Featuring designs based on Sonic the Hedgehog’s original concept art. A group of Sonic fans is working on producing a 32-bit-inspired fanmade prequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the PC. Sonic Overture ’95 features scrapped characters and designs from the original Sonic including an earlier take on Dr. Robotnik, unused enemies seen in…
Talkin’ ’bout my (new) generation. Konami’s 16-bit classic Castlevania: Bloodlines is now 30 years old. The game launched in North America on March 17th 1994, and in Japan a day later, on the 18th. The European release – which would be retitled Castlevania: The New Generation – took place on March 25th. Read the full…
The Lee family is reuniting once again to rid the streets of crime as Billy and Jimmy Lee’s cousin, Sonny Lee, is joining Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons on April 4. An unconventional fighter, Sonny thrashes his enemies with a flurry of punches and kicks to prove he’s just as powerful as his…
Scanner is needed to preserve video game magazines. The Japanese Game Preservation Society is selling off duplicate items from its inventory in order to raise the money required to purchase the flatbed scanner needed to electronically archive magazines and game packaging. The non-profit organization has already sold a rare sealed copy of Popful Mail on…
Isn’t the future amazing? The relentless march of technology means that it’s now possible to make the Nintendo 3DS portable! Erm, hang on, that doesn’t sound right, does it? But yes, it is. There’s now a mod which allows you to add a second screen to Valve’s Steam Deck and transform it into a much…
She also worked in the fields of manga and anime during her career. Japanese illustrator, animator and character designer Mutsumi Inomata passed away on March 10th, we’re sad to report. Inomata enjoyed a long and fruitful career in the worlds of manga and animation, helping to establish Kaname Productions in 1982. She went freelance in…
Now working together on two unannounced projects. Reef Creative Group, the owners of the Terminator: Resistance publisher Reef Entertainment, has revealed that it has acquired a 70% stake in the UK developer Bitmap Bureau. Just in case you need a quick refresher on who Bitmap Bureau is, it is a Southampton-based company that was founded…
“This is a real hardware recording”. Kaze Emanuar – a modder who has spent the past few years learning the complexities of N64 development in order to push it to its limits – has just shown off footage of Super Mario Sunshine running via his powerful SM64 engine on the 64-bit console. Yes, you read…
“Utilise the potential of the commercially unused NES Expansion Port”. During the ’80s and early ’90s, it wasn’t unusual for console makers to equip their machines with expansion ports. With an eye on future developments, these ports (in theory) would allow accessories and bolt-on devices to augment the power of the base system; with the…
This week we look back an interview I did with Patrick Hickey, Jr. on October 17th, 2019. Since 2019, Patrick has done so many incredible things with his retro gaming books and his newest adventure, the comic book genre. All of his published books can be seen at http://patrickhickeyjr.com/ and to see his comic books, click Legacy Comics….