The RetroBeat: Final Fantasy’s 16-bit classics need definitive editions

Final Fantasy is one of my favorite game series, and its 16-bit era might be its best. You have the groundbreaking Final Fantasy IV, the systems-based Final Fantasy V, and the epic Final Fantasy VI. But if you want to play these games today, you have to make compromises. Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy […]

VOTD: ‘Ready Player One’ Music Video Goes on a Nostalgic 16-Bit Easter Egg Hunt

There are less than three weeks until Ready Player One brings Ernest Cline‘s nostalgic pop culture mash-up to the big screen, courtesy of director Steven Spielberg. The movie had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival last night, and for all the fans of the book who can’t wait to see the […]

The Morning Watch: Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS Console Deconstructed, ‘The Last Jedi’ 16-Bit Battle & More

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch the TARDIS console from Peter Capaldi’s tenure […]

21 years later, original developer works to fix 16-bit Sonic

The announcement video for Jon Burt’s Sonic 3D Blast: Director’s Cut At this point, retro-game lovers are well used to fan-made “hacks” of classic titles that can do anything from adding modern players to Tecmo Bowl to adding an egg-throwing Yoshi to Sonic the Hedgehog 2. What we can’t recall seeing before, though, is the […]

‘The Mummy’ Gets a 16-Bit Video Game Tie-In and It Looks Better Than the Movie

There was a time when video game tie-ins for major blockbusters were a foregone conclusion. Sadly, after too many video game companies and movie studios phoned in poor video game adaptations of movies, they’ve gone by the wayside and are mostly a thing of the past. But now a new video game tie-in has come […]

‘The Last Night’ is a stunning take on 16-bit games for the 4K generation

Indie darling The Last Night stepped onto the big stage this week at E3. The game was announced as an Xbox exclusive during the same event that Microsoft officially revealed its powerful new 4K console: the Xbox One X. After those proceedings, we sat down with Odd Tales’ Tim Soret for an update on the […]

Even Director Rian Johnson Loves This 16-Bit Video Game Version of The Last Jedi Trailer

GIF Oh, Luke, telling the world the Jedi are finished doesn’t feel quite as dramatic when it’s via text bubble. With both Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Battlefront II on the horizon, one fan has started the 8-bit (technically 16-bit) parody trailer wagon rolling… and he’s got the approval of TLJ’s director himself. Advertisement […]