Retro Gaming News
A 10-year study throws up some worrying results. If you own a system like the Dreamcast, SNES or NES, then you’ll be aware of the fact that older consoles with white plastic shells begin to yellow over time. This is because fire-retardant chemicals are present in the plastic, and as these oxidise over time, the…
Ys Net is considering taking “legal action” against its creator. Last week, a YouTube video surfaced under the title “Shenmue IV announcement leaked?“, sparking a ton of discussion about whether YSNet was potentially working on a follow-up to Shenmue 3. The video has been widely shared across several news sites over the last few days,…
On December 5th, Manall Lockhart released the final update to her Manall’s Final Fantasy project, bringing it up to version 3.5. The modification for the first Final Fantasy game for the NES has been an ongoing project since 2017. While far from the only Final Fantasy mod, Manall’s Final Fantasy has been noteworthy for the…
It’s the holiday season, which means it is time to sit down and watch The Star Wars Holiday Special. It has become something of a cult classic since its one and only airing forty years ago. This made for TV masterpiece told the story of Chewbacca, his wife Mallatobuck (Malla) and his son Lumpawaroo (Lumpy)….
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If you’re a fan of Persona and our friends at Atlus, we have EXCELLENT news: Our fan-favorite Megamix records are BACK IN STOCK, and so is the highly-requested PERSONA 5 4xLP BOX SET! Don’t wait! All these items are in-stock and shipping now, so quantities are limited! Click the links below and start stuffing your stocking. LIVE…
Christmas is a magical time for gamers, and for retro fans it always brings back memories of large boxes under the Christmas tree, gaming treats ready to be unwrapped on a chilly December morning. We’ve all got special Christmas gaming memories – to celebrate this year, we at Antstream Arcade are again sharing our nostalgic…
There’s something magical about firing up an old NES cartridge. That familiar beep, the pixelated graphics that somehow look better than you remember – it’s pure nostalgia fuel. Old School Gamer Magazine gets this completely, and they’ve been documenting why retro gaming isn’t just a fad that’ll fade away. I’ve been reading their work for…
Coming 2026. New Blood Interactive’s Dungeons of Dusk wasn’t only the promising game announcement to come out of last night’s PC Gaming Show, with Freshly Baked Games and Future Friends Games also revealing an exciting new retro-inspired action-RPG, which is set to come to Steam next year. Queen’s Domain, as you might have guessed from…
‘Dungeons of Dusk’ is coming next year. At last night’s PC Gaming Show, New Blood Interactive announced that its modern FPS classic Dusk will be getting an RPG spin-off next year, in 2026. Dungeons of Dusk is described as a “classic turn-based dungeon crawling RPG that takes place canonically between the episodes of the cult…