Retro Gaming News
Mech me reach for my wallet. Back when Sony’s 32-bit PlayStation was yet to hit Japanese store shelves, I vividly recall seeing Pony Canyon’s Metal Jacket being shown off in various video game magazines (you know, those things we all used to read before the internet existed). I loved robots – especially Japanese robots –…
A blast from the past. Hamster has revealed that NMK’s 1993 platformer Bomb Jack Twin will be the next game coming to modern consoles as part of its Arcade Archives series, following last week’s reissue of Touchdown Fever. The game is an updated version of the 1984 platformer from Tehkan (which is already available through…
“A small love story”. The Saturn never got a full-blown Sonic outing, but it did get the excellent NiGHTS into Dreams, a 3D adventure from Sonic Team that still has plenty of fans, despite not getting a new mainline entry since 2007’s NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams on Wii. If you’re like me and have to…
A “few senior managers” are testing the tech but remain unexcited, says CEO. Warhammer maker Games Workshop has established an internal policy limiting the use of Generative AI, the Financial Times reports. The British company, which produces tabletop war games and licenses its IP for use in TV shows, movies, and video games, is taking…
Going for gold. If there’s ever a thing that’s likely to get video game collectors whipped into a frenzy, it’s special ‘competition’ or giveaway items which are only available in very limited numbers. When you combine that scarcity with games that, in their Japanese form, are already on the rare side, then you get the…
Better than Dungeon Master, though? Not quite… Back when I was a kid, Dungeon Master was a life-changing experience for me. Introduced to its real-time RPG charms at a tender age by my gaming-obsessed father, FTL’s seminal first-person dungeon-crawler really left a mark on me – but this piece isn’t about Dungeon Master, it’s about…
This week we have been flooded with awesome Amiga games, so to change all that, here’s the latest update from Jimbo, his newest of WIP creations for the Commodore C64 called ‘ Escape from PETSCII Castle’. A Wolfenstein 3D inspiration from the same creator who released other games on different systems such as PETSCII Bros,…
The company sees a possible future in resurrecting & remastering classic IPs. Over the Christmas break, news emerged that CD Projekt Red had sold GOG, the DRM-free distribution platform focused on classic games, to Michał Kiciński, one of the original co-founders of the Polish developer who had left the company back in 2012. At the…
“Scale the winding heights of the Dark Tower”. I have to admit, I’ve drifted away from the world of Playdate in recent months – not because of a lack of quality games (it has plenty of those), but simply because I’m so pressed for time that I haven’t been able to give Panic’s diminutive yellow…
‘Acrolyte’ is the debut game from indie developer CyberKomodo. If you’re a fan of 2D Metroid and are always on the lookout for something similar to add to your ever-growing wishlist of games, then you’ll likely want to keep a close eye on Acrolyte, the debut title from the indie developer CyberKomodo. Pitched on Twitter/X…