Retro Gaming News
With new ultra-hard ZUTTOZ mode. Indie developer Zakichi has announced that its Compile-inspired shooter ZAKESTA-Z will arrive on Steam this month. ZAKESTA-Z is based on Zakichi’s freeware original, ZAKESTA. This new version will include the NORMAL and ZOGEN modes, as well as a new mode called ZUTTOZ, which fixes the difficult level at Z, the…
Cash Cow DX is out on February 16th on PC (via Steam). Donut Dodo is one of the best arcade throwbacks we’ve played in recent years, so we were over the moon to learn that its developer Pixel Games will be releasing a brand new title named Cash Cow DX on Steam next month (on…
“King of Kong” settles with famous high-score website. If you love classic gaming, you’ll know who Billy Mitchell is. A poster child for high-score chasers in the ’80s, Mitchell is famous not only for his feats on games like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, but for his villain-like turn in the 2007 documentary film The King…
Powered by Intel Core Ultra. One-Notebook has announced that it will launch its OneXPlayer X1 gaming handheld on January 16th. Powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, the OneXPlayer X1 will offer cutting-edge power, which means it will be compatible with the AYANEO Air Pro, ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go –…
Wise from your gwave! It’s amazing to consider that Altered Beast has never had a good sequel. It was one of Sega’s biggest coin-op titles of the late ’80s, boasting huge sprites and iconic sampled speech, and it would later help the company to launch its 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive, even becoming a pack-in…
A commercial flop, but still worth a look today? Released in 1994, the Sega 32X is, for some Sega fans, the straw that broke the camel’s back. After the success of the Mega Drive / Genesis, the company released the Sega CD, an add-on device that, despite having some decent games, never took off in…
[embedded content] [embedded content] The new JAWS games make their debut at Stern Pinball’s official booth (#16254) at CES 2024 CHICAGO, IL – January 4, 2024 – Stern Pinball, Inc. announces their newest pinball games featuring JAWS, one of the most iconic motion picture thrillers of all time from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. Players…
Stick it to ’em. The N64 analogue stick is a unique beast. One of the first interfaces of its type on a mainstream console, it revolutionised how players interacted with games, making titles like Super Mario 64 possible. Because of its unusual design, the stick has been notoriously tricky to reproduce, but a group of…
Coming to all platforms in 2025. Retroware has revealed that it is working on a Castlevania-style title called The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, and it’s coming to all major platforms next year. Clearly inspired by Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest, the game boasts a NES-like aesthetic, right down to the fact that the main sprite…
“There was no template. No one had done this before.”. Whenever Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is brought up today, it’s usually as a punchline to a joke or as a cautionary tale about a film production spiraling out of control and going way over budget. Yet that doesn’t present a full picture of the…