Retro News Roundup

Retro News Round-Up – December 2014

This month’s episode includes Smash Bros on a calculator, the return of Majora’s Mask, and a way to get your NES games in HD.

 

This episode’s links:

Atari: Game Over documentary on Xbox Video:
http://video.xbox.com/movie/atari-game-over/4b8575c6-bd05-48e8-92c9-c61ba57e8025

Buried Atari cartridges on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/p3rkrt3

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book:
http://readonlymemory.vg/sega-mega-drive-genesis-collected-works

Kickstarter for a CD of Commodore 64 music remade with modern audio technology:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1289191009/reformation-c64-track-remakes-by-matt-gray-last-ni

Final Fantasy seven has now been made in Little Big Planet:
https://lbp.me/t/11eq?p=1&l=12

A component cable for the SNES and Mega Drive:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hdretrovision/sega-genesis-and-super-nintendo-component-cables

Kickstarter for the hdmyboy:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/507669971/hdmyboy-a-full-hd-power-up-for-your-game-boy-class

Pre-order the Retron 5 in the UK:
http://www.funstock.co.uk/retron-5?tracking=522b4f1f9a4bb

Kit to output your NES in HD:
http://www.game-tech.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

Custom wood based Neo Geo MVS:
http://analogueinteractive.tumblr.com/post/102877937352/analogue-neo-the-analogue-neo-is-an-all-in-one

Donkey Kong Junior for the Commodore 64:
http://csdb.dk/forums/?roomid=7&topicid=106627

A version of F-Zero for the PC Engine, called HuZero:
http://www.chrismcovell.com/creations.html

Buy a physical copy of the unreleased SNES spiritual successor to Turrican, Targa:
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=138673

A demake of Super Smash Bros on TI-83/84 calculators:
http://www.omnimaga.org/super-smash-bros-open/(axe)-super-smash-bros-open/

Pre-order Slave on the Dreamcast:
http://www.goatstore.com/Products/Sega/Dreamcast/372087/SLaVE_Limited_Edition_Preorder/

Kickstarter for an NES platformer called Lizard:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101008925/lizard

Fan translation for Picross 2 on the Game Boy,
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2303/

Fan translation for Psy-O-Blade on the Mega Drive:
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,18846.0.html

Fan translation for Mezase! Top Pro: Green ni Kakeru Yume on the NES:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2306/

Fan translation for Langrange Point on the NES:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2294/