Retro Gaming News
Classic gaming shouldn’t be trapped in the past. For three years, the engineering team at Intec Gaming® has been obsessed with a single problem: bringing the classic light gun experience to modern TVs without the wires, or setup headaches. After three years of research and development, and multiple prototypes tested at the Long Island and…
The JALECOlle Famicom Ver. series is now 2 years old! The Jaleco-published NES title Shatterhand will be released on Nintendo Switch next month, as part of City Connection’s ongoing series of JALECOlle Famicom Ver. releases. This month marks two years since City Connection started its JALECOlle Famicom Ver. series of retro releases, embarking on a…
“Do you have what it takes to be the top Hyper Runner?”. Here’s something for Amiga fans: a new futuristic racing game has just been announced for the classic ’80s hardware. The Amiga has obviously been home to many great racing titles over the years, including Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Stunt Car Racer, and Super…
Based on Harbour Masters’ unofficial PC port ‘Spaghetti Kart’. There’s a recent trend that seems to be generating a lot of excitement online lately: that is, implementing VR in PC ports of classic N64 titles. It was only a little while ago, for instance, that we told you about Alex Le Tux’s unofficial VR port…
“I’m sure there’s some ROMs floating around”. We were recently lucky enough to sit down and speak with former Rare artist Kev Bayliss regarding his work on the NES title A Nightmare on Elm Street. During the chat, Bayliss spoke a little about the many unreleased games he worked on during his time with the…
‘Marble Souls’ rolls onto Steam later this year. Comparing games to Dark Souls is like catnip for journalists; we can’t get enough of it. But in this case, I feel it’s more than a little warranted. Yesterday, as I was browsing social media, trying to stave off boredom, I happened to come across something both…
‘Dawn of the Machine’ is out now! A brand new episode of Quake has just been released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of id Software’s FPS classic. Dawn of the Machine was announced yesterday at QuakeCon and is a free update for those who own the 2021 enhanced version of Quake. Read the full article…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Van, who discusses his new Temple of Webshai game. Project, which he calls “a tribute to the foundational and beloved 8bit classic Temple of Apshai (1979).” Old School Gamer Magazine: How did this project begin? Van: I guess it began in spirit with the original Temple of…
‘Silver Surfer Redux’ is out now! A new patch has just been released for Software Creations’ 1990 NES game Silver Surfer, which overhauls the famously challenging game, reducing the hitbox, increasing shot damage, and granting the player infinite lives to try, try, and try again. If you’ve ever read a list online of the most…
Super Mario Land’s opening level gets a Super Mario Land 2 makeover. Super Mario Land, still to this day, is one of my favourite Game Boy titles. In fact, I believe it was the first game I ever played on my older brother’s Game Boy Pocket. Among other things, I loved that the game had…