Retro Gaming News
A crushing disappointment? Like many other import-savvy Mega Drive owners back in the early ’90s, I was completely addicted to Devil Crash MD (also known as Devil’s Crush and Dragon’s Fury). A gloriously demonic take on pinball, it became so influential that it would inspire the equally wonderful Demon’s Tilt in more recent times, while…
Atari and Digital Eclipse are excited to announce that physical editions for The Disney Afternoon Collection are now available for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 for $29.99 USD. Fans can purchase physical copies – featuring game cartridge, sticker sheets, postcards, milk caps and a reversible cover – on Atari.com and the Nintendo Store today….
Doom dominated unlike any other PC game before it. Developed by id Software, this seminal first-person shooter defined the genre from that point forward, and any competitors to come in the years after were simply labeled as “Doom clones”. A technical marvel and true feat of game design, Doom tasked you with dashing through a…
From one 8-bit to another. Homebrew developer Dave18 / Dave Douglas – the same talented fellow who ported the Master System title Astro Warrior to the ZX Spectrum Next – has done the same trick with the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog. While it’s very much a work in progress, the beta version remains…
“I know another name for the boy wearing a rooster suit”. Sega-16 recently sat down with former Sega marketing executive Mike Fischer, and the resulting interview covers a big chunk of his amazing career in video games, which includes two stints at Sega and time at Microsoft and Namco. We’ve already covered Fischer’s comments on…
“He just was so malignant in trying to rewrite history”. Former Sega of America Vice President of Entertainment Marketing Mike Fischer has given a new interview to Sega-16, and one of the topics that comes up often is Yuji Naka. Fischer doesn’t have a lot of particularly pleasant stuff to say about the former Sonic…
Shareholders vote for ‘re-domiciliation’ from France to Luxembourg. Atari Group CEO Wade Rosen and original founder Nolan Bushnell Atari’s shareholders have approved to redomicile the company from France to Luxembourg. Read the full article on timeextension.com Shareholders vote for ‘re-domiciliation’ from France to Luxembourg. Atari Group CEO Wade Rosen and original founder Nolan Bushnell Atari’s…
“No generative AI was used at any stage”. A Vanillaware veteran is about to release a new game on Steam featuring over 300 hand-drawn illustrations created over the course of six years (thanks, @STGshmups). Yoshio Nishimura has enjoyed a 30-year career as a background artist, with credits such as Monster Hunter, Odin Sphere, Dragon’s Crown,…
The MSX home computer library continues to grow with the release of a high-quality, dedicated port of Namco’s arcade classic, Super Pac-Man. Developed by Mastropiero, this new version offers fans a definitive way to experience the 1982 sequel on the MSX. While the project uses the Casio PV-2000 title Mr. Packn as its technical base, it…
“It’s my wits against the person who’s going to be playing it”. We’ve recently witnessed the arrival of the excellent Head Over Heels sequel Return to Blacktooth, a title which has taken its developer, Colin Porch, 37 years to complete. Porch has been speaking to British television network ITV about how the project was revived,…