Retro News

BS F-Zero Grand Prix 1 & 2 were broadcast via Nintendo’s Satellaview service. F-Zero fans are in for a treat! Over the weekend, it was revealed (via DidYouKnowGaming) that members of the game’s community have released a new patch for the original Super Nintendo game that successfully restores courses and other data from two lost…

Modders do what Nintedidn’t. The N64 is a beloved console and home to some amazing games, such as GoldenEye 007, Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and many, many more. However, it has had its critics for years, most of whom love to take aim at its low-poly visuals and blurry textures. Read the…

“A long time ago I was doing this thing called Transfarring at Konami”. Modern phones have now reached the stage where they can convincingly host AAA games – as is evidenced by the recent release of Death Stranding on the Apple iPhone. Putting aside the issue of playing such a complex game with horrible touch…

Dumped from a Motorola V3m phone. Released in 2008, Metal Gear Solid Mobile was created by Ideaworks3D, Ltd. for Qualcomm’s BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform. You can be forgiven for not having heard about it, as its release was limited to a few handsets – including the ill-fated Nokia N-Gage, which gained bonus…

1999’s biggest JRPG. Square’s Final Fantasy VIII turns 25 today. The game was released on the PlayStation in Japan on February 11th, 1999. It would come to North America in September of the same year before hitting Europe in October. Read the full article on timeextension.com 1999’s biggest JRPG. Square’s Final Fantasy VIII turns 25…

Files currently being hosted off-site. Popular fan translation and ROM hack-sharing site CDRomance has taken all of its hosted files off-site after an apparent legal challenge. CDRomance is popular with retro gamers as it hosts a variety of pre-patched ROMs that give easy access to fan-translated games or titles which have been subject to fan-made…

The best-looking mini PC ever? AYANEO’s ‘Remake’ line of products includes the AM01 Retro Mini PC and Slide handheld so far, but the company has just added to the range with the Retro Mini PC AM02 – another dinky personal computer which takes its design inspiration from the Nintendo Entertainment System. Like other devices in…

When it’s announced that a beloved Hollywood classic or television show is getting remade, most of the population groans. You see discourse online about how the previous incarnation of said media was “perfect” or “they’ve finally run out of ideas.” Some fans may be excited to see what a new set of creators DO with…

Everyone knows the story of Tetris… most everybody. Tetris is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms, most prominently during a dispute over the appropriation of the rights in the late 1980s. After a significant period of publication…