Retro Gaming News
“I had no idea who Sir Clive was”. Back in 1986, Clive Sinclair’s tech empire was in trouble. After the success of the ZX Spectrum, Sinclair found his market share under threat from rivals such as Commodore and Amstrad, and was forced to do a deal with the latter’s Alan Sugar, selling the company’s entire…
“30- recounts the PS1’s journey to the top, blow by blow”. PlayStation launched in North America 30 years ago today, and a new book is aiming to celebrate the 32-bit console’s amazing legacy. Penned by seasoned journalist Jeremy Parish, -30- | A PlayStation Retrospective will come “packed with commentary about the system’s biggest and most…
On September 9, 1999, the Sega Dreamcast launched in North America and forever changed the gaming landscape. More than two decades later, the Dreamcast is still alive thanks to indie developers who continue to create new titles and thanks to publishers like VGNYsoft, who are still producing them on physical media. To celebrate the system’s 26th birthday, VGNYsoft is…
The Kirby franchise first kicked off in 1992 with Kirby’s Dream Land on the Game Boy, and over the course of five mainline entries, the formula was pretty established by the turn of the century. Yet, for the pink puffball’s big debut on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, developer HAL Laboratory was brewing up something…
“We had so many other names that we were in love with”. In an exclusive interview with Time Extension, which went live yesterday, Leslie Swan, a former localization director at Nintendo and one of the individuals responsible for bringing Animal Crossing to the West, shared some fascinating insight into the arduous process behind naming the…
Shipping this October. The Polymega Collection is set to expand once again with the release of two collections based on Psikyo’s Sengoku Blade and Jaleco’s Astyanax. Each collection comes on a Polymega DVD, which can be used alongside Polymega’s game console, and also ships with a visual companion, controller reference, a Polymega Collection sticker, and…
DSi, 2DS, 3DS, Wii and Wii U dev kits are all in the hands of the police. Earlier this year, we reported on a fundraising drive by the non-profit preservation group Video Game Preservation Museum to save a collection of undumped GBA, DS, DSi, and 3DS games that were at risk of falling into the…
“It was my idea to say, ‘Why don’t we call her Princess Peach Toadstool?’”. While most people today know Mario’s pink-dress-wearing, royal love interest under the name Princess Peach, this wasn’t always the case. Prior to the release of Super Mario 64, for instance, most people in the West referred to the princess by another…
Leslie Swan’s journey from Nintendo Power to Nintendo legend. By her own admission, Leslie Swan isn’t a very good self-promoter, but she needn’t worry as her credits do a great job of getting across her credentials for her. Over her 28 years at Nintendo, she has been credited on dozens of games as a localization…
Looking for something fun to play that won’t break the bank? We have a handful of suggestions below that’ll definitely get your retro gaming heart pumping. NES Remix (Wii U): Powered by a myriad of classic games and aided by frenetic button-mashing and beat the clock gameplay, “NES Remix” is an old-school blast. Although it’ll…