Retro Gaming News
“A year or two too late to ride the Vampire Survivors trend”. The latest Metal Slug title has just been revealed, and it’s fair to say that it hasn’t found a lot of favour with hardware fans of the series, which turns 30 this year. Metal Slug Rush is a mobile game developed by Ring…
Enix’s Dragon Quest is one of the most important Japanese RPGs, as it establishes many of the genre conventions that are used to this day. But it certainly wasn’t the first of its type, as Japanese gamers had been experimenting with their own ideas on computers. Before getting into its history, it’s important to define…
“It seems like some hardware-related problem”. Everdrive maker Krikzz has highlighted an issue with newer variants of Analogue’s popular Pocket handheld which means Everdrive flash carts do not function properly. Flagging a forum post by Analogue Pocket owner elfricko, Krikzz notes that “when the system writes to a file, it reads the sector containing the…
J.Mikami enters “the bullring”. Relevo, the independent developer behind the long-awaited Neo Geo-inspired “future sports” game Bullfighter: Neon, has revealed it has enlisted the help of the former SNK pixel artist J.Mikami. Bullfighter: Neon is a game we’ve covered on the site before and has already been in development for several years at the point…
8900 XP Gained. If you ever played the original Wizardry, regardless of whether that’s the Apple II version or the Digital Eclipse remake, you’ve likely heard about the enemy Murphy’s Ghost at one point or another. Residing in a hidden alcove on a hidden part of the first floor of the dungeon below Trebor’s castle,…
AI was used “across almost every part of the business”. The last few years haven’t exactly been great for arcade operators, with more and more locations having to close their doors due to a combination of factors, including high costs and decreasing footfall. But amid this bad news, there are also some notable exceptions, with…
What’s good for the Geese? It was recently announced that SNK’s Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting video game series are being adapted into movies, webtoons and animation by a company called The Arena (previously known as Arena SNK). First up, the live-action movies Geese and Fatal Fury are on the horizon. The former will…
“It’s a huge honour for us”. If you live outside of South Korea, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the Sango Fighter series. Developed by Taiwanese company Panda Entertainment, it took the kind of one-on-one combat seen in titles like Samurai Shodown and Street Fighter and set it in the context of China’s…
“They realised they added nothing but owning the license”. Released back in 1996, it’s easy to see why Crash Bandicoot became such a hit. Positioned by Sony as a mascot character for its 32-bit PlayStation, Crash had the look and attitude to go toe-to-toe with Sonic and Mario. It’s little wonder, then, that his debut…
One such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ‘ Wonder Boy ‘ designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. A game which started its life as a skateboarding rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the adventure platformer with RPG elements Wonderboy in Monsterland. And it’s the original Wonderboy which is getting an…