Here's the lowdown of a few that are in the shops now (and the little we know about the new PS). Of these, the Nintendo ones are classy machines, the C64 is fun but a little nerdy, and the Mega Drive is apparently not very good (emulation issues and bad controllers). But I've heard the Atari machine is fun!
Of all the consoles, the C64 is the only one that leads you load additional games (via ROMs) - it's not possible to download additional games to the Nintendo or PlayStation consoles...
The Mega Drive and Atari machines are made by Atgames, whose efforts seem a bit hit and miss. The C64 Mini was made by RetroGames.
We have some old consoles in the house, but there always seem to be issues - with modern TVs, lost cables, or even sadly weird decay in the controller leads. For many people, these retro consoles are the best way to experience their past gaming experiences. And introduce their kids to 'what the world used to be like'. To be honest, I'd probably find it hard to go back to some old games. The romance is better than the reality. But hey. The consoles I'm listing here are (in age order!):
Atari 2600 (1977)
C64 (1982)
NES (1985)
Mega Drive (1988)
SNES (1990)
PS1 (1994)
PlayStation Classic
£89.99 RRP, out 3rd December!
Comes with two wired controllers and an HDMI cable.
It will come with 30 pre-loaded games, including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, R4 Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms.
The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
£79.99 from Nintendo (with USB power adapter).
Comes with two wired controllers and an HDMI cable.
It comes pre-loaded with 21 games:
- Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Donkey Kong Country
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy III
- F-ZERO
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirbys Dream Course
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Mega Man X
- Secret of Mana
- Star Fox
- Star Fox 2
- Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
- Super Castlevania IV
- Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Super Mario World
- Super Metroid
- Super Punch-Out!!
- Yoshi's Island
The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System
£67.99 from Nintendo (with USB power adapter and second controller).
Comes with two wired controllers and an HDMI cable (it is also available with one controller and no power adapter, but this is the box with the extras...).
It comes pre-loaded with 30 games:
- Balloon Fight
- BUBBLE BOBBLE
- Castlevania™
- Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
- Dr. Mario
- Excitebike
- FINAL FANTASY®
- Galaga™
- GHOSTS‘N GOBLINS™
- GRADIUS™
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Kirby’s Adventure
- Mario Bros.
- MEGA MAN™ 2
- Metroid
- NINJA GAIDEN®
- PAC-MAN™
- Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
- StarTropics
- SUPER C™
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Tecmo Bowl™
- The Legend of Zelda
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Sega Mega Drive Flashback
Comes with two wireless controllers. As well as built in games it has a classic Mega Drive cartridge slot, and it also has controller ports.
£79.99 at Argos.
(They've also made a "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Portable Games Player", which is £59.99 at Argos.)
The 45 Mega Drive games are:
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Alien Storm
- Altered Beast
- Arrow Flash
- Bonanza Bros.
- Chakan: The Forever Man
- Columns
- Columns III
- Comix Zone
- Crack Down
- Decap Attack
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- ESWAT: City Under Siege
- Eternal Champions
- Fatal Labyrinth
- Flicky
- Gain Ground
- Golden Axe
- Golden Axe II
- Golden Axe III
- Jewel Master
- Kid Chameleon
- Mortal Kombat
- Mortal Kombat II
- Mortal Kombat 3
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star IV
- Ristar
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shining Force
- Shining Force II
- Shining in the Darkness
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Spinball
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Super Thunder Blade
- Sword Of Vermilion
- The Ooze
- Vectorman 2
- Vectorman
- Virtua Fighter 2
C64 Mini
This looks like a C64, but the keyboard is non-functional. You have to plug in a USB keyboard! But it does let you program - you can use it as an actual computer, if you want to... You can also load ROMs that you've put onto a USB stick.
