Retro Gaming News
“It’s time for a ‘big tech’ company to do better”. A short while ago, Commodore International CEO Christian Simpson said that the revived company cannot survive on nostalgia alone, but its next hardware launch has proven he wasn’t being entirely truthful. Commodore has just announced the Callback 8020, a flip phone which calls to mind…
“I am a mole and I’m digging a hole…”. A brand-new NES/Famicom game has just been released physically via the Homebrew Factory; Broke Studio announced earlier today. Diggy Diggy Mole is pitched as “a new Metroid-like platformer for the NES” and stars a mole with a pickaxe embedded in his skull, who must go out…
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. brings out a classic out of his archive and chats with “West of Loathing” developer Zack Johnson to get the skinny on the nifty western RPG that actually plays a bit like “Skyrim.” Old School Gamer: What inspired this game? Zack Johnson: I’ve always felt like the Wild West…
“As I worked on it, I wanted to write something more complex”. The former Namco composer Asuka Sakai has recently revealed how her work on the Klonoa sequel, Lunatea’s Veil, helped her open up after her experiences on R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. The composer spoke about the subject in an interview with the “hidden…
The Tokyo game store reopened in a new location earlier this month. Last month, you may remember us telling you about the video game store Beep Akihabara being forced to relocate from its original location after its building was scheduled for demolition. Well, since then, it seems the company has thankfully found another base of…
Can I get a “Guh Huh’? It seems like only yesterday that Mr Wiseguy released his Recompiled PC port of Banjo-Kazooie, bringing a bunch of additional features, including high-frame-rate support, widescreen and ultra-wide-screen options, and limited mod support. But it already appears that we’re getting another native PC port based on the N64 classic. This…
“Discovered a few months ago inside a brand-new Control Deck NES console bundle”. A sealed and rare copy of Super Mario Bros. on the NES has just sold at auction for a staggering $3 million. As reported by IGN and highlighted on social media by Chris Kohler, this ‘Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 9.6 A++’ grade…
“AI translation can still get things wrong”. Just like the Babel Fish of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, AI translation tools have brought down the barriers of communication online, with social media sites like Twitter even automatically translating tweets into your native tongue. It’s little wonder, then, that sections of the fan translation community…
It is impossible to deny the impact Super Mario Bros had on the gaming landscape when it was released on the original NES, especially on scrolling platform games. For gamers, it set a standard to expect from new platforming games released afterward. For gaming companies, it gave them something to aspire to, to be the…
The MSX Japanese home computer system is largely unfamiliar to US audiences, and mayeven fly under the radar of many retro gaming enthusiasts. Elsewhere, it’s a different story. While unsurprisingly commonplace in its native country and in its neighbor South Korea, the MSX also found footing in South American and European territories. Of the MSX’s…