Retro Gaming News
“I don’t want to just sleep all the time”. I don’t know about you, but as I grow older, my reaction time appears to be getting worse, and I fear that one day, I’ll suck at video games (well, more than I do already, anyway). However, it has long been argued that interactive entertainment is…
“Everyone’s happy to work for the company”. Super Mario turned 40 last week, and to celebrate, BBC Archive dug into its library to produce a clip from 1990, a time when Nintendo was dominating both Japan and North America (not entirely unlike today, you could argue). Taken from an episode of The Money Programme broadcast…
“It’s still far from complete accuracy”. Once upon a time, it was claimed with some degree of confidence that the MiSTer FPGA platform would never host cores for consoles like the PS1, N64 and Sega Saturn, yet in 2025, we have excellent and accurate options for all three. Of that trio, the Saturn core has…
Originally released in 1982, Xevious is one of the first vertical shooters in video game history. Released on a plethora of consoles over the past 40 years like Nintendo, Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation and even X-Box Live Arcade, Xevious is a title that every hardcore shooter fan or retro-game enthusiast should give a…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Schaefer who currently is displayed on card number 4712 from the Superstars of 2025 Collection. Steven is a world record holder on the NES game Dr. Mario. He is also a wizard at puzzle games on home consoles. Other world records are for Yoshi’s Cookie as well as…
The final episode of Pokémon Concierge isn’t really about a Pokémon per say, although Arcanine fans will no doubt enjoy the big fire dog’s moment in the spotlight. Like Sealeo, Arcanine is another case of artistic license being taken with the Pokémon’s in-game measurements- Arcanine is close to twice the size of Sealeo, bigger…
That’s pretty good value for NSO subscribers, then. This week, Nintendo surprised us all by announcing that it would be bringing Virtual Boy games to Nintendo Switch Online, along with an absolutely bonkers accessory that delivers the full, headache-inducing VB experience to 2025 players. It is commendable that Nintendo is embracing one of its most…
Mad about Madden. The Sega Saturn may have found an audience in its native Japan, but it struggled in North America and Europe, failing to recapture the incredible commercial success of its forerunner, the Genesis / Mega Drive. This was despite a flood of quality games, including Virtua Fighter 2, NiGHTS Into Dreams, Panzer Dragoon…
There isn’t really anything new in the third episode relative to the second episode. The main point of interest remains Sealeo, although now, Pokémon Concierge is more concerned with Uncle Dan, the old, retired guy who now works at the resort solely because it’s an environment he considers appropriate for Sealeo’s energy level. There’s…
“Without you, I was just like any other cliff. A dead end. No way forward”. Remember Icelandic indie studio Aeriform? Yesterday, we reported that the team was creating an Alien-inspired horror point-and-click adventure for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, but it turns out that’s not the only thing it has in development at the…