Sonic Generations is up for Pre Order on Steam! Releases November 5th!

If you dont own a new fangled console, but do happen to own a PC then dont feel left out. Recently Sega announced they would be launching it on POc as a digital download over Steam! The pre order is now up and it's $US29.99 ($NZ37.87 at the time of posting). With the pre order you get sonic 3D Blast and sonic 3 and Knuckles to play immediately, and if you already happen to have them on Steam, you can gift them away to a friend! Sweet delio if you ask me, especially considering the PS3/Xbox versions are going to be $118 each! Read more ►

Download: Zork 1 (Classic text adventure- Full Version!)

From Wikipedia:

Zork was one of the first interactive fiction computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 on a DEC PDP-10 computer by Tim AndersonMarc BlankBruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, and implemented in the MDL programming language. All four were members of the MIT Dynamic Modelling Group.

"Zork" was originally MIT hacker slang for an unfinished program. The implementors briefly named the completed game Dungeon, but changed it back to Zork after receiving a trademark violation notice from the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons. Zork has also been adapted to a book series.

Video: Pato Pooh ft. Adam Tensta - Follow Me (Official Video)

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Pato Pooh ft Adam Tensta - Follow me
Produced by: Jeff "Gameboii" Roman
Label: DehDinPoik Entertainment

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Download: Wolfenstein 3D Shareware v1.4 with NewWolf

From Wikipedia:

Wolfenstein 3D is a video game that is generally regarded by critics and gaming journalists as having both popularized the first-person shooter genre on the PC and created the basic archetype upon which all subsequent games of the same genre would be built.[1][2][3][4][5] It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software. Released on May 5, 1992 for DOS, the game was inspired by the 1980s Muse Software computer games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein.

In Wolfenstein 3D, the player assumes the role of an American soldier of Polish descent, named William "B.J." Blazkowicz, attempting to escape from the Nazi stronghold of Castle Wolfenstein. After the initial escape episode, the player carries out five other episodes also organized against Nazi operations. Throughout the game numerous armed guards, attack dogs, and mutant soldiers oppose the player. The buildings traversed contain health supplies in the form of food and medical kits, various treasures, and hidden rooms. There are four weapons (a knife and three guns) available throughout each episode for the player's defense.

Wolfenstein 3D was released as shareware, which allowed it to be copied widely. The shareware release contains one episode, consisting of 10 missions (levels). The commercial release consists of six episodes, which includes the shareware episode and its two subsequent episodes. Later releases included a three episode mission pack called "The Nocturnal Missions". Like the shareware episode, each commercial episode contains 10 levels, bringing the game to a total of 60 missions. The game was originally released on the PC and subsequently ported to a wide range of computer systems and consoles. The source code of the game was published by id Software on July 21, 1995,[6] while the artwork data, music and software tools of the game remain under copyright.

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HARDWARE: AT Games/Blaze Sega Mega Drive clone

These days its becoming easier and easier to end up buying a lemon on TradeMe. Old consoles were built to last, howoever many have gone through a lot of rough and tumble thoughout peoples childshoods, from being stored in a musty attic or a damp basement in a box for twenty plus years. I cant imagine how much it would suck to discover your old Sega Megadrive, and cartidges, only to find the console won't turn on because the solder went flakey, or the components inside have blown.

Thankfully AT Games have a solution for this, fully supported and lisenced by Sega, they offer up a brand new Mega Drive console, with very few things to complain about.

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Retr-O.E. Day's 3-5

Day 3/4

Ahah! This was the the day I was waiting for. The start of the expo. I woke up at about 7am to have a shower, grab a pie and head on over to the Gold Coast convention Center. The place was already packed. After an intensely awesome opening show featuring indoor motorcross and a collection of trailers for old games and a talk from the chief of EB Australia, we were allowed in to the expo itself.

Retr-O.E. Day 1/2

DAY1

Well first day went by without any major dramas. I arrived in Brisbane at about 8.15am after a 3 hour flight, and customs officials were having a strike, which meant being held up for a further hour. The first thiong i noticed was the warmth. When I had left NZ it was raining quite heavily, when I land yes there is a storm brewing but its warm. I proceeded to sweat buckets on my way to the backpackers I was staying at. Read more ►

Download: Microsoft Fury3 Trial Edition (Windows 95/98/XP)

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Fury3 (also known as: Fury³ full name: Microsoft Fury3) is a video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft in 1995 for Microsoft Windows. It is not a sequel to Terminal Velocity, but the two games share basic game mechanics and use the same engine. Although it was redesigned to run natively under Windows 95, it can run under Windows 3.1 using Win32s.

The game spawned an expansion pack titled F!Zone, which featured three new planets and nine missions to play, with a bonus level editor. A sequel, Hellbender was later made.

Players assume the role of a pilot named Councilor flying a fighter craft to eight planets (many based on real places, like Mars and New York) controlled by a militant robotic force called the Bions. Players fight three missions on each planet. Each of the missions involves destroying vital military targets in order to halt the Bions' progress on the planet. Players must then destroy either one or two Guardians who are the commanders of the particular Bion invasion force. Once players are done with one planet, they then move on to the next one.

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RET-CON 2011

Date: 
Sat, 2011-11-19 10:30 - 16:00

Wellington Central Library, Level 1 Mezzanine Floor. FREE ENTRY.

Retroactive.co.nz is relaunching in October, and to celebrate we're having an all day gaming event in mid November!

Drawfest will be in attendance selling their wares and there will plenty of games to play across a variety of systems. Plenty more stuff to be announced, as we lock down plans!

If you wish to exhibit at the event whether an indie dev or an artist, please let us know. Email ross@retroactive.co.nz!

RETROACTIVE IS BACK!!

Well, it's been a long time coming. Originally we were supposed to be back some months ago, but thats a whole other ball game and not ones fault in particular! The important thing is we're back with a totally new look! Plenty of stuff coming up to make up for it! Read more ►

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