The 64 (appropriately!) pre-loaded games are:
- Alleykat
- Anarchy
- Armalyite – Competition Edition
- Avenger
- Battle Valley
- Boulder Dash
- Bounder
- California Games
- Chip's Challenge
- Confuzion
- Cosmic Causeway
- Creatures
- Cyberdyne Warrior
- Cybernoid II: The Revenge
- Cybernoids: The Fighting Machine
- Deflektor
- Everyone's a Wally
- Firelord
- Gribbly's Day Out
- Hawkeye
- Heartland
- Herobotix
- Highway Encounter
- Hunter's Moon
- Hysteria
- IO
- Impossible Mission
- Impossible Mission II
- Jumpman
- Mega Apocalypse
- Mission AD
- Monty Mole
- Monty on the Run
- Nebulus
- Netherworld
- Nobby the Ardvark
- Nodes of Yesod
- Paradroid
- Pitstop II
- Ranarama
- Robin of the Wood
- Rubicon
- Skate Crazy
- Skool Daze
- Snare
- Speedball
- Speedball 2 – Brutal Deluxe
- Spindizzy
- Star Paws
- Steel
- Street Sports Baseball
- Summer Games II
- Super Cycle
- Temple of Apshai Trilogy
- The Arc of Yesod
- Thing on a Spring
- Thing Bounces Back
- Trailblazer
- Uchi Mata
- Uridium
- Who Dares Wins II
- Winter Games
- World Games
- Zynaps
Atari Flashback 8 Gold
This has two wireless controllers, HDMI output, etc.
It has 120 Atari 2600 games pre-loaded:
- 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
- Adventure
- Adventure II
- Air Raiders
- Air-Sea Battle
- Aquaventure
- Armor Ambush
- Asteroids®
- Astroblast
- Atari Climber
- Backgammon
- Basketball
- Beamrider™
- Black Jack
- Bowling
- Breakout®
- Canyon Bomber®
- Centipede®
- Championship Soccer
- Chase It
- Chopper Command™
- Circus Atari®
- Combat®
- Combat® Two
- Cosmic Commuter™
- Crackpots™
- Crystal Castles®
- Dark Cavern
- Decathlon
- Demons to Diamonds™
- Desert Falcon
- Dodge'Em
- Double Dunk™
- Dragster
- Enduro™
- Escape It
- Fatal Run
- Fishing Derby™
- Flag Capture
- Football
- Frog Pond
- Frogger
- Frogs and Flies
- Front Line
- Frostbite™
- Fun with Numbers
- Golf
- Gravitar®
- H.E.R.O.™
- Hangman
- Haunted House®
- Home Run
- Human Cannonball™
- Indy 500
- International Soccer™
- Jungle Hunt
- Kaboom!™
- Keystone Kapers™
- Maze Craze
- Megamania™
- Millipede®
- Miniature Golf
- Miss It
- Missile Command
- MotoRodeo
- Night Driver™
- Off The Wall
- Oink!™
- Outlaw™
- Pitfall!™
- Polaris
- Pong® (Video Olympics)
- Pressure Cooker™
- Radar Lock™
- Realsports® Baseball
- Realsports® Basketball
- Realsports® Soccer
- Realsports® Volleyball
- Return to Haunted House
- River Raid™
- Saboteur®
- Save Mary
- Sea Battle ™
- Seaquest™
- Secret Quest
- Shield Shifter
- Sky Diver
- Slot Machine
- Slot Racers
- Solaris
- Space Attack™
- Space Invaders
- Space War
- Sprintmaster
- Stampede™
- Star Ship
- Star Strike™
- Starmaster™
- Steeplechase
- Stellar Track ™
- Street Racer
- Submarine Commander®
- Super Baseball
- Super Breakout®
- Super Challenge Football
- Super Challenge Baseball
- Super Football
- Surround
- Sword Fight™
- Swordquest: Earthworld™
- Swordquest: Fireworld™
- Swordquest: Waterworld™
- Tempest®
- Video Checkers
- Video Chess
- Video Pinball
- Warlords®
- Wizard
- Yars' Return
- Yars' Revenge®
So that's it! (Phew, that was a lot of lists.) I remember fondly time spent playing things like Golden Axe and Speedball 2. Aaah.... Maybe I'll be more tempted when the Amiga Mini comes out (now that really would be something!!).
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