What is Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce is an independent retro gaming publication, platform encyclopedia, and modern cassette publisher covering classic video games, original vintage computer and console hardware, cycle-accurate FPGA implementations (such as MiSTer), homebrew software, and physical release verification for legacy systems.

What platforms and classic computers does Retro Gameforce cover?

Retro Gameforce documents 209 vintage systems across the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, specializing in 8-bit and 16-bit home computers and consoles including the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy, MSX, PC DOS, and MiSTer FPGA cores.

How does Retro Gameforce score retro game reviews?

Every game review features a 100-point composite scorecard evaluating Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, and Fun Factor on authentic hardware or cycle-accurate FPGA chips, providing honest critiques without nostalgia bias.

Where can I find modern physical cassette editions for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum?

Fire Dragon Interactive publishes brand new physical cassette tape releases and digital packages (PRG, D64, D81, TAP) verified on authentic Datasettes and hardware, available in the Retro Gameforce Store.

Which languages are supported on Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce supports 13 major languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, and Arabic (with right-to-left layout support).

Ottawa's House of TARG turns Wednesday into a five-dollar retro arcade free-for-all

Ottawa's House of TARG runs its $5 Wednesday retro arcade free-play night across 28 arcade cabs and vintage consoles alongside its monthly IFPA pinball tournament.

Ottawa's House of TARG is hosting a particularly wallet-friendly retro night today, combining video-game free play with its monthly open pinball tournament. From 5 PM until 11 PM, a five-dollar cover unlocks unlimited play across 28 arcade cabinets and classic home consoles, with more than 100 games available.

The advertised line-up reads like someone emptied a respectable 1980s arcade into one room: Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Galaga, Dig Dug, Joust, BurgerTime and Mario Bros. all feature, alongside free-play NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 setups. Pinball remains coin-operated at roughly one to two dollars per game, with the monthly tournament beginning at 8 PM. That competition uses a strikes knockout format, with players taking a strike after losing a match until three strikes sends them home to contemplate their flipper technique. Entry to the tournament itself is one dollar plus the cost of the games, and it awards IFPA ranking points. The entire evening is listed as all-ages.

Retro events do not all need convention centres, celebrity panels and a merchandise hall large enough to require its own postcode. Sometimes the correct formula is considerably simpler: turn the arcade machines to free play, charge five bucks at the door and let Pac-Man handle the entertainment.