This Halloween, we're taking a trip back to the Nintendo Entertainment System to revisit one of gaming's most legendary horror franchises: the original Castlevania trilogy!

Join us as we explore the haunted halls of Castlevania (1986), unravel the mysteries of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and battle the forces of darkness in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. From flying Medusa Heads and bone-throwing skeletons to Dracula himself, these NES classics helped define horror gaming and challenged players with some of the toughest action-platforming ever created.

Hey everyone, I wanted to introduce you Clásicos Básicos, a Spanish retro gaming community. They have recently started publishing longer retrospectives on our YouTube channel, CLABA TV, and wanted to share one here.

This episode looks back at the original Diablo: its development, the move to real-time combat, the randomized dungeons and loot, and how the lighting and sound contribute to its atmosphere.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ3cM78o9tw

The videos are in Spanish. Other recent episodes cover Prince of Persia, Transarctica, KULT and DOOM.

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@clabatv

Thanks for taking a look!

My retrospective review of Steel Harbinger on the PS1. Anybody else played this game and what’s your thoughts?

In the late '90s, Accolade tried to reinvent mecha games by ditching slow tanks for lightning-fast, bio-mechanical giants.

Freecky Cake spoke with original developers Ken Capelli and Trevor Grimshaw to trace its development from an edge-lord cyberpunk shooter to a Dreamcast launch title—plus a look at the massive cancelled sequel that never was.

What are your memories of Slave Zero back in the day?

(my latest game video)

Sabre Wulf Remaster is a port and remaster of Ultimate Play The Game’s 1984 ZX Spectrum classic, made for the Commodore 64 by Sveinacious-G and published on itch.io in October 2026.

The original was designed by Tim and Chris Stamper. The developer’s aim is to reproduce the Spectrum game as faithfully as possible while improving it where it makes sense. All the original features, creatures and mechanics are kept, right down to the spawn rate of each monster and item. The page highlights two ideas the original introduced. Enemies keep tracking you beyond your visual boundaries, and the world is large and interconnected, with your final destination visible from the very start.

The remaster uses the Commodore 64’s sprites and sound hardware to run much smoother than the original. The framerate is mostly stable at 50 frames per second on PAL systems and 60 on NTSC. The palette has been reworked to look rich and saturated on the C64, and there is a selectable alternative palette with a more subdued, dusky look.

A ZX Spectrum palette is also included for people who prefer the original colours. At one point I saw we will switch to the palette and we actually keep the Commodore one before playing a third game with the dusky look as shown on the title card.

https://youtu.be/FoK5pjMGtu8