Retro Gaming News
Infogrames was a publisher active from the 1980s to the 2000s. Atari revealed earlier today that it will be resurrecting the Infogrames brand as a new label to publish games “outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand”. This news was shared via Twitter, as well as in an announcement on the…
The Atari 8-bit computers represent a fascinating paradox – simultaneously pioneers, icons, and emblems of a turbulent period within the blossoming personal computing space. Their influence upon shaping expectations for home computers, both positive and negative, still echoes through the modern digital landscape. Born from the ashes of the Atari 2600 era, the 8-bit computers…
DALLAS – April 22nd, 2024 – Wizordum, the retro first-person spellcaster developed by Emberheart Games and published by Apogee Entertainment, wages war against wickedness with the upcoming release of Episode Two on PC via Steam and GOG this Summer. Tune into the OTK Expo, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 for a special Wizordum announcement during the showcase. In the meantime, get a sneak peek at Episode 2’s…
“Consider this a ‘beta’ release”. The popular Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles fan remaster Angel Island Revisited has been ported to the PSVita, after almost three years of development. Angel Island Revisited, just to give you a bit of context, was originally released for Windows computers and is also available for Linux, MacOS, Android,…
“I have a couple of minor issues to work out”. Talented FPGA developer Pramod Somashekar is working on an Analogue Pocket core for Double Dragon 3, it has been revealed. Released in arcades in 1990, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone was coded not by series creator Technōs Japan but by East Technology. Read the…
Four is better than two, right? Back in 1995, Cave – best known today for its bullet hell shmups – released a 3D racing game on the Sega Saturn entitled Touge King: The Spirits in Japan. It was released in North America the following year under the name High Velocity – Mountain Racing Challenge and…
Back when the idea of retro was still pretty new… We’ve laboured this point a few times in the past, but it’s important to remember that UK high-street retailer CeX didn’t start out as the technological swap shop it is today – in the beginning, it was primarily concerned with imported games and hardware from…
“When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind”. Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the only one with Bulrathi, and be more of a…
Join us on a special journey back in time with Roland Perry, the visionary tech consultant behind the legendary Amstrad CPC, as we celebrate 40 incredible years of this iconic machine. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Roland takes us from his early days tinkering with electronics in school, through the founding of Ambit International, right up…
Jung Rhythm came out in 1998, two years after PaRappa the Rapper. We expect that most people reading this will already be familiar with PaRappa the Rapper — NanaOnSha’s quirky PlayStation rhythm game about a paper-thin rapping dog. But what you might not know is that the Sega Saturn also received a similar rhythm action…