Retro Gaming News
“I’d rather quit the industry than use Generative AI”. The Oliver Twins recently resurrected one of their older games, Ghost Hunters, using Generative AI. The results are not pretty If you listen to Google, Meta and Microsoft, you’d be forgiven for believing that Generative AI is the future of, well, everything. Read the full article…
Overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz! A new ‘turbo’ N64 core for MiSTer FPGA is in the works that boosts performance by 17.5 percent, it has been revealed. As highlighted by Video Game Esoterica, Corn’s update on FPGAzumSPASS‘ existing N64 FPGA core overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz on Reality Coprocessor and memory, which makes games run…
Promises “totally dynamic worlds” and extensive modding possibilities. Some of the original developers behind classic PC titles Diablo & Diablo II have gotten together to work on a new “next-generation” ARPG. Darkhaven, as the in-development game is called, is the work of the indie startup Moonbeast Productions, which is a company formed in 2021 by…
Abxylute-ly underwhelming. First impressions of the Abxylute E1 ($70 / £52) aren’t brilliant, it has to be said. The black plastic casing looks and feels a bit cheap, and while the green LED lighting is eye-catching, it’s something I quickly found myself turning off. However, I’ve come to learn that, in the emulation handheld space,…
“The loss of the demo disc was the killing blow”. We’ve never made a secret of the fact that Sega’s final console, the Dreamcast, holds a very special place in our hearts here at Time Extension. Home to some amazing titles and arcade-perfect conversions, the Dreamcast remains popular with many players – but its lifespan…
The Curt Vendel Collection now has a brand, new home. The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, has announced the acquisition of “a comprehensive collection of Atari materials about Atari’s home computer and console divisions from the early 1970s through the 2000s”. The collection belonged to the late Curt Vendel — “a historian,…
Existing owners will get the new version for free. Square Enix has announced that it is launching a new version of Final Fantasy VII in order to improve the gameplay experience for players. A port of the original PS1 version, Final Fantasy VII originally hit Steam back in 2013. This existing version will henceforth be…
It’s Commodore Amiga news time! Welcome to Elevator Action for the Amiga! A conversion by JOTD and team which has now been released as a final ECS build ( Previously released as AGA). A game that was originally released in 1983 in the arcades. Basically you are a spy who has must infiltrate a building…
What do you get if you mix the 1986 Arcade game of ‘Arkanoid’ and the 1987 game of ‘Space Invaders’? Probably this latest game from djpiotrs called ‘Invanoid’; a brand new Amiga game in which playing as a bat like device scrolling from side to side at the bottom of the screen, you must bounce…
The shareware version, that is. Duke Nukem 3D has officially turned 30! According to a social media post from Joe Siegler, the former webmaster at Apogee/3D Realms, it was on January 29th, 1996, that he officially uploaded the shareware version to Apogee’s BBS Software Creations, unleashing the 1.0 PC version of the legendary first-person shooter…