Retro Gaming News
“With any fan game, that’s the risk and we have no regrets”. A fan-made fighting game featuring characters from various Sega and Capcom games has reportedly been shut down after Capcom reportedly took issue with the use of its copyrighted characters. 4CYDE Studios’ PC fighter Sega Vs Capcom has been online for a number of…
But how can the Flower Division bloom again? Author Oji Hiroi has said that he has written the story for a new Sakura Wars sequel, and is more than willing to produce the RPG series’ sixth mainline, should such a project become viable. The 72-year-old series creator made the comments at the “Sega Universe Playground”…
Arrives in October. Some of you watching yesterday’s State of Play stream might have been bewitched by the reveal of the LEGO Sony PlayStation, which made its official debut in all its brick-building glory. Sony has since released additional details, announcing that the cool-looking nostalgia box will go on sale October 4, priced at €159.99…
Shoot Again. Stern Pinball has revealed the latest title to join its ongoing range of rad pinball machines, “rad” being the operative word. Based on Amazon Prime’s smash-hit TV show, Fallout captures all the mayhem and misery of post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and scales it right down for fast-flipping fun. Fallout allows players to traverse the…
“It saddens me to see Kando going down this path”. If you’ve kept even a casual eye on the world of Star Fox modding, then you’ll be familiar with the names Sunlit and KandoWontu. The pair worked together on Star Fox EX, a fan-made upgrade for the original SNES game which expanded it in all…
“It’s disturbing to see your brand and music used for fascist propaganda”. Donald Trump’s government has quickly leveraged the cultural power of video games to spread its message in the past, using brands such as Halo, Wii Sports, and Animal Crossing (without permission, it would seem) on social media. However, the White House social media…
From the team at FunnyPlaying. Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy system has proven a valuable source of inspiration for many companies in the modern retro space, with Analogue’s Pocket handheld perhaps the most notable clone. FunnyPlaying, a company which produces aftermarket Game Boy modifications and the tiny Retro Pixel Pocket device, has just teased a new…
Hilarious and sexy, this “Devil May Cry” will appeal to fans of the original more than the other games in the series. The world and gamers have changed quite a bit since the first game came out on the PlayStation 2 and this one on the 360 manages to grow with the times as well…
An update on the existing RG DS. Anbernic has revealed an upgraded version of its existing RG DS emulation handheld, which, as the name suggests, is inspired by the Nintendo DS. Via its dual 4.3-inch, 1,024×768 pixels screens, the console boasts pixel-perfect 4x scaling compared to the DS resolution of 256×192, while the hinge has…
“I wasn’t on the project, but I could always hear them in the hallways”. The Panel de Pon series has to have one of the most confusing and convoluted histories of any Nintendo IP when it comes to its localisation. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems’ popular puzzle series originally debuted on the Super Famicom in Japan…