Retro Gaming News
Demo available now. Retro Hammer has just released a demo for its upcoming Sega Genesis / Mega Drive title, NightVein. Coded by Wesley Marques and featuring art by Yargo and music by Diggo Silva, NightVein is a top-down action title which has you fighting off all kinds of undead enemies using a combination of melee…
Twin-stick time. Released in arcades in the mid-’90s, Sega’s Virtual On: Cyber Troopers immediately caught the attention of coin-op fans thanks to its unique twin-stick control method, intense arena-based action, and selection of eye-catching mechs designed by Hajime Katoki (famous for his work on the Mobile Suit Gundam series). Ported to the Saturn at the…
Fangs very much, KandoWontu! Earlier this year, Limited Run Games, Retro-Bit and Randell Linden announced that a new rumble-ready controller is to be released for the SNES to conicide with Linden’s updated 16-bit port of DOOM. Linden has kindly shared information with the community on how to factor force feedback into other SNES games, and…
Video leaks online. The world of emulation handhelds tends to pass through phases when it comes to design. Years ago, there was a spate of PS Vita-style devices, and in more recent years we’ve had imitations of the GBA, GBA SP and 3DS / DS. It would seem that Anbernic is lining up another dual-screen…
Comes with rollback netcode, available now on Steam for $19.99. SNK has just shadow-dropped a “modernised re-release” of its 1998 one-on-one fighter, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers on Steam. This new release comes with “smooth rollback netcode, online lobbies for up to nine players”, a practice mode “complete with speed settings, record-and-replay options,…
“Life doesn’t ever let up”. Voultar, the hardware engineer behind the SNES Edge Enhancer and Wii U NAND-Aid mods, has opened up about his ongoing health issues on social media. A short time ago, he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack. While he has sporadically posted about his recovery throughout the year,…
It’s all thanks to Nintendo. If you’ve used a controller in the past few decades, you’ll be familiar with the tried-and-true A, B, X, and Y button setup. This arrangement has been used on the SNES, Dreamcast, Xbox, and Steam Deck and is considered by pretty much everyone to be the de facto standard for…
Every Wednesday from 4th to 8th grade there was no school period I enjoyed and looked forward to more than the hour we got to spend in my school’s computer lab. Not only was it a welcome change of pace from the often boring classroom lecture we had to sit through the other 97% of…
“It feels satisfying to finally put this decades-old mystery to bed”. Vandal Hearts II is a fine turn-based strategy title for the PS1, and it’s one with a curious hidden secret. For a while, it has been known that a special ‘Gradius‘ weapon exists within the game, and this is capable of unleashing Vic Viper…
Real Racing Roots, baby. Back in 1994, Namco helped Sony launch its PlayStation console with a stunningly close port of its wildly successful Ridge Racer arcade machine, giving the 32-bit machine its first killer app. Since then, Namco’s arcade racing franchise has helped launch a whole host of platforms, including the PS2, PSP, Nintendo 3DS…