Retro Gaming News
Following the passing of Murayama, we look at one of his most famous games. With the recent passing of Yoshitaka Murayama, the world has been robbed of a creative visionary. Friends and family have lost a loved one; fans of his work have lost an auteur they could trust; a younger generation of developers have…
Retro Gaming Expo, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based 501(c)4 non-profit cooperative organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through he presentation of events and conventions that celebrate the historic contribution video games have made and continue to make in popular culture. The person behind this amazing conference is…
Also includes a bonus “Music From Rocket Knight Adventures” CD. Konami has announced that it will be bringing out a 10-CD box set featuring the music of several Contra games in Japan, with pre-orders available now on Konami’s online store Konami Style (you’ll need a VPN to access the site). The 10-CD release will feature…
Opened its doors in 1963. We’re all aware that retro gaming is big business, but in Japan, it’s keeping a 61-year-old amusement centre open thanks to its ability to attract a steady stream of customers, both old and new. A news report by NHK World Japan (you’ll have to click the link, as the uploader…
Coming 2024. If you’ve been following the site for a while, you may be aware of our previous coverage of the ROM hacker/porting expert Infidelity, who has made a name for himself by porting NES titles to the SNES with a bunch of exciting quality-of-life features as well as MSU-1 enhanced audio. In the past,…
Ninja Five-O was originally released back in 2003. Yesterday, the video game publisher Limited Run Games revealed at IGN FanFest that it is planning to bring the rare and highly sought-after Game Boy Advance title Ninja Five-O (otherwise known as Ninja Cop) to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5. The game was originally developed by…
From G-Mode no less! As is always the case with Nintendo Directs, there were a couple of announcements made in the Japanese version of the broadcast that were missing from those shown in other regions. While many will likely be most excited about the news that Mother 3 has been announced as coming to the…
Memory lane. When the first official images of the Saturn appeared around 1994, one aspect of the console’s design caught the attention of some people: the cartridge slot. It led some to assume that the machine would be backwards compatible with the Mega Drive, or that it would support both CDs and cartridge-based Saturn software….
Which one will you be playing first? As part of today’s Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, Nintendo announced that 5 classic Rare games have just been added to the Nintendo Switch Online service. These titles include two NES titles (R.C. Pro-Am & Snake Rattle ‘N’ Roll), two SNES games (Battletoads in Battlemaniacs & Killer Instinct), and…
The VHS-based game system was released in 1989. The View-Master Interactive Vision is a system that we’re guessing not a lot of our readers will be aware of. It was introduced in 1988 by the toy company View-Master Ideal Group and used technology originally created by a New York technology manufacturer named ACTV to provide…