Retro Gaming News
That’s according to its creators. Sierra’s classic adventure series King’s Quest has officially turned 40, according to its creators Roberta and Ken Williams. The series that primarily focused on the adventures of King Graham and his family in the land of Daventry got its start on the IBM PCjr back in 1984 with the original…
The early ‘90s were a different time for Sports games than today. Back then, you didn’t need a license of a professional sports league to sell copies. You just needed to create something fun to play- and different. As a result, the market was flooded with sports titles, ranging in quality from amazing to downright…
“I should be in a position to release the code into the public domain”. When Nintendo launched the DS alongside a port of Super Mario 64, it felt like witchcraft to a great many people, even though the game itself was almost a decade old by that point. Having one of the most seminal and…
Lava FC makes use of open-source RGB project. A new NES clone has appeared online which offers RGB and HDMI right out of the box. The ‘Lava FC’ is currently available on AliExpress for £240 and runs physical Famicom cartridges. Read the full article on timeextension.com Lava FC makes use of open-source RGB project. A…
A demo has just been released for Steam. A Steam demo was released yesterday for the next PC game from the developers Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka — the creators of Anodyne, Anodyne 2, Even the Ocean, and Sephonie. Angeline Era is a 3D homage to classic action role-playing games like Ys & Hydlide and…
“Is this a wind-up?”. Earlier today, UK outlet The Guardian published its ranked list of the best UK video game magazines, an event which has caused a fair amount of activity online as disgruntled 40-somethings seek to furiously complain that their favourite childhood mag didn’t get a higher placing. However, one reaction to the list…
Orchestrated OST! Remixed monsters! New items! New dungeons! Enix’s Dragon Quest is one of the most important JRPGs ever made and can be credited (alongside Final Fantasy) with turning the genre into the huge commercial proposition it is in Japan today. However, given that the game’s Western release – under the title Dragon Warrior –…
Coming Spring 2025 to PS4, PS5, and Switch. Earlier today, the retailer/video game distributor Beep announced on social media that it will be making a follow-up to 2021’s Cotton Reboot! called Cotton Reboot! High Tension! According to the game’s website, it will be a side-scrolling shooter similar to its predecessor and is planned to be…
“After 30 Years…”. Sales figures, as we all know, are often used as the ultimate metric for judging the success or failure of a particular piece of gaming hardware, and no console sums this up better than the Sega Saturn. Released in 1994 after Sega had successfully challenged the seemingly unstoppable Nintendo with its Mega…
“Here are, arguably, the 15 (ish) best”. UK media outlet The Guardian has ranked the 15 best UK video game magazines of all time, and Future’s long-running EDGE has come out on top. Penned by acclaimed journalist and author Keith Stuart – who has actually written for several of the publications in the list –…