Retro Gaming News
“There was no such word as ‘localisation.’ They were just calling it ‘text translation.’”. If you happened to play a lot of Capcom games in the ’90s and early 2000s, there’s a high probability you may have seen Takuya “Tom” Shiraiwa’s name scroll across your screen at some point in the past. Though we’re willing…
Includes “tons of fixes and polish”. The 8BitMods VMU Pro is one of the best accessories we’ve seen released for the Dreamcast in a while, and it has just been blessed with what the company is calling its “biggest update yet.” VMU Pro OS v2.0.4 finally enables the VMUPro Store, which allows you to download…
“Please continue to support me”. The Castlevania series is home to some of the greatest video game music ever composed, and many of the franchise’s aural highlights can be attributed to Michiru Yamane. Yamane joined the series for the Mega Drive / Genesis title Castlevania: Bloodlines, but her crowning glory is arguably the amazing soundtrack…
“We were completely enamoured by One More Win”. Veteran game developer and journalist Andy Roberts has just launched Rocket Books, a new independent UK publishing house specialising in video game-related publications – and the company’s first release will be of particular interest to Ridge Racer fans. It’s reprinting the utterly superb One More Win (which…
“You cheated not only the game, but yourself”. Super Smash Bros. just got a native PC port, but the news hasn’t gone over all that well with many members of the retro community, thanks to the tools used to achieve it. TheWizWiki has been very open and transparent that the port is “100% Al-generated” and…
‘Beep Akihabara’ is getting ready to move to an undisclosed location. The popular game store Beep Akihabara is being forced to move this month because the building it has been based in for the past 10 years is scheduled for demolition. If you’ve been lucky enough in the past to visit Tokyo, Japan, in the…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with GRIDbeat! Creative Director Dan Kingdom, who discusses the process to make the game a reality and what it is like to work with Acclaim. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was GRIDbeat! born? Dan Kingdom: GRIDbeat! grew out of a very simple idea I had early in the pandemic. At…
In a exciting development for retro gaming enthusiasts, developer swapd0 who recently released the Atari Jaguar game called BurgerTom, has now unofficially released Classic Kong for the Atari Jaguar. This new homebrew project brings a faithful reimagining of the legendary Donkey Kong arcade experience to Atari’s 64-bit powerhouse, offering a polished way to experience a piece…
“Did the staff actually play these or what?”. Sega isn’t a company you could ever accuse of ignoring its past, and, despite a few bumps in the road (the most recent being the de-listing of many retro games from digital stores for no obvious reason), the Japanese veteran has always made sure its long-standing fans…
He died earlier this month. Yosuke Tamori, the creator of the PopoloCrois series, has passed away. He was aged 74. The news of his death was shared by the Japan Cartoonists Association on April 20th. He passed away on April 10th. This was subsequently confirmed on his official website. Read the full article on timeextension.com…