Hi guys, While both Vulturius and I are still recovering from New Year’s eve, we stumbled on a very interesting website. The Console Living Room is an initiative of The Internet Archive Software Collection – phew, long names – and offers internet users free access to the gaming era of the 70’s and early 80’s…
I was always fascinated, and still am, by sound in games. By sound, I don’t always mean the sound effects, but also the music score. You can compare it like a movie and it’s soundtrack; having that beautiful piece of artwork music breaks or makes the whole picture. I don’t want to say that this…
You have to admit that one of the biggest advantages PC-software has, as opposed to console games on cartridges & protected discs, is the fact that you can copy it more easily. I don’t want to start a PC vs console kind of thing, but it’s just the way it is. It was around the…
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was somewhere around 1994. I went to my friend’s house, because he called me up and wanted to show me something amazing on his 386DX. He said he had installed a shareware version of a game called “DOOM”. I thought to myself, that’s a cool name, so…
This blog is becoming more and more of a Youtube channel, maybe that’s the way we’re going. Today I’m trying to get far in Mega Man X in the second 1Life RetroRun. One of my favorite games, ever! Let’s keep this short, as the video is clearly longer than the first one: Hope you enjoyed…
Games wouldn’t be games if they didn’t had the music themes they all come along with. This post is one we’ll keep updating regularly with our favorite games music & 8bit chiptunes. Quake 2 : Kickass music i can listen to all day long 😉 (chosen by Vulturius) Warcraft 2 – Tides of Darkness (chosen…
Today, you have scheduled to clean up the attic and it is with the most reluctance that you are commencing this job. Opening the hatch and climbing up the stairs, you encounter some old stuff that you need to get rid of. You take plastic bag and put it in there. You dig a little…
“Future vs Retro, isn’t that the total opposite?” We, at Retropals, couldn’t agree less and would like to show you that the future looks bright for the community we all have in our hearts, retro video games. As you may have noticed retro gaming is on the rise and blogs, youtube channels and podcasts keep…