Retro Gaming News
Games have moved from wooden boards and plastic pieces to screens and servers, but the way people play still draws from long-standing patterns. Many of today’s top digital titles follow ideas from card tables, arcades, tabletop setups, or even coin-operated machines. The change in format has sharpened it into something that feels both fresh and…
“Mainstream conversations remain dominated by the same perspectives and biases”. I’ve said it in the past, but modern-day video game history has a serious problem – it’s too focused on what happened in North America and doesn’t offer a balanced view on the global story of gaming. Given the numerous authors and content creators from…
It’s called James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough. Veteran publisher System 3 is celebrating 43 years in the business today and has announced that it intends to release a James Pond collection on modern systems. The James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough will be “a celebration of one of gaming’s most…
It’s Halloween time and its only fitting to add another Halloween themed game to the iiRcade. This one is a perfect game to challenge and excite the iiRcade family. “Once Upon a Time on Halloween” is a “Cuphead“ style gameplay with Halloween themed levels. The black and white graphics and design create the ultimate spooky…
Well, the first stage is, at least. The legendary nature of Konami’s Castlevania series means that many of its key releases have been (or are in the process of being) ported to other platforms by talented fans. Symphony of the Night, for example, is in development for the Sega Genesis, as is Super Castlevania IV….
Three PS1 oddities have also been announced for modern platforms. QUByte Interactive has announced that PS1 support is being added to its QUByte Emulation Engine (QEE). The announcement was made during the QUByte Connect 2025 showcase, which took place yesterday (October 30th), with the company revealing the first three titles that will be released across…
Launches next month. Designed by the legendary Gunpei Yokoi and released exclusively in Japan in 1999, the Bandai WonderSwan is a fascinating handheld. Cheap, compact and powered by a single battery, it was intended to challenge Nintendo’s stranglehold on the handheld market, and managed to sell 3.5 million units across its three variants (the monochrome…
“We learned about this through our partners at Tatsujin”. Limited Run Games recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and one of the big surprises from its birthday was the announcement that NES title Little Samson would be getting a new release. Those in the know will be aware that this is one of the rarest games…
If you remember playing GWI’s adventure series of both Geo’s Quest Gateway to Nowhere, and Geo’s Quest 2 In Search of Queen Lorraine. Then you’ll be pleased to know that the developer has released the latest and final chapter in the series called Geo’s Quest III Chapter 6 “There Be Cows”. A game in which the developer describes as,…
The Big X lives on! Remember when Microsoft announced the Xbox? Before the console became a solid reality, the company displayed the famous X-shaped prototype, a huge block of machined aluminium with a glowing green orb in the middle. This was never intended to be the final design, but it made such an impact at…