Retro Gaming News
Fehmi Atalar from Turkey faced off against Leo Soloranzo from Peru. Over the weekend, the largest ever game of Tetris was held at the inaugural Red Bull Tetris World Final, in Dubai, with the help of over 2,000 synchronized drones (thanks VGC!). The match took place on Sunday, December 14th, against the backdrop of the…
Meet the GameMT EX5. The emulation handheld sector is so packed with devices at the moment that you really have to do something unique to stand out from the crowd – and that’s what’s happening with the GameMT EX5, an upcoming portable which has just been shown off by the retailer Roybeila (thanks, Retro Handhelds)….
Geeks Line Announces the Worldwide Release of PlayStation 2 Anthology: The Tetralogy To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation’s launch in North America and Europe, Geeks Line is proud to announce the worldwide release of PlayStation 2 Anthology: The Tetralogy. This unique collection consists of four books entirely dedicated to the best-selling console of all time. ORDER HERE A Definitive…
DEmul gets its first update in seven years. At the turn of the millennium, Sega took a novel approach when it came to its arcade hardware. Having already laid the foundations with the Titan (ST-V) board, which enabled accurate home ports on the architecturally similar Saturn, Sega released the NAOMI standard, which shared many similarities…
The Quickshot II makes a return next year. Retro Games Ltd, the company behind modern-day recreations of the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and Atari 400, has announced that it’s bringing back Spectravision’s legendary Quickshot II joystick (thanks, VGC). If you grew up in the ’80s and ’90s and owned a Spectrum, C64, Amiga,…
Featuring a new character called ‘Ralle’. Starshi, the developer of the incredible Super Mario fangame ‘Super Mario & The Rainbow Stars‘, has announced she will be releasing a second chapter to the game next year, in 2026. Super Mario & The Rainbow Stars, in case you aren’t familiar with it, is a popular Mario fangame…
Colour me surprised. Like many gamers of ‘advanced’ age, I’ve played a lot of Konami games over the years – perhaps most notably during the early ’90s, when the Japanese company was one of the most renowned names in the industry. Konami released numerous classic games on the SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, and PC Engine,…
Melatonin releases on Nintendo Switch™ in physical format on 11th December! SRG Store (NEW WEB) Super Rare Games is joining Half Asleep to bring you Melatonin! Coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch™ in physical format! Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonise…
“He’s done it again”. For many gamers in their 30s and 40s, the timeline of video game history shifted at the turn of the millennium when Sega transitioned from a hardware maker to a third-party publisher. The Japanese company had been Nintendo’s rival since the 1980s, and attracted legions of fans thanks to its beloved…
Takaya Imamura is the designer of Fox McCloud, Tingle, and Captain Falcon. As you may already be aware, Capcom recently announced what it is calling the 12th official entry in the Mega Man series, Mega Man: Dual Override, and, to celebrate, it is currently hosting a robot masters design competition over on Twitter/X. This competition…