Retro Gaming News
Cast your vote. The Strong Museum of Play has announced the games which could potentially be submitted to the World Video Game Hall of Fame. 12 games have been selected for potential inclusion. “The three games that receive the most public votes will be submitted on one ballot and will join the other top-three submissions…
…as long as you’re ok with a bit of modding, that is. Ukrainian developer Anton Artemov has given Game Boy Camera fans a new way to preserve their images via a special adapter which enables connectivity with modern-day smartphones. As spotted by Retro Dodo, Artemov’s adapter, based on the pico-gb-printer repo, allows a Raspberry Pi…
The first release for Jaleco’s nightmarish cancelled shmup. Psikyo’s excellent arcade output has found a second life on modern-day systems, one of which is the Polymega, which has already played host to Strikers 1945 and Gunbird-flavoured packs. A third collection pays tribute to Psikyo’s other big franchise, Sengoku Blade / Tengai, famous for its historical…
This Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 11am – 5pm, Gamespace is pleased to present Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) by renowned game designer Lucas Pope as part of the multi-site exhibition titled The Plot Thickens: Storytelling in Gaming. In this striking monochrome detective game, you assume the role of an insurance investigator for the East India…
‘Kohakuiro no Yuigon’ & ‘Advanced Lord Monach’ are coming to Switch. D4 Enterprise, the company behind EGGCONSOLE, has officially revealed the next two titles in its ongoing series of retro reissues for the Nintendo Switch. This week’s title, according to the announcement, will be the PC-8801 version of River Hill Soft’s 1988 adventure game Kohakuiro…
It’s a kinda magic. Back in March of last year, I was fortunate enough to review the AYANEO 3, a Windows-based handheld gaming system which cost almost $2,000 in its top-spec version. Powered by cutting-edge AMD Ryzen chips capable of running AAA games with ease and boasting a pin-sharp OLED screen, the AYANEO 3 supplanted…
“The OLDEST known existing Nintendo Playstation hardware artifact”. Once upon a time, Nintendo and Sony were such close buddies that they decided to create a console together – the legendary Nintendo Play Station (or “PlayStation” if you prefer). As we all know, the arrangement was short-lived and Nintendo backed out of the deal, leaving Sony…
“2.4G wireless, virtual memory cards, accelerometer & gyro”. 8BitMods has already done some amazing work upgrading the Sega Dreamcast for a new era with the superb VMU Pro, but the company is back with another pair of products that aim to further improve the console. First up is the BitLink Dongle, which, according to 8BitMods,…
GBC gets a ‘demake’ of the infamous mobile phone entry. Released on Java-based phones back in 2007, Castlevania: Order of Shadows is considered the black sheep of the franchise’s wider lineage, and with good reason – like many mobile games from the era before smartphones, it suffered from poor visuals and ropey controls. In fact,…
PPSSPP Version 1.20 out now! Adds portrait mode, new game fixes, & more. A new version of PPSSPP has been released, bringing some great new improvements to everyone’s favourite PSP emulator. Version 1.20 started rolling out to users yesterday and introduces a bunch of cool new features, including proper portrait mode support for iOS (in…