February 4, 2018 • 27m
The 2018 season for DF Retro kicks off this year with a look at Exhumed or PowerSlave, as it was known in the US. Created by Lobot...Read more
February 11, 2018 • 30m
DF Retro tackles Analogue's Super Nt - an FPGA based console designed to play Super NES games via HDMI. Analogue boasts perfect ac...Read more
February 18, 2018 • 14m
Our comparison of the original Secret of Mana on Super NES vs the new remake running on PS4 Pro, PS4, PC and - yes. - PlayStation ...Read more
February 25, 2018 • 28m
DF Retro takes a look at two genuine Sega Saturn classics - Panzer Dragoon and the phenomenal Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The technology,...Read more
March 4, 2018 • 1h 17m
It is one of the most infamous console reveals of all-time and the arrival of the 'target render'. But how much of PS3's initial r...Read more
March 18, 2018 • 41m
So what would happen if we got a brand new 2018 game built on the classic 3D Realms Build Engine? That's exactly what Ion Maiden i...Read more
April 8, 2018 • 28m
John explores Sonic CD and all its ports. With a focus more on exploration rather than speed and a bright presentation, Sonic CD r...Read more
April 29, 2018 • 50m
Remember when you used to read about games in magazines rather than on websites? Our very own Rich Leadbetter was at the forefront...Read more
May 13, 2018 • 19m
Nintendo Switch is rightly lauded for its hybrid console concept - the idea of having a fully mobile console you can also use for ...Read more
May 20, 2018 • 1h 4m
Nintendo DS vs Sony PSP - when these two handhelds debuted at E3 2004, it looked like the most one-sided console war ever, but his...Read more
June 6, 2018 • 16m
Bungie originally envisaged technologies for Halo 2 that turned out to be completely impossible for the team to deliver in the act...Read more
July 22, 2018 • 30m
DF Retro returns with a two-part showcase covering the history of water rendering in games, starting from the early 90s to and end...Read more
August 5, 2018 • 32m
John is back for part two of in-depth look at water rendering in classic games, as we complete our look at the PS2, Xbox and GameC...Read more
August 8, 2018 • 15m
Fancy a little bonus DF Retro? Okami HD is heading to Switch - as good an excuse as any for John to check out all the major consol...Read more
August 12, 2018 • 18m
A pioneering game from the early days of PC 3D acceleration, Probe Software's excellent Forsaken enjoyed an impressive PS1 port an...Read more
September 16, 2018 • 1h 18m
Join John, Rich and Alex for a lighthearted look at the original reveal for Xbox 360 way back at E3 2005. How does the presentatio...Read more
September 29, 2018 • 29m
SAGE is the annual festival that shows talented developers sharing their visions for new platform games based on Sonic the Hedgeho...Read more
November 14, 2018 • 49m
DF Retro returns with a visual tour through the history of Tetris. From 1984 to 2018, John examines nearly 30 versions of Tetris a...Read more
November 25, 2018 • 30m
John Linneman returns with a brand new DF Retro, this time concentrating on one of the most fascinating 16-bit platformers of its era.
December 2, 2018 • 25m
This could - and should - have been a lot better. DF Retro Hardware returns with a deep dive analysis into the PlayStation Classic...Read more
December 9, 2018 • 38m
Join John Linneman for a look back to the PlayStation classic, Resident Evil 2 - including footage of the canned RE 1.5 running on...Read more
December 16, 2018 • 16m
PlayStation 3 was the first mainstream console with a digital AV output - or was it? Nintendo's GameCube featured digital output f...Read more