Retro Gaming News
Are you a bad enough dude to bring it to Sega? Look, Data East’s Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja isn’t a great game – we all know it. However, it seems to have had a disproportionate impact on the world of video games thanks to its cool premise, amusing dialogue with “President Ronnie”, and the…
‘Michigan: Report from Hell’ first released in Japan back in 2004. Speaking to VGC recently, for a yet-to-be-published interview, the Japanese video game creator Goichi Suda (aka: Suda51) shared that he was interested in revisiting Michigan: Report from Hell, a little-known PS2 title from Grasshopper’s early days. Originally launched back in 2004 in Japan, the…
The MSX shooter is about to gets its console debut. If you are interested at all in the history of MSX shoot ’em ups, next week’s EGGCONSOLE title for the Nintendo Switch, Super Laydock Mission Striker, might be of some interest to you. Released in 1987, the vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from the Hydlide developer…
Camels most certainly included. Jeff Minter is a genuinely remarkable developer. Famous for his twitch gameplay and love of camels, Minter has somehow managed to carve out a niche in what has become an increasingly volatile and unpredictable industry, working with the likes of Atari and Xbox along the way but never losing sight of…
He was 75 years old. The actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, best known for his role as Shang Tsung in the Mortal Kombat franchise, has passed away aged 75 due to complications from a stroke (as confirmed yesterday by the Hollywood Reporter). Originally born in Tokyo, Tagawa would live in various places across the US during his…
“A rare opportunity to secure a historically important piece of Sega’s arcade lineage”. A super-rare version of the SegaSonic the Hedgehog arcade machine is going under the hammer at UK auction house Ewbank’s, and it could fetch as much as £40,000 / $53,000. The SegaSonic the Hedgehog Multi Cabinet Swing was originally housed in Sega…
Discover the Best Games That Pay and Turn Your Downtime Into Real Earnings Play and Get Paid There’s something oddly comforting about scrolling through game lists at midnight, wondering which ones are legit, which ones are scams, and which ones might actually put a little extra cash in your pocket. Most people want the same…
Boost Reflexes, Sharpen Focus, and React Faster With Proven Techniques for Peak Gaming Performance All of a Sudden, Victory is Yours In gaming, everything is decided by milliseconds. If you’re trying to flick to a headshot in an FPS, keep pace with a lightning-fast combo in a fighting game, or nail the perfect braking point on…
Online betting has undergone many changes over the last decade, moving from using traditional payment methods to the new cryptocurrency options. People who bet on sports online are now using digital wallets more and more—but is this change a good one? Does it make sense for you to use Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency when betting…
‘Sherwood’ is the new game from Psytronik Software and Griffinsoft. If you’ve been itching for a new platformer to play on your Commodore 64, then you’re in luck. Psytronik Software and Griffinsoft, the team behind the swashbuckling action-adventure game Musketeer, have recently got together to release another promising new title for the 1980s computer —…