Retro News

Are you a Game Boy, or a WonderSwan? While home consoles tend to be at the vanguard of video game technology, the humble handheld occupies a slightly different position. Seen by some as a way of filling the time between sessions on the couch with a PS5, the humble portable perhaps doesn’t get enough credit…

In addition to PICO 4 headsets. The publisher RapidEyeMovers and developer Wolf & Wood are bringing C-Smash VRS to Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and PICO 4 headsets later this year on April 4th, 2024 (thanks IGN!). The game, which is a love letter to the cult 2001 Sega Arcade/Dreamcast title Cosmic Smash, combines a…

I have been hosting tournaments and gaming challenges for years now, both online and in person for different platforms. They were mainly in the home arcade community which has a strong and easy to use infrastructure built up with ready-made online leaderboards, peer-to-peer online multiplayer. Also having them be easy to understand and interact with…

“Say hello to the Ninten-drawer”. The NES was a gateway console in so many ways; not only did it turn Nintendo into a household name in North America and restore the battered home console market in the process, but it also served as an introduction to the thrills of interactive entertainment for millions of people…

Seriously distracting, indeed. Nintendo, as we all know, has something of a reputation for being family-focused. This was established back in the days of the NES, when the company was fiercely protective of its image and would even go as far as to insist publishers censor their games to ensure they wouldn’t cause offence. While…

Get to know Kazuma Kiryu. If you’re not up to speed on Sega’s excellent Yakuza series yet, then you might want to head over to Steam and check out this amazing bundle the company is offering (thanks, Wario64). You can get Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 0, Yakuza 3 Remastered, Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza…

Created by Chris Graue & Drew Van Oort. Despite being released back in 1998 and there being a widespread selection of other more capable cameras available, the Game Boy Camera is still being used today by a variety of artists. So it should probably come as no surprise that there are also people out there…

Ys will start being distributed from February 15th. The PC-8801 version of Nihon Falcom’s influential action RPG Ys is heading to Nintendo Switch on February 15th in Japan, as part of D4 Enterprises’s EGGCONSOLE label of classic reissues, with the rerelease also expected to hit Western storefronts shortly after (thanks @gosokkyu for the spot!). Ys…

“The O.J. trial was a big thing in America, and that just killed the whole thing”. If you were an avid reader of video game magazines back in the late ’90s, you may remember reading about an in-development video game adaptation of The Naked Gun film series that was being developed by Perfect Entertainment (for…