Retro Gaming News
Will be given away with a one-off issue of Oh!X. The Sharp X68000 home computer was home to some amazing titles, but it remains something of an obscurity outside of Japan, as it was never released globally. One of the more notable titles in its library is Nemesis ’90 Kai, a remake of the 1987…
Bezel-free screen seems to be the selling point. Things are hotting up in the world of emulation handhelds, with companies like AYANEO, Retroid and MagicX all revealing powerful devices for 2025 and beyond. Anbernic isn’t missing out on the action either, and has already announced the RG557, a MediaTek Dimensity 8300-powered device that comes with…
“Christopher Nolan wanted nothing to do with this game”. It’s been no secret in the past that the now shuttered Warner Bros. Games studio Monolith was at one time working on a Batman game prior to the release of The Dark Knight Rises. Over the years, we’ve had a detailed documentary about the project from…
Thanks to Tim “CoLD SToRAGE” Wright. When you think of the WipEout series, you’ll almost certainly hear thumping techno beats in your head – the franchise is almost as famous for its amazing music as it is its blistering speed. While WipEout famously used licensed tracks from artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, and…
“What the hell?”. It’s fair to say that, prior to its release in 2001, Metal Gear Solid 2 had lots of people excited. The PS1 original had become one of the most critically acclaimed games on that console, bringing Hideo Kojima’s brilliance to a broader global audience and transforming the dormant Metal Gear franchise into…
Earlier today, Netflix released the second season of the stop motion animated series Pokemon Conceirge to little fanfare. At just four episodes, making a whopping total of eight twenty-minute vignettes of life as an island resort for Pokemon, it’s easy to see why Pokemon Conceirge is such a low-key project. This isn’t the expression…
Walk into an online casino and you may expect a futuristic display. Something like a science fiction set, blinking panels, smooth chrome. Instead you often find a screen that could have been lifted from 1987. Squared edges, simple colours, music that sounds like a kettle boiling in rhythm. What ought to be obsolete has been…
Say hello to ‘DMG vs. Super Game Boy’. Dr. Ludos, creator of the Game Gear title Dangerous Demolition, has created what he’s calling the first “Super Game Boy exclusive” video game. Entitled DMG vs. Super Game Boy, this homebrew offering “unlocks a hidden feature of the Super Game Boy, that no game ever used before:…
Natsume Atari files trademark in Japan. Natsume Atari has filed a fresh trademark for Shatterhand in Japan, as reported by Gematsu. Originally released on the NES in 1991 by Jaleco, Natsume’s Shatterhand is a side-scrolling action platformer which, despite getting merely average reviews at the time of release, has since become something of a cult…
The perfect OS for “kids, parents, and grandparents who just want to play”. We live in an era when digital gaming is more popular than ever, and that comes with massive benefits—instant access, cross-progression across devices, and the ability to seamlessly update games with patches and fixes. However, it also comes with plenty of less…