Retro Gaming News
“Live long and… Toasty”. The NetherRealm audio director Dan Forden made the announcement yesterday on Instagram that he has left the Mortal Kombat developer after more than a decade working at the studio (as spotted by PC Gamer!). Forden is a figure who will likely be familiar to Mortal Kombat fans, even if you don’t…
“He’s only 25 years late for the party”. If you were a resident of Vita Island back in the day, you might recall a game by the name of Don’t Die, Mr. Robot!, created by the British studio Infinite State Games. A simple yet addictive title, it involved guiding the titular Mr. Robot around the…
And even that’s pretty close… BitBeamCannon, the developer of retro projects like DaemonClaw and Metro Siege, has revealed the next game it is working on, and it looks to be more than a little inspired by Capcom’s Mega Man series. Mega Mack, as the new game is called, was initially unveiled during a DaemonClaw update…
We love the Blue Bomber. Out of the many excellent NES franchises, Mega Man is a top-tier highlight through and through. While many prop up Mega Man 2 as the best of the bunch, Mega Man 3 deserves just as much love, if not more. First released in late 1990 and keeping the hype rolling,…
Operation Wolf, T2 Arcade Game, Mad Dog McCree, House of the Dead As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, arcade games were not a hard thing to find. Whether it was in a NAMCO GUNCON (PS1 & ARCADE) grocery store, at a pizza parlor, or at a dedicated arcade, there was always…
A man of good taste, clearly. Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell is one of the most iconic manga and anime franchises of all time, and has spawned movies, animated seasons, merchandise and – of course – video games. The first game to be based on the media franchise was released on PS1 in 1997….
Watch the first trailer for ‘Voxel Duke 3D’ now! Back in 2022, the modder Dan Peterson (otherwise known as Cheello), released a mod online that voxelized the original DOOM, swapping out its 2D sprites for impressive 3D models, to create a stunning new way to experience the legendary first-person shooter. And now, it appears he’s…
From developer HeartLoop Games. Multiplayer has always been a significant part of fighting games, dating all the way back to the days of the arcade. So, when we first heard about Poly Fighter, a new single-player fighting game from the Canadian studio HeartLoop Games, it’s safe to say we were a little intrigued. Whereas most…
“Beautiful parallax effects, detailed scenarios and huge sprites”. Picture the scene: it’s 1988, and Sega has just launched the Mega Drive in Japan, a system that poses a serious technical threat to the ageing Nintendo Famicom and the relatively new PC Engine, which had arrived the previous year. NEC and Hudson Soft, the two companies…
Just in time for its 25th anniversary. If you happened to be in school in the early 2000s with access to a computer, or were simply a huge fan of freeware games, it’s possible you might have heard of the arcade-style platformer Icy Tower in the past. Developed by Free Lunch Design — a Swedish…