Retro Gaming News
With multiple Galaga records falling recently and many new players and competitions being introduced, there has also been a drive to something no one thought imaginable as recently as 3 years ago – 10,000,000 (that’s TEN MILLION) points on Tournament Settings. Armando Gonzalez and Jordan Dorrington have been lighting up the scoreboard and are very…
“More people need to try out Bangai-O”. Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaiō (or plain old Bangai-O, if you prefer) hit the Nintendo 64 all the way back in 1999, and was exclusive to Japan at the time. It’s now one of the console’s most expensive games, thanks to excellent quality and low print run, but it did…
Games with up to 5 active players now supported! Usually, when it comes to playing SNES games online with multitap support, most people opt for using the popular emulator Snes9x, in conjunction with compatible frontends like RetroArch or Fightcade, with other emulators like BSNES typically lacking the necessary support to make them a viable alternative….
It’s still early days, but looking very promising indeed. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is widely regarded as the crowning glory of Konami’s 40-year-old vampire-hunting series, and one of the best games of all time – so, when we heard news that it was being unofficially ported to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive back…
Sega fans, be fang-ful. Castlevania is a series many fans will associate with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Konami’s franchise made quite an impact when it launched on the console in 1987 (1986 for the Japanese Famicom Disc System version) and would be followed by two 8-bit sequels. Titles like Super Castlevania IV, Belmont’s Revenge, Aria…
Documentary from GamersNexus is on the way, apparently. Last year, we reported that Sega used the British Police to recover a selection of dev kits and consoles it had “negligently disposed of” from a business owner who claimed to have a legitimate claim of ownership. Described as a “preservation disaster” by some within the retro…
“He had been supporting me for over 20 years”. Shutaro Iida, who worked alongside Koji Igarashi on the Castlevania and Bloodstained series of games, passed away on February 10th at the age of 52, we’re sad to report. He had been battling cancer since 2024. Iida’s list of credits is remarkable, and his impact on…
Designed the Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. Hideki Sato, the legendary hardware designer behind Sega’s most popular consoles, has passed away. He was 75. Sato joined Sega in 1971, and was first involved with the company’s arcade business. He would find fame within the firm’s domestic hardware division, designing the SG-1000, Master System, Mega…
Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on Saturn! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on…
The newest entry in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Cultures Series, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy does pretty much exactly what you’d expect. It explains broader philosophical ideas from the perspective of the Legend of Zelda games. But don’t let the fact that this book comes from an academic publisher fool you. This…