Retro Gaming News
EverDrive-64 Pro is shipping in the next few weeks. EverDrive maker Krikzz has revealed that he has created a new flash cart for the Nintendo 64 console. The EverDrive-64 Pro is an upgrade on the existing EverDrive-64 X7, and benefits from a faster Cyclone 10 FPGA chipset, more memory, speedier USB data access and a…
If you’ve never heard of the original Xibalba, that’s not too surprising. The 2014 browser game from Phobos Lab is a weird little artifact of its era, a chonky retro styled Doom clone premised around the Mayan underworld. The blocky aesthetic exists alongside Oculus Rift functionality, allowing players to immerse themselves in the weirdly…
“New games built specifically for the Commodore 64 Ultimate’s unique capabilities”. Commodore International is launching an initiative that should see new titles being developed for its C64 Ultimate FPGA home computer. The company – which was reborn a year ago – says the range will feature “new games built specifically for the Commodore 64 Ultimate’s…
“As with all games from that era, time was our enemy”. Everyone has a movie that is their guilty pleasure, and for me, it’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Much has been written about Kevin Costner’s infamous accent, the wholesale historical inaccuracies and the fact that the movie inflicted a record-breaking top-of-the-chart run for Bryan…
It’s hard to topple a giant and make no mistake, “Wii Sports” is a monster of humongous proportions. The best selling game of all time, “Wii Sports” changed video gaming forever and seven years later on the Wii U, “Wii Sports Club” makes those classic games even better. Buyer beware however- your wallet may hurt…
With the release of the M64, most hobbyists concern themselves with the technical aspects of the machine. How does it compare to the Analogue 3D, or original Nintendo 64 hardware? Worthwhile questions to be sure, but I prefer to try and evaluate the console on its games and how they play. To start out,…
There’s one type of genre that I loved playing in the arcades and more so on my home console, and that is the shoot em up genre! You know the type, enemy waves coming at you at all sides, your ship blasting across the landscape with adrenaline flowing as you try to survive and wipe…
Arrives on Nintendo Switch & PS4/PS5 next month. The 2024 Neo Geo shoot ’em up Project Neon is coming to modern consoles, starting today with Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and the Xbox Windows App. So, if you don’t fancy paying Neo Geo prices, this could be your ticket to finally getting your hands on…
For fans who like “methodical party-building, careful mapping, & turn-based combat”. If your favourite video games include Wizardry, Etrian Odyssey, and Shin Megami Tensei, then the upcoming dungeon-crawling RPG Häxeri might be a project to keep an eye on in the future. Developed by the Swedish solo developer Fabian Sorensson (under the name Tarpit Games),…
Works on both MiSTer and SuperStation One. If there’s one big sticking point with MiSTer FPGA at the moment, it’s the fact that the system’s intentionally lightweight user interface isn’t quite as user-friendly as it could be, and, to more casual players, could present something of a stumbling block. That’s why there’s been so much…