December 2024 — Distant Arcade

Gaming / Mario / Nintendo / PC / PlayStation / Retro Gaming / SEGA / Xbox

Toomanywires's best and worst games of 2024

Someone’s played a lotta games!

December 31, 2024

Cut Scenes / Emulation / Game Boy / Nintendo / PC / Pokémon

The top 11 posts of 2024

Let’s see who got the top spot in 2024!

December 27, 2024

Legend of Zelda / Nintendo / Video Game Music

A Very Zelda Christmas: a collection of Christmas-themed Zelda songs

A great soundtrack just got a Christmas upgrade.

December 27, 2024

Game Boy / Nintendo / Retro Gaming / Review

Ronaldo V-Football – an unintentionally neurodivergent experience

There was plenty of tinkering off the pitch but not so much on it.

December 26, 2024

Nintendo / Retro Gaming

Rare Gamer on Rare's Christmas cards from 1995–2021

Have yourself a Rare-y little Christmas

December 26, 2024

Game Boy / Nintendo / Retro Gaming

Santa Claus Jr. Advance

Big help comes in small packages.

December 25, 2024

PlayStation / PS1 / Retro Gaming / SEGA / Sega Saturn

Digital Foundry on driving games on the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation 1

Who’ll get pole position? (Sadly, that game wasn’t part of the showdown)

December 23, 2024

NHK found and interviewed Nasir Gebelli, the programmer who worked on Final Fantasy I–III. He hasn’t really been seen or heard from since the 90s so if you’re a fan of the early FFs, you’ll wanna read this. (via Alex Kraus on Bluesky; h/t Time Extension)

This Cool Link was published 1 year ago. (#)

Emulation / Gaming / Handhelds / Retro Gaming / Review

REVIEW: Anbernic RG 40XXV – my new favourite handheld

I’m super late with this Anbernic RG40XX V review but I felt compelled to get it out now before Anbernic released another 20 handhelds next year.

December 22, 2024

Nintendo / Nintendo Switch / PC / Xbox

A mind-blowing speedrun of Little Kitty Big City

Damn, that cat can move!

December 21, 2024