Retro Gaming News
“Something was strange about these cartridges”. Super Mario Bros. might be one of the most famous and best-selling video games of all time, but, as recent auctions have shown, copies of it can fetch insane prices if the stars align. You can imagine, then, why the discovery of 97 copies of a previously unseen variant…
“The classic audio-visual puzzle sensation, now in your pocket.”. The 2018 remaster of Q Entertainment’s classic PSP puzzle game Lumines is available now on Google Play and the App Store. Sound Games, the company behind the mobile ports of lente’s Spilled! and multiplatform games like Go Ape Ship!, announced the news yesterday on social media,…
“Built with help from Codex”. Nintendo’s SNES classic Zelda: Link To The Past has had its fair share of official re-releases over the years, and came to the 3DS Virtual Console in 2016 – but it now has a new port to that same system which unlocks the latent potential of that second screen. Developed…
Human translated, but Claude code was used to “decode” the Loopy’s Hitachi SH-1. I can’t help but be a little fascinated by the Casio Loopy. Released exclusively in Japan in 1995, it was a 32-bit console primarily targeted at young female gamers and was really unlike many other systems at the time, with one of…
Retro gaming enthusiasts often debate which platform produced deeper strategy: the coin-operated cabinet or the home console. Both formats shaped competitive play, but they did so through entirely different design pressures. Understanding those pressures explains why arcade and console games still feel so distinct decades later. The differences weren’t accidental. Hardware limitations, business models, and…
“The guys that came up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pitched Andy first”. Steve Lang’s unused artwork for the SNES title Battletoads in Battlemaniacs I have a confession to make; embarrassing as it may be, I’m absolutely fascinated with DIC’s animated pilot for its undeveloped Battletoads cartoon series. Read the full article on timeextension.com “The…
Unconnected delay causes confusion. The Neo Geo AES+ is due for release later this year, but a recent post on social media has had people fretting about it potentially be delayed until next year. “The release of the NEOGEO AES+ has been postponed from November this year to September next year,” reported majinemui7638, adding that…
Did you spot this reference? If I asked you to name a retro game featuring Mike Tyson, your first thought would likely be Punch Out!! for the NES, and understandably so. After all, the boxer’s name was in the title, acting as a clever piece of marketing to win over audiences at the time. What…
“I am sad to part with it, but I’m living a more clutter-free life these days”. Cosmic Smash is one of Sega’s truly cult classics. It had a very limited release in arcades before being ported to the Dreamcast in Japan – a release that also only came in small quantities. However, despite its diminutive…
‘Thimbleweed Park 2’ is coming in early 2028. Here’s some good news for point-and-click adventure games to brighten their week. Terrible Toybox, the company founded by Lucasfilm Games’ legends Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, has just announced a sequel to its 2017 point-and-click adventure game Thimbleweed Park. Read the full article on timeextension.com ‘Thimbleweed Park…