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Useful Retro Websites

Augmerson · 2010-02-04 21:10:01

Oh hi. It might be a good idea if we had a thread, possibly sticky'd, of Retro websites where you can get news or reviews about stuff. I'll recommend one atleast, Videogamecritic.com. Basically some guy has done small paragraph size reviews for alot of games and systems, gives you a basic idea of what a game might be like,…

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04-02-2010 10:10pm

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Oh hi. It might be a good idea if we had a thread, possibly sticky'd, of Retro websites where you can get news or reviews about stuff. I'll recommend one atleast, Videogamecritic.com. Basically some guy has done small paragraph size reviews for alot of games and systems, gives you a basic idea of what a game might be like, and it's done fairly well.

If you have your own favourite, please post!

That is all people.

[www.videogamecritic.com]

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#2 04-02-2010 10:25pm
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Not entirely retro but they cover mostly old games. For information on a lot of obscure and not so obscure games them Hardcore Gaming 101 is an amazing resource. It's amazing how well these articles are written considering it's all submitted by the public and many have interviews with the original devs:

http://hg101.kontek.net/

You also can't beat 1up's retronauts. It's by far the best videogame podcast out there and the blog is pretty damn good as well.

Blog:

http://www.1up.com/1upblogs/3/1ups_retro_gaming_blog

Podcast:

http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3156908

Racketboy also has some great articles on hidden gems and cheap and valuable retro games:

http://www.racketboy.com/

I've also found this site great for consoles, spare parts and back up playing devices:

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/

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#3 04-02-2010 10:35pm
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Good idea for a thread!

For everything related to the Megadrive, Mega CD and 32X. Some of their articles have been great. And their interviews. Forum with loads of regular posters. From collectors to people involved in making new Megadrive releases.

www.sega-16.com

Neo geo, the forums can get hilariously nasty -

www.neo-geo.com

Fairly well known retro website -
http://www.digitpress.com/

Arcade hardware forum that was created after killercabs went down. Also another great resource if you're into cabs -

http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/

The DCemu forums. Good source of information about homebrew..I've gotten a crap load of stuff for the DS there over the years -

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/

Shooter forum -

http://shmups.system11.org/index.php

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#4 04-02-2010 10:59pm
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Well apart from here, I pretty much live over here:

http://www.atariage.com/

But that's just me :pac:

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#5 04-02-2010 11:30pm
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Keep'em coming. I've a new sticky in the works with links to varies emulators so I'll add all these sites as well

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#6 04-02-2010 11:34pm
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http://www.vgmuseum.com/ - Video Game Museum
http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=games - while not entirely Retro, they do have alot of Retro reviews and some of them are very funny.

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#7 05-02-2010 12:50am
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good idea!

for saturn fans,satakore has a big database of games,with screenshots and some info on the games
http://www.satakore.com/

c64 fans,check out lemon 64,has reviews of games and any support knowledge you might need
http://www.lemon64.com/

Amiga people,check out lemon amiga and for serious stuff,english amiga board,amibay for anything rare you are looking for to buy or sell

lemon amiga
http://www.lemonamiga.com/

english amiga board
http://eab.abime.net/

amibay
http://amibay.com/

Spectrum people,head to world of spectrum,for legally downloadble games,tech support and general advice,if you have trouble with your account been approved pass the note onto me,they where trolled to death recently with an irish person so they might be hesitant!

World of spectrum
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/

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#8 05-02-2010 1:28am
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http://www.arcade-history.com/ - a searchable & comprehensive database

http://www.klov.com/ - database on coin-operated video-games

http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page - Amiga retro gaming/computer music

http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/index.php - Game Music database

http://www.uvlist.net/ - database about almost any video game ever created, for any platform.

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#9 05-02-2010 9:23am
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I find this one very good, although there are a few weirdos there!
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=94

Ha ha....

Here's a couple

All about the virtual boy baby!

http://www.vr32.de/modules/news/

The awesome Lemon forums, for all things Commodore

http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/index.php?sid=a6eb44993576615b899381f399f0bf81

Llamasoft, Jeff Minter is a god!

http://www.yakyak.org/index.php

And the Daily Rodent, very very funny

http://www.dailyrodent.com/

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#10 05-02-2010 11:27am
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Great thread here, all I use have been mentioned so I'm no help but keep them coming.

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#11 10-02-2010 3:29pm
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The Angry Video Game nerd, he's gonna take you back to the past, to play the ****ty games that suck ass.

http://cinemassacre.com/new/?page_id=13

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#12 10-02-2010 4:13pm
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Sgt Hartman wrote: »

The Angry Video Game nerd, he's gonna take you back to the past, to play the ****ty games that suck ass.

http://cinemassacre.com/new/?page_id=13

Watched all the episodes. The one's on bible games and the Power glove are really funny.

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#13 11-02-2010 2:01pm
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A pretty active forum over on retro gamer mag's website : http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/

*Snip* (How's your french)

How's your English? Good! Read the Charter NO LINKS TO ROMS! and that was about as big a link as it gets....

LoGiE

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#14 11-02-2010 3:00pm
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Sgt Hartman wrote: »

The Angry Video Game nerd, he's gonna take you back to the past, to play the ****ty games that suck ass.

http://cinemassacre.com/new/?page_id=13

LoGiE wrote: »

Watched all the episodes. The one's on bible games and the Power glove are really funny.

I love the nerd, he is my one stop shop for game reviews!

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#15 11-02-2010 3:52pm
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Just a quick reminder folks. Please dont link to sites with roms.....

Cheers,

LoGiE

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#16 11-02-2010 5:49pm
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rgfuller wrote: »

A pretty active forum over on retro gamer mag's website : http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/

*Snip* (How's your french)

How's your English? Good! Read the Charter NO LINKS TO ROMS! and that was about as big a link as it gets....

LoGiE

Apologies, wasn't thinking and didn't realise.

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