Retro Gaming News
Say hello to the ‘MegaWang 2000 Turbo Edition’. If you’re old enough to have been gaming during the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 era, then you’ll be familiar with Imagine Software. This Liverpool-based company was one of the leading lights of the UK industry in the 1980s, producing a series of commercially successful titles at…
Most people remember the Apple II for classrooms, word processors, and maybe Oregon Trail, but that is only half the story. From 1977 through the late 80s, the Apple II was also a serious game machine. It launched careers, birthed franchises, and set blueprints for entire genres. It did all of this with quirky color,…
Support is now available in Ares’ nightly builds. Support for NEC LD-ROM² is coming to Ares, and is already available as part of the multi-format emulator’s nightly builds, it’s been announced online. Last month, as you may well be aware, brought the exciting news that Ares would become the first ever emulator to support the…
Football video games have come a long way since the blocky players and chiptune sounds of the 8-bit era. What began as simple, arcade-style fun has transformed into hyper-realistic simulations that capture every detail of the sport. Thus, in this article, we’ll explore how football games have evolved through each era and the milestones that…
There’s more to Taito than Space Invaders. Taito may be little more than a sub-brand owned by Square Enix these days, but once upon a time, this prolific Japanese company was one of the most active and influential in arcade gaming. Everybody knows Space Invaders, of course, the 1978 hit that not only birthed the…
Rey Esteban’s new book is a visual feast for Nintendo fans. A few years back, I took a look at Rey Esteban’s excellent NES Endings Compendium Vol. 1, a book which – just as it says on the cover – takes a look at the final moments of a bunch of classic 8-bit Nintendo games….
Banshee’s Last Cry was released in Japan back in 1994. In some rather unexpected news, Street Fighter 6 will get a special collaboration next month celebrating Chunsoft’s landmark Japanese sound novel Kamaitachi no Yoru (otherwise known as Banshee’s Last Cry). Released in 1994, the Super Famicom sound novel (whose name literally translates to Night of…
Shmup shown off at SAGE ’25. Square’s 1997 shmup Einhänder is unique, as it’s the only time the company has tackled the shmup genre – and yet, despite a warm critical reaction, it hasn’t returned to the genre since. Thankfully, if you’re hankering for more of the same, then indie developers DJ Ear and Mad…
Courtesy of Red Art Studios and Success Corp. A brand new game in Success Corp’s Psyvariar series is currently in development for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam), the publisher has announced. Psyvariar 3 is the first new mainline entry in the classic shoot ’em up series, which began all…
With an English localization! With Tokyo Game Show currently underway, news is starting emerge about a bunch of brand new projects that have been revealed to coincide with the event. This includes a new project from Sunsoft, which will see the company reissue its 1990 PC Engine title City Hunter, across PS5, Xbox Series X|S,…