Retro News

Available to purchase right now. Yesterday, Panic demonstrated some of the new titles Playdate owners can look forward to over the rest of 2024, but, if you’re hankering for some action right now, you’ll be pleased to know that five new titles dropped on the Playdate catalog the day beforehand. These five titles are: Read…

For PS4 & Nintendo Switch. As reported by Famitsu, Hamster revealed earlier today that it will be bringing Volfied, the sci-fi successor to the abstract puzzle game Qix, to PS4 & Nintendo Switch next month on March 28th. As some will no doubt know, the husband and wife duo of Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer were…

“There will certainly be more projects in that vein”. Atari has a rich history to draw from, and it has been doing just that via projects such as Atari: 50 Anniversary Celebration, the Atari 2600+ and the upcoming Atari 400 Mini. The good news is that the Atari 2600+ – a modern-day recreation of the…

“One way or another, we’re going to find a way to move forward with a Bubsy project”. Back in October of last year, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made headlines after suggesting in an interview with the gaming YouTube channel MinnMax that the company was willing to accept pitches for a new Bubsy game after re-acquiring…

“Probably a little outside of what we would go towards today”. Atari is one of the most famous names in the video game business, even if the brand itself has changed hands many times over the decades. The company is currently undergoing something of a revival thanks to the efforts of chairman and CEO Wade…

“There was never really any animosity toward Atari in the larger cultural context”. Atari is a company that has had a bit of a bumpy ride over the last few decades, thanks to a slew of questionable investments in areas like blockchain, wearable tech, and gambling. This has led to an at times prickly relationship…

But sadly without English Support. Update (Thu 29th Feb, 2024 15:15 GMT): A Steam page has recently appeared for a new retro collection from Sunsoft called Sunsoft Is Back! – Retro Game Selection (as spotted by @Gosokkyu). The compilation will include slightly enhanced emulation-based reissues of the Famicom titles The Wings of Madoola, Tokaido Gojūsan-tsugi,…

Including Lucas Pope’s Mars After Midnight. Panic held the first Playdate Update of 2024 yesterday and revealed a host of new games for the pint-sized handheld. The highlight was the news that Lucas Pope (Return of the Obra Dinn and Papers, Please) is bringing his Mars After Midnight to the system on March 12th. Read…

The toys were originally released by Bandai back in 1986. Back in October 2022, we told you about Mr. Talida and their ongoing preservation project to archive old video game toys and merchandise using 3D scanning technology. And ever since, they’ve clearly been busy, posting regular updates of their continuing attempts to digitize their impressive…