Retro Gaming News
Remember those retro compilation packs that promised a burst of gaming, all contained in one fun package? The best of the bunch, like Sega Smash Pack (PC, 1999), gathered several classics in one place, while terrible offenders like the unlicensed Action 52 (NES, 1991) provided nothing but janky disaster. Now, there’s a new “retro” collection…
I want my baby back. Hideo Kojima parted company with Konami some time ago, and has been pretty successful via Death Stranding, a series which will get its second outing this year. Death Stranding 2‘s pre-release push is now in full swing, and a recent 10-minute promotional video shows that now more than ever, Kojima…
The Antonblast programmer and Sonic fan developer PVic is behind the title. If you happen to have a soft spot for classic Sonic as well as games like Pizza Tower, you should definitely be paying attention to Artius: Pure Imagination. Revealed earlier this week, it is a new “momentum-based” platformer from the Brazilian developer Pedro…
“My brain short-circuited. My soul ascended”. Final Fantasy VI‘s Kefka Palazzo is one of the most iconic villains in JRPG history, and he’s just been immortalised by cosplayer and wrestler Leon Chiro. Chiro created the costume for Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu’s recent concerts in Rome and even got to meet the man himself during…
The Capcom beat ’em up originally debuted back in 1994. A new fanmade reimagining of Capcom’s SNES X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse has just been released for PC & Android, letting players experience a recreation of the classic title with new characters, moves, and the ability to play with up to three friends. According to its creator…
Alejandro Martin is contesting chargebacks for pre-orders. Hot on the heels of news that the SuperSega project is being refocused to be little more than a glorified MiSTer, we can now reveal that Alejandro Martin is blocking those people who pre-ordered the original console from getting refunds. If you’ve been following this sorry saga from…
The Mission: We bring people together by providing a place to connect through a multigenerational video gaming experience. I was fortunate enough to have met and interviewed the owner of “Arcade 92” in Flower Mound, TX. I will have his full interview published in the May issue of Old School Gamer Magazine. Here is a…
The game was originally released in arcades back in 2006. If you’ve been looking to get to grips with Alfa System’s bullet hell series Castle of Shikigami, then today’s your lucky day, as Cosmo Machia has just released a PC port of the third and final entry Castle of Shikigami III over on Steam. This…
You need deep pockets in more ways than one. While Steam Deck’s humble sales have illustrated that the handheld gaming PC market is smaller than many believed, that doesn’t mean there’s not an appetite for these monstrously powerful portable beasts. Before Valve entered the market with its aforementioned device, we’d already seen several examples from…
Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve launches April 3rd. Taito has announced that it will be bringing out a new version of the critically acclaimed mobile title Space Invaders Infinity Gene to Apple Arcade at the start of next month. Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve, as this new entry is called, will be released on April…