Category: "Retro"

RipTen Retrograde: Hydlide (NES, 1989)

You better appreciate this everyone- I played Hydlide for you.

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Ten Funny Scripted Video Game Jokes

Games can create funny situations- but there are loads of scripted jokes too. Here are ten great ones.

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RipTen Retrograde: Fallout 2

In the first entry of Ripten’s fairly irreverent journey through the wayback machine in over a year, Black Isle’s second entry in the Fallout series is played and analyzed.

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Student’s SEGA Dreamcast 2 Industrial Design Project Revives Beloved Console

Ambitious designers like Elie Ahovi remind us that it’s not too late, it’s never too late.

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Marky Mark’s Terrorist Vibrations: Exclusive First Look

When acts of terrorism happen in the past, Mark Wahlberg could have saved us all. Rated M for “Moron.”

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Geeked Out: World’s Largest NES Controller Brings New Meaning To Co-op

This piece of retro gaming hardware is not only super cool looking, it’s fully functional too!

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Geeked-Out: Tecmo Bowl Tebow Time Shirt Delivers 8-Bit Tebowing To Your Chest

Combine the Tecmo Bowl sensation of the 80s with the Tim Tebow craze of today and you get this shirt.

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Worms is back as Team 17 Joins GOG.com

It’s return of the silly voices today as Team17 brings the original Worms to computers across the land, launching on GOG.com.

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RipTen Review: Sonic CD (XBLA)

If you are a Sonic fan, especially a Classic Sonic fan, there is absolutely no reason for you not to own this game.

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UK and Japan 3DS “Ambassadors” Get Their Free Games On Friday, Includes Zelda: Minish Cap

Those who bought their 3DS consoles before the price drop in the UK and Japan will be getting a slew of free GameBoy Advance games on Friday.

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RipTen Review: BurgerTime World Tour (XBLA)

BurgerTime is what Donkey Kong ’94 was to Donkey Kong, or Super Castlevania IV was to Castlevania.

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RipTen Review: Daytona USA (XBLA)

Ready for a trip down memory lane at 130 miles per hour? The SEGA classic is back and ready to stand the test of time.

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Sonic: Generations Announced for the Nintendo 3DS

Celebrating his 20th Anniversary, Sega’s iconic hedgehog is making his way onto the 3DS!!!

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New Syndicate Trailer Compares it to the Original Game

“Action, Violence, Strategy, High Tech Weapons, Cyberpunk Wonderland, Syndicate”

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How To Wake Up Your Four Year Old – DooM Style

We saw this video a few days ago, but it wasn’t really newsworthy until today… when Dave was rudely awakened at 6am.

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