Retro Gaming News
“They’re coming to meet”. This image was used by McDonald’s in France as promotion McDonald’s Japan has just teased some kind of Street Fighter collaboration via its social media accounts. Read the full article on timeextension.com “They’re coming to meet”. This image was used by McDonald’s in France as promotion McDonald’s Japan has just teased…
Takeo Iijima was not contacted about the 1989 title’s rerelease. D4 Enterprise, the company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of reissues of classic computer games for the Nintendo Switch, has quietly pulled its rerelease of the Riverhill Soft PC-8801 role-playing game Burai Jouken from sale, following complaints from the original creator Takeo Iijima. The game, which…
It’s all about the ‘SmartGlow’, man! The Atari of 2025 may not be the same company that spearheaded the arcade and home console revolution of the ’70s and ’80s, but it’s doing a commendable job of keeping those glory days alive through a selection of updated games and licensed hardware. We’ve already seen the 2600+…
Don’t expect it to be a fully-featured remaster though! This week sees the release of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, a new animated television series created by John Wick’s Derek Kolstad based on Ubisoft’s popular espionage-themed video game franchise. But that isn’t the only piece of news related to the iconic series that seems to be making…
The collection originally launched on Nintendo Switch back in 2023. Edia Co., Ltd. has announced it will be releasing the first Telenet Shooting Collection on Steam on November 10th, 2025. Initially released on the Nintendo Switch eShop in Japan on June 8th, 2023, the collection was later brought over to the Western eShop in September…
“A worldwide rarity”. We’ve written plenty of articles about the ill-fated Intellivision Amico, but we never thought we’d write one that contained the words “Amico” and “sold” – but here we are. Before any diehard Intellivision fans get too excited, this doesn’t involve the console actually hitting store shelves after years of delays – no,…
Otherwise known as ‘Joyful Road’. The SNK top-down arcade driving game Munch Mobile (otherwise known as Joyful Road) will be released digitally on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One Series X|S tomorrow (October 16th), the Arcade Archives creator Hamster Co. Ltd has announced. First released in arcades back in 1983, the game saw players…
Now HERE is an iconic game that everyone knows and loves! How do you fancy a slice of Wolfenstein with your cup of tea? Fans of the series will be overjoyed to hear that Limited Run Games has just opened pre-orders for three physical editions of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, coming soon for Nintendo Switch. The…
When Xbox announced that its Cloud Gaming service was officially leaving beta, the gaming community reacted with excitement, curiosity, and a hint of disbelief. What started as an ambitious experiment (streaming full-scale console games through the cloud), has now become a tangible reality for millions of players worldwide. The implications stretch far beyond the console…
A life saver. Flash carts have become such an integral part of retro gaming that they are now evolving over time, with newer variants boasting special features that go beyond merely running ROMs on vintage hardware. Krikzz’s range of EverDrive carts is a good example of this iterative process; the Ukrainian engineer and modder is…