We had the opportunity to let the Belgian retro community have a go on our RetroLANGaming booth. Although 99% of the visitors are console minded freaks, they are not ashamed to admit they once played games on the PC as well 😉 Without further ado, here is a short recap of what happened. Enjoy the…
In the early nineties, a new way of playing games was introduced: network play. It was something I have never heard of before, because at that time I was just a teenager with only my game computer in my room without any connection to the outside world. It was unthinkable to me that computers could…
After all your kind reactions on the first part, 1983, it is now the time to present our second installment of The Dos Back in Time Series. I, Vulturius, would like to take you all with me down memory lane to PC gaming era on MSDos year by year. The games that make it into…
A masterpiece on its own, brilliant, kicks ass, makes me want to curse ’cause it’s so good 😉 Enjoying it while doing my work. Reliving bits and pieces of level fragments, monsters, secrets, … Everything is burned in my mind caused by excessive playing, … not to mention all the hours, days, weeks spending killing…
Hi everyone, I am proud to introduce a new series i’ve had as an idea for a while. Finally I can present the first episode. As you can see from the title I would like to play, discuss, cover PC games year by year. Which one eventually will make it in the episode is purely…
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…
As you notice we are still giving the blog it’s final shape and make a few changes here and then pretty often. Recently we changed the music blog post to a seperate page where we will bring you new music along the way. So keep your eyes out for new stuff there and enjoy what’s…
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…
Any retro video game collector who’s browsing the internet daily, goes to a flea market each weekend or visits every retro video game convention there is, knows that you can spend all your money in the blink of an eye. If there’s 10 things you want right now, go to EBay and pay whatever the…
“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…