Bit-1: Retro Game Goodness

Valve Software's Portal Re-Imagined As Classic Apple Text Adventure [Video]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bBv1WkMUFs Valve Software’s transcendent physics and teleportation puzzler Portal already runs sublimely through Steam for Mac… as long as you have a modern MacBook Pro or iMac. But what if Portal wasn’t a modern game, but a classic Macintosh text advent...

8-Bit Games Videomapped Over Classic Consoles Is the 3D We Really Want [Video]

It would be even cooler if the games were playable, but Tonner Vi's retro gaming-themed videomapping installation called Visuatari is still pretty fantastic to just sit back and enjoy. Particularly since it features Mario wandering into other classic titles like Pac-Man and Duck Hunt. Forget the...

9 Classic OS 9 Games You Should Install On Your Old Mac

I love my new Mac, but I still enjoy using old hardware too and there’s nothing quite like playing retro games in the environment they were intended for. Assuming you have a PowerPC Mac lying around, there’s nothing stopping you from installing either OS 9 or OS X’s ‘Class...

Mechanical OutRun Reproduction Only Lacks a Pocket Full Of Quarters [Video]

When it was released back in 1986, SEGA's OutRun had some of the most cutting edge features in an arcade game, including a moving cabinet, force feedback steering wheel and your choice of soundtracks. And while Gustavo's analog version isn't quite as elaborate, it looks like it's packing just as...

Apple Unleashes Game Subscription Model With Big Fish Games [IPhone Apps]

Following the success of subscription services through Newsstand, Apple's given the go-ahead for a game subscription service fromBig Fish Games. For $6.99 a month you'll have unlimited streaming access to a whole host of iPad games.More »

Games for the weekend: Rat on a Snowboard

Games for the Weekend is a weekly feature aimed at helping you avoid doing something constructive with your downtime. Each Friday we'll be recommending a game for Mac, iPhone or iPad that we think is awesome enough to keep you busy until Monday, at least.There’s no real franchise character ...

OnLive iPad app delivers console-quality gaming, custom touch controls

OnLive is one of the most impressive gaming options out there -- it's a cloud gaming service with the games actually 'playing' on remote hardware. That may sound clunky, but it works like a charm.Instead of running the games from a local executable on your PC, Mac or console system (as you would ...

OnLive iPad app delivers console-quality gaming, custom touch controls

OnLive is one of the most impressive gaming options out there -- it's a cloud gaming service with the games actually 'playing' on remote hardware. That may sound clunky, but it works like a charm.Instead of running the games from a local executable on your PC, Mac or console system (as you would ...

'Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls' Review - Keep Your Graph Paper Handy

Wizardry is a series with a pretty long history, and the older you are, the more of it you're likely to recall. Thirty years after its original release, gamers still think of the same thing when they hear the word: a long dungeon crawl in the dark, careful stat management, and a pen and graph pap...

Infinity Blade II now live in the App Store! [Updated]

Infinity Blade II, the follow up to the Epic Unreal 3-powered original, has just become available in the Australian and New Zealand App Stores and should be hitting the U.S. around midnight, ET. Infinity Blade II continues to raise the bar for triple-A mobile gaming. Journey into the world of the...