Retro Gaming News
Alan-1 is collaborating with Atari on a new series of cabinets. Earlier this month, we shared the news that after 25 years away Atari was returning to the arcades with a bunch of new cabinets based off of its Atari Recharged series of games. Well, now we’ve finally got our first proper glimpse at what…
The tale of “Castlevania: The Bloodletting”. When Konami released Castlevania: Bloodlines on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, it marked the long-awaited debut of the franchise on Sega hardware. Saturn owners would later be treated to a port of Symphony of the Night, but had things gone a little differently, Sega fans would have had…
Two pads are better than one. Like many retro games, Zelda II has its fair share of bugs and glitches – one of which involves pressing left and right at the same time to dash through levels, including locked doors. This ‘acceleration’ glitch is detailed in this excellent video, but is practically impossible to do…
Arrives this Friday, March 29th. The Game Boy Advance classic F-Zero: Maximum Velocity will be hitting the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion service this Friday, March 29th, Nintendo has revealed via social media. F-Zero: Maximum Velocity was developed by the Nintendo subsidiary NDCube and was originally released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It…
“It’s a bit of a true crime story”. Two pallets of Playdates worth roughly $400,000 have vanished in Las Vegas and have yet to be recovered. That’s according to a recent GDC talk from Panic’s co-founder Cabel Sasser (as summarized by Game File). Sasser’s talk, which took place on Thursday, March 21st focused on Playdate’s…
“Race around coffee cups and jump off notepads”. Solo developer Jon Kristinsson has created what appears to be the perfect spiritual successor to Codemasters’ Micro Machines, and it’s called Tiny Tires. Taking a huge amount of inspiration from the original NES game, this Steam release has you racing miniature cars around a range of real-world…
My Arcade released the Atari Gamestation Pro Q4 of 2023 and it has quickly become a hobbyist’s playground as we find new ways to explore just how much can be done to expand upon what comes in the box. We knew it was only a matter of time before some community firmware came along, allowing…
Base systems still in stock. Polymega maker Playmaji has revealed that it has sold out of its EM05 Ultra Element Module – the bolt-on accessory that allows users to run N64 titles. The module went on sale earlier this year and allows you to use physical N64 cartridges and controllers with the Polymega all-in-one retro…
I can’t let you do that, Star Fox. A level viewer for Star Fox has been extracted from the game’s source code thanks to the efforts of a hacker known as Jdrocks450 / bisquick. The hacker has created a custom tool which allows full level models in the game to be viewed from various angles…
Hidden no longer. The classic ’90s Star Wars title Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire is coming to PS5 / PS4 as part of the PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog (thanks, Gematsu). A sequel to the FMV-based rail shooter Rebel Assault, The Hidden Empire arrived on PC CD-ROM in 1995, and was ported to the PS1…