joypad shows that’ve gone down in various venues ’round Adelaide for nearly a decade now. We’ve even put on and been involved in a few recent events, despite things […]
Following on from Part 1 of our interview with Reboot is, wait for it….Part 2! In this instalment we’ll be focusing on Reboot’s soon-to-be-released gravity shooter Gravitic Mines (you can grab a demo of the game at the link!). In addition to our chat with programmer Lawrence Staveley, we also pick the mind of artist Ander […]
It’s somewhat amusing that coincidence, serendipity, fortuity, good luck, or whatever you want to call it plays a strong part into how certain aspects of one’s life turns out. One minute it’s 1996 (that’s twenty five years ago for those playing at home) and the home console scene was still a little bit wild west yet […]
Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion KingSolid, albeit challenging, gameplayGreat graphics and audio that still hold up wellMultiple versions of both games, excellent emulation, rewind and jump-in features are very welcomed A wide array of historical video, images, and audioBoth games are surprisingly short......with artificially increased longevity due to evil game design and sudden […]
Hey all! Today we’re taking a look at the recent Dinosaur Planet leak (including videos!) of the formerly in-development Nintendo 64 title from several decades ago. It is pretty neat though, so strap in for this fun trip back in time. Back in the ol’ primary school days of reading gaming magazines (in print!) to […]
JoyPad – our gaming and music club night is back! Retrospekt has been running JoyPad – our music, games pub/club night for nearly a decade. These events are not bound by location, but a common theme of enjoying gaming, tournaments, and of course chiptunes, synthwave, and the whole gamut of dance music in a geek-friendly […]
Magic Castle is a previously unreleased game on the Sony PlayStation Net Yaroze hobbiest development system, with the ultimate intention of the game being released as a full commercial title late in the original Sony console’s life-cycle. The Yaroze was an interesting system; it afforded those who were interested in dipping their toes into console […]
Introducing himself as “Mario’s Dad”, Shigeru Miyamoto highlighted many of the upcoming attractions of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan during a recent Nintendo Direct video. During the fifteen minute long video, Miyamoto details numerous features of the park, ranging from aspects including: Seemingly mundane things – yet not – such as the park’s […]
Venue: Power Up Bar Address: 20 Leigh Street, Adelaide, SA Open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday Website: www.powerupbaradl.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/powerupbaradl Instagram: www.instagram.com/powerupbaradl Power Up Rating: ExtraYummyBevviesAndGoodGamesWe’llBeBack out of 10 How difficult is it to take decent photos when out and about, doubly so when out and about in a small bar on opening night, triply so […]