Retro Gaming News
Karthik Bala runs us through his early years in gaming. Karthik Bala originally got his start in gaming all the way back in the early ’90s, while still a teenager attending high school. As the story goes, he and his younger brother, Guha, were huge fans of the company, Access Software and their Tex Murphy…
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It didn’t take us long to fall head over heels for Gun Nose, the upcoming robot mystery game from experienced pixel artist Addy Valentine; in fact, we’d argue it was pretty much love at first sight. The new “top-down action-mystery game” pretty much blew us away when it was announced earlier…
Hayaku! Island of Darkness is getting a prequel. It’s been a long time since we last checked in on Hayaku! Island of Darkness, the excellent-looking NES-inspired Steam game from the Argentine developer Pizia Studios — almost three years, in fact. And it looks like the project has made some incredible progress since then, judging by…
Gone but not forgotten. In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of physical video game retail – as in, games sold in boxes in brick-and-mortar stores – is on its knees at the moment, especially in the UK, where Time Extension is based. The country’s final specialist video game retailer, GAME, has just entered administration…
Launched in Japan back in 2021, and in North America in 2024. M2’s Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli has finally been given a North American release on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, after launching in Japan back in 2021. The digital release includes Kyukyoku Tiger / Twin Cobra and Tiger-Heli. Puzzle title Teki-Paki is also…
We hope you like cyan and magenta. If you happen to have a special place in your heart for dungeon exploring, card-based mechanics, and CGA graphics, then you might want to keep an eye on Keepers of Vyrellia — the upcoming retro-themed deckbuilder from Argentine indie developer Ghost Pixel. Pitched to players as a “retro…
Titter. Remember the GameMT EX5, an emulation handheld which came with a performance dial on its front? Well, the company is back with another similarly-equipped device, but this time it has the kind of name that’s really going to make people sit up and take notice. Read the full article on timeextension.com Titter. Remember the…
Throughout 2024 I’ve been keeping you up to date about Golden Code’s awesome looking Danmaku shooter of ‘MEGA MILV’. A game that doesn’t just feature decent graphics, but more bullets and lasers than you can handle all running on a stock A1200 or above. As in the words of the creator “Real bullet hell on…
‘Zion: Advanced Mission’ releases in Japan next month. If you’ve been itching for a new game to play on your Game Boy Advance, then we have some exciting news to share. As recently spotted by Chronomoogle on BlueSky, it appears that Fore Stone’s long-awaited Game Boy Advance homebrew shoot ’em up, Zion Advanced Mission, is…
“The Earthion game ROM is now finalized”. Earthion was one of 2025’s best shmups, bringing Mega Drive / Genesis-level presentation to modern-day platforms – but the proposed 16-bit edition still hasn’t been released (well, not officially, at least). Thankfully, Yuzo Koshiro has confirmed that we won’t have to wait much longer, as the Mega Drive…