Retro Gaming News
Micro but mighty? I recently took a trip with my family down to London, and, given that we were intentionally travelling super-light, I decided to take the smallest portable console in my arsenal: the Game Boy Micro. Released around the same time as the Nintendo DS, the Micro was billed as the ultimate evolution of…
Blink-and-you’ll-miss-it! Yesterday marked the debut of the first-ever Pixel Arcadia showcase, bringing with it a ton of exciting retro announcements. There was the return of Quintet’s SNES RPG Terranigma, the reveal of Commodore’s Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection, and the unveiling of a new entry in Jaleco’s Ninja JajaMaru series, as well as the announcement…
“Authorized by original developer Matthew Smith”. BBG Entertainment is relaunching Manic Miner, the classic 1983 platformer created by Matthew Smith. Billed as a “faithful, pixel-perfect recreation of the classic”, this new version is coming to PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and Mac. It will include all 20 original levels, and the ability to toggle between “classic…
Get out the Birthday cake! Hamster Corporation, the company behind Arcade Archives, has revealed that the next Console Archives title coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 will be the NES version of the Taito arcade classic Bubble Bobble. Designed by Japanese developer Fukio Mitsuji, Bubble Bobble was originally released in arcades in 1986, where…
Spoilers obviously! If you’re hoping to go into Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse without knowing every little thing about it, then consider this your final opportunity to click away. Yesterday, Konami officially revealed the voice cast for the upcoming entry in the Castlevania series in a new promotional video, and it looks like fans of the Netflix…
“I hope our magazine has remained a trusted and entertaining place”. Game Informer, one of the last major game magazines, is preparing to celebrate 35 years in print next month, with a special anniversary issue, it’s been revealed. Initially beginning as a quarterly magazine from the retailer Funco, Inc, the very first issue of Game…
“I know AI in gaming is a sensitive, highly controversial topic right now”. Tetsu Okano, the director of Dreamcast RPG simulation game Segagaga, has decided to go all-in on GenAI for his next project: the Steam run ‘n’ gun shooter HIJURA SCARLET GEAR. As you’ll no doubt know if you’ve been reading this website over…
“I shake, I get headaches…”. Roger Holler, a Washington Nintendo fan, is currently experiencing every video game collector’s worst nightmare after his prized collection of NES games worth “tens of thousands of dollars” was stolen. The collection, according to the report from KCENNews (spotted via GoNintendo) was believed to have contained over 850+ NES games,…
“The first title to be announced by Commodore as a publisher in their new era”. A new collection which brings together six titles in Team17’s iconic Alien Breed series has just been revealed during the Pixel Arcadia showcase, and it’s being published by Commodore International. Antstream is handling development, the same company behind its subscription-based…
Coming to PC, Switch 2 and PS5. Jaleco’s Ninja JajaMaru is getting another taste of fame thanks to a new release on PC, Switch 2 and PS5. As revealed during today’s Pixel Arcadia show, Ninja JajaMaru – Yokai Night Parade is described as “a groovy new adventure” in which players will have to “hack and…