Retro Gaming News
“We did still get to enjoy the Matrix Japanese premiere and afterparty”. The Wachowskis once approached Hideo Kojima to make a Matrix game in the late ’90s, but were reportedly shut down by one of the company’s higher ups, according to a former vice president of licensing at Konami Digital Entertainment. Following the release of…
“This is just a concept test”. When Nintendo released Rare’s stunning Donkey Kong Country in 1994, it not only gave the SNES a new lease of life, but it also allowed the console to gain some much-needed technical dominance over Sega’s Genesis / Mega Drive. One of the first video games to utilise CGI visuals,…
Both store pages are now live ahead of pre-orders starting. Following last week’s tease on social media, which promised an announcement for Monday, October 27th, Retroid has unveiled not one, but two brand new handhelds, including the Retroid Pocket G2 and the Retroid Pocket 6. The announcement was made via a one-minute-long video on Retroid’s…
Automatic translation for dual-screen emulation handhelds. If you’ve been following the emulation hardware scene recently, then you’ll be aware of the proliferation of dual-screen handhelds based on the concept popularised by Nintendo with its DS and 3DS systems. We’ve had the AYANEO Pocket DS, Anbernic RG DS and Ayn Thor all appear in 2025 alone,…
“I don’t stand by it”. Peter Molyneux’s career is packed with genre-defining hits such as Populous, Theme Park, Black & White and Fable, but there’s one game he’s seemingly keen to forget – yet ironically, it’s reportedly one of his most successful in terms of pure revenue generated. Launched back in 2023, Legacy was billed…
‘Murtop’ first launched on Nintendo Switch & Steam back in 2023. A version of the Dig Dug & Bomberman mashup, Murtop, is currently in the works for the Nintendo Entertainment System, according to its developer, hiulit. Initially released in 2023 across Nintendo Switch and PC, the indie arcade-style throwback — which sees players take control…
Series turned 30 this year. Takara’s Battle Arena Toshinden series is getting a new lease of life on modern systems, thanks to Edia. The Japanese company has secured a deal to port Battle Arena Toshinden (1995), Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (1995), and Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (1996) for current systems. Read the full article on…
Mr. Math Expert is not, by any means, a well-known YouTuber. Look over his channel and you will find hundreds of videos, though the vast majority are either math problems or film reviews. There are a few old gaming videos sprinkled throughout, and it was my recent pleasure to go through his series of…
“I’d love to have finished that game”. Peter Molyneux is one of the video game industry’s true pioneers. He forged his reputation with groundbreaking titles such as Populous and Powermonger, and, later in his career, would oversee titles such as Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Dungeon Keeper, Fable and Black & White. In more recent times,…
Learning Without Borders Continuous education no longer lives in classrooms alone. It moves through quiet bedrooms glowing with tablets through commutes filled with audiobooks through short coffee breaks punctuated by downloaded PDFs. The idea of learning as a scheduled event has faded. In its place is an ecosystem—always on always growing. E-libraries sit at the…