Retro Gaming News
Arcade cabinets used to be everywhere—lining the walls of game rooms, bowling alleys, and pizza shops, patiently waiting for someone to drop in a quarter. These days, you’re just as likely to find them lighting up the corner of a retro bar or tucked into a modern arcade revival—if they’re working at all. What used…
From Windows Classics to Online Hits: The Evolution of FreeCell and Solitaire A hidden deck of cards lived inside every Windows PC. No installation. No extra cost. Today, millions still play Solitaire online during their work breaks. One of the best platforms to play Solitaire online is PlaySolitaire.game. Other players play FreeCell online to test…
Legacy carts could be put back into production, hints Blaze CEO. The Evercade ecosystem is one of the most appealing of any in the modern retro-gaming space, thanks to its wide-ranging selection of cartridges, each packed with classic titles. However, Evercade maker Blaze has to deal with the realities of physical distribution and software licensing,…
Update: Tito at Macho Nacho Productions shows off this amazing mod. The Kawaii is making amazing progress, with physical prototypes now showing up online. “The ninjas can’t stop this portablizer,” says YveltalGriffin. “I received the anodized aluminum prototype shells from @Ding earlier this month. In person, they actually look better than the renders.” Read the…
A hidden deck of cards lived inside every Windows PC. No installation. No extra cost. Today, millions still play Solitaire online during their work breaks. One of the best platforms to play Solitaire online is PlaySolitaire.game. Other players play FreeCell online to test their logic. These classic Windows games began as humble desktop features. They…
Slot sequels follow a familiar pattern: preserve the theme, keep the recognizable rhythm, and revise the parts that shape play most directly. The best follow-ups do more than swap artwork or rename a bonus round. They alter how often features arrive, where value sits in the game, and how the session feels from the first…
“Will you be the Miracle Boy you’ve been waiting for?”. SamSoft’s Wonder Boy-inspired Miracle Boy in Dragon Land is now available to download for 15.00€. Described by the modern-day version of Zzap! as “a true masterpiece”, this homebrew ST title is heavily influenced by Wonder Boy in Monster World / Wonder Boy V: Monster World…
It’s very early days, though. The decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap has finally yielded a playable PC port, thanks to the efforts of 999sian. Before you get too excited, it’s worth pointing out that this isn’t finished and there are bugs present; the developer notes that “rendering and gameplay paths are…
Eight-player explosive action lives again! When the Dreamcast was put out to pasture at the dawn of the 2000s, it predictably meant that one of its key selling points – online play – was disabled as well. Thankfully, in recent years, we’ve seen the community step in to take Dreamcast games online once more –…
“It got ridiculously complicated”. A while back, we reported on Joshua Barretto‘s efforts to replicate Super Mario 64 on the humble Game Boy Advance – and that project has now inspired a second attempt to bring the game to the handheld. Fellow modder Brendan Tobias Friedly (AKA Game of Tobi) has published a video showcasing…