Retro Gaming News
Putting to bed decades of information. Rare footage of a promotional crossover between Sega’s Dreamcast classic Space Channel 5 and the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards has appeared online, definitively bringing an end to decades of misinformation. Back in 2000, several outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, reported that Ulala, the pink-haired reporter and protagonist of…
“Suitable for a wide range of occasions”. It feels like only five minutes ago we were celebrating Sega’s 60th, and now its 65th is upon us. June 3rd is the date to mark in your calendar, and if you’re keen to commemorate this momentous occasion in style, the company’s collaboration with watchmaker Seiko might be…
Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space Station Silicon Valley! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space…
You can finally understand what’s happening in ‘Nekketsu Nikki’ mode. When Capcom’s Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 was released in Japan as Moero! Justice Gakuen, it came with a bonus board game – called ‘Nekketsu Nikki’ – which allowed you to create bespoke characters. This was similar to the ‘School Life’ mode found in the…
“We’ve been playing Daytona USA a lot lately”. @RealSunlitSpace‘s Star Fox CD is one of the most interesting upcoming adaptations of Nintendo’s space combat classic, and adds in CD-quality music via MSU-1 chip support, as well as other neat additions to augment and enhance the experience. The developer has now revealed that the game will…
“I view Fang almost like a fan myself. I think I might be his biggest fan.”. Arguably, no one is a bigger fan of the Sonic character Fang the Sniper than its creator, Shinichi “Touma” Higashi. Despite leaving Sega in 2001 and embarking on a successful career as a toy designer (where he’s continued to…
Stephen Cakebread’s Geometry Wars originally started as a Project Gotham Racing Easter egg, but from then on turned into a fully fledged eye candy neon top-down multi-directional shooter, with appearances on the DS all the way up to Steam. Well it’s time for the Amiga to enjoy this game, as NovaCoder has released ‘G-WARS’. A Geometry…
Can you master this tough-as-nails NES classic? Last week’s Ridge Racer PS1 Community Challenge proved to be a bit more complicated to set up than initially anticipated, but we did get some great submissions by the end. That includes this frankly amazing time (2’59″070) from regular commenter Bulk Slash on the NTSC version on an…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Riggs who currently is displayed on card number 4098, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. John Riggs has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. From his earliest gaming memory of playing Donkey Kong in the arcade to the time his dad brought home…
“We spent over a year perfectly color matching the original colors”. Hot on the heels of the ‘Funtastic‘ range, Analogue is releasing a new batch of limited-edition Analogue 3D systems, this time based on five unreleased N64 prototypes. “We tracked down five color variants that were officially prototyped for the original Nintendo 64,” says the…