Retro News

Another ZX Spectrum game worth checking out is the recent release of Jtpl’s fast-paced first-person action game for the classic ZX Spectrum 48K called ‘World of Spells’. A game that the creator says “you can watch in amazement as our silly rubber wonder pumps out a Wolfenstein 3D-like, full 360 freedom of movement action, with…

Paves the way for native ports to other platforms. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has been decompiled to its source code, as highlighted by Video Game Esoterica. Decompilation is the process of translating an executable file back into high-level source code, and it paves the way for recompiled, native ports to other systems –…

Retroid is the first to feel the pinch. In case you missed it, AI is apparently the big new thing in tech – despite not actually delivering much of worth so far, outside of deep fake scams, high energy bills, terrible adverts, poisoned water and some insanely bad hallucinations. The tech world remains utterly obsessed…

1991 action platformer gets a lick of paint. Game Boy homebrew developer Marc Max / marc_robledo has announced that Ninja Gaiden Shadow will be benefiting from a ‘DX’ update (thanks, Metal Game Solid). The news was shared on social media with an image of the colourised title screen, and the developer has since shared a…

Prototype dates back to April 1993. If you cast your mind back to the ’90s, fighting games were all the rage thanks to the success of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. While those two franchises have endured over the decades since, history is littered with also-rans which have been largely forgotten by the mainstream –…

“One too many hits on your rider or bike may end your race”. Out of all the classic ’90s racing franchises that never managed to stick around, Road Rash’s absence from modern-day release schedules is perhaps the most disappointing. Combining racing with hand-to-hand combat, Road Rash was a smash hit on Genesis / Mega Drive,…

1996 game finally gets localised. While the PS1 was blessed with a flood of excellent RPGs, Sega’s Saturn had a more modest (but still excellent) selection to call upon. Not every one was a stone-cold classic, but each is interesting in its own way – and many of them sadly never made it out of…

The eternal question. The term “Metroidvania” has become a fixed part of video game lexicon these days, thanks to an explosion in the number of titles that have adopted the signature format of huge, non-linear levels, RPG elements and gear-gated progress. As the name suggests, Metroidvania titles are a fusion of concepts from Metroid (specifically…

And preserve your save data, too. The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA-based handheld which allows you to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges – as well as Lynx, PC Engine, Neo Geo Pocket and Game Gear titles, provided you have the correct adapter. Thanks to Analogue’s OpenFPGA system, you can…