I Knew Those Cartridges Would Come In Handy - SNES Handheld On Its Way

Here’s something to tickle the old nostalgia glad, Hyperkin are launching a handheld ,fully functioning Super Nintendo which will play all those cartridges you been hording away in the attic for years.

The company best know in the US for its Megadrive (Genesis) and NES retro products have released some of the Supaboy’s specs, which include; it weighs around 318 grams (11.2 ounces) with a pretty decent 3.5 inch LCD screen and a rechargeable battery with approximately a 5 and a half hour life. The Supaboy also has an A/V stereo-out which will plug into any TV and even a port for your original SNES controller.

Although there is no release date set for a PAL version of the machine, I’m sure this news had you jumping up and down shouting “I want one!” like a kid in a sweetshop, well so did we and we’ll be sure to bring you any further news as soon as we get it.

Splatter House - Old and new - We are getting it all!!

There is a new Splatterhouse title in the making (see vid below) in glorious 3D with lots of effects and a healthy budget... but enough about that. The real scoop here is related to back in the day when people put coins into TV boxes called arcade machines - Yep, Retro buzz comin... Apparently the new Splatter house will ship on Xbox 360 and PS3 with its 16 bit original, plus it is said to be the uncensored version! It will also contain the sequels SH2 and SH3, both of which weren't great but hey, what a package!! No firm date yet but it is set for release before the end of 2010. So get out your Jason mask, we have some freaks to pulverise... Yummy!

Left 4 Dead - Oldschool style!

This is quite frightening actually... mainly because I remember playing games just like this back in da day. Just makes me glad that things have improved, that said they were very exciting games at the time! I feel like grandpa Simpson 'In my day we only had 3 colours and square pixels and a ten mile walk to school', Arg, I am old...