The Pop-Culture E-Zine
The good folks at Fusion Retro Books have announced that they have a number of their books and magazine PDF collections FREE of charge for a limited time!
Go and check out the freebies and download what you like. Be quick, as this won’t last much longer! Happy reading.
source: Fusion Retro Books
Don’t you just love April Fool’s day? Well, it depends, if you are at the end of an elaborate April Fool’s joke, then the answer is probably no. We have fallen for a few April Fool’s jokes over the years, so we know how that feels.
But, today is a day to reflect on some pretty cool and very clever April Fool’s jokes from some well known brands from around the world.
We wonder if anyone fell for any of these…………
First cab off the rank, it’s EB Games’ The Drip Limited Edition Apparel! Actually, they plan to release this apparel to raise money for charity, so it’s all in good fun!
The next few are food based, so don’t get your taste buds too excited peeps!
Oh gosh, we would love this Tim Tam Spread! Sorry Nutella.
source: Imgur
Introducing the Domino’s Bread – so yummy! Well at least you won’t have garlic breath 😉
source: Imgur
Um, would anyone like a Coriander Biscuit from Subway?
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Saving the best food based April Fool’s joke for last! Would you DARE to drink this?
source: Imgur
Ok, enough of the food based April Fool’s! Let’s see what else we found today!
Oh look, SBS is releasing 3 exciting features on their On-Demand service!
source: SBS
Introducing Jeep Chameleon, a new colourway with revolutionary nano-guanine molecular technology to blend seamlessly into the wilderness.
*If you find it, you can keep it.
One for gamers, match your PC RGB aesthetic with Razer’s Rapunzel Chroma Hair Dye—the world’s first RGB haircare product for a look that’s always lit!
source: Razer
And last but not least, our friends at Ikea Australia got creative with their new range, IKEA HUND COUTURE – Haute Couture Outfits for Dogs!
source: IKEA Australia
We have featured The Strong’s ‘World Video Game Hall of Fame‘ finalists from previous years on here, so for 2021, we were quite chuffed to see a number of our favourite video games make the final 12 cut!
From FIFA International Soccer, Tron, Mattel Football, to Pole Position, StarCraft and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, we would say that most retro gamers would be quite satisfied with this year’s hall of fame inductees.
Oh yeah, gaming fans can vote for their favourite finalists from now until March 25 (US time) as part of the Player’s Choice ballot at World Video Game Hall of Fame.
image source: The Strong
Whoa, this is mind blowing – last night, the video game preservation group, The Hidden Palace, released over 700 PlayStation 2 prototypes, early builds, E3, and press release demos in a massive (900GB) dump the group referred to as Project Deluge.
Introducing – Project Deluge, one of our biggest endeavors yet. Presented to you – over 700 PlayStation 2 prototypes have been archived for your enjoyment. This part is only the beginning, so stay tuned for more! https://t.co/D8doin5GZK Enjoy and have fun! pic.twitter.com/cxQs1vm2QF
— The Hidden Palace (@HiddenPalaceOrg) March 21, 2021
You can read more about this massive undertaking here.
Who doesn’t like free stuff? We sure do and that is why it is our duty to tell you about these latest retro gaming freebies!
PDF publisher, DaddaRuleKonge, have a swag of their popular retro gaming systems encyclopaedias all for free! No matter if you are an arcade, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation, SNK, Vectrex or toy fan from any era, there are enough free encyclopaedias here to satisfy anyone’s interests!
Oh yeah, even though these are free (for now), you can also pay/name your price to say thank you to DaddaRuleKonge for their hard work.
So what are you waiting for, go and get downloading!
When it comes to publishers of classic video gaming tomes, there is none better than the French Geeks-Line Publishing! With a stable full of awesome retro gaming anthologies, you can trust in these guys developing and delivering a high quality page turning book.
Their latest campaign on Kickstarter is for an anthology on the NEC gaming systems that wowed us back in the day, the PC-Engine and its many iterations, aliases and also, the PC-FX. Check out the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and PC-FX Anthology Kickstarter now and if you are a fan of their books or the PC-Engine family of gaming systems, then this we’d highly recommend you jump on this right now!
image source: Kickstarter
If you are undecided, read our review of Geeks-Line’s PlayStation Anthology to see what you could expect with their upcoming PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 & PC-FX Anthology.
UPDATE: Fritz has informed us that FreeCell64 version 2.2 is out now! Fritz has also advised us that this awesome game is now complete, which is now more colourful, has mouse support and comes with time counter and statistics included. Grab this latest version and enjoy!
Whoa, developer Friedrich “Fritz” Philipp has released his first version of Freecell, titled Freecell64, for the Commodore 64!
What is so impressive is that Freecell64 has been totally written in BASIC! So don’t just sit there, go and download Freecell64 via GitHub right now! Oh Fritz, what have you done to us, our productivity will surely take a tumble!
For those that need some quick instructions, to move cards, click anywhere on the respective pile and then onto the destination pile. Double-clicking is also possible where cards are moved to the Aces pile (as a priority) or to the repository. When you think you have won, click on the “Game” menu item and select “Check” – good luck!
Being version 1.0, Fritz advises that Freecell64 still requires:
To say we’ll be watching this eagerly will be a gross understatement!
Not the arcade gaming news we wanted to see in 2021 – another iconic arcade building is set to close.
First it was Sega’s (GiGo) Building 2 that closed in August last year, and now as reported by SoraNews24, Taito Station’s iconic Nishi Shinjuku branch is set to close its doors on March 21st, 2021.
If you are anywhere near Shinjuku, go and check this out before it closes. Unfortunately we will never get to tick this one off our bucket list 🙁
【お客様各位】
いつも当店をご利用いただき
誠にありがとうございます。
誠に勝手ながら
タイトーステーション新宿西口店は
2021年3月21日(日)をもちまして、
閉店させていただきます。
短い期間ではございましたが
多くのお客様の
ご愛顧を賜りました事を
心より感謝申し上げます。#タイステ pic.twitter.com/TlIOThqrbI— タイトーステーション 新宿西口店 (@Taito_shinjuk_w) February 21, 2021
Are you keeping up with the Commodore? If you aren’t, then you will with the release of the latest edition of Reset64 Issue 13!
Reset64’s Ed, Kev, and the rest of the crew have been working pretty hard on this issue to make it very special. As for our Ed, Alex Boz, he is still going around the office telling all and sundry how proud he is to still be part of the Reset64 team!
What are you waiting for, go and grab the Reset64 issue #13 PDF now – it is free (or pay what you want/can afford). Choo Choo!
Remember when we told you to vote for the Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic Mania) Lego set on Lego Ideas back in 2019?
Well guess what, your vote helped, as this creation garnered over 10,000 votes, meaning Lego has approved this set to become an actual product you can buy – woohoo! Lego is tweaking and finalising the set’s design, we just hope it is as close as possible to the original Lego Ideas submission! Can’t wait for this to be on store shelves and build Sonic’s world out of Lego!
