Retro Gaming News
“Now I own a Nintendo PlayStation!”. We all know that the PlayStation was originally supposed to be a fusion of the SNES with a CD-ROM drive, and that Sony actually got as far as creating a working prototype, which resurfaced a few years ago. However, YouTube modder James Channel has taken this concept to the…
“I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic”. The ‘games of the world’ are an engrossing subject, specifically when you look past the dominant geographical triumvirate of America, Japan, and Europe (actually a collection of distinct territories, unfairly homogenised into a single label). My first professional article was in GamesTM #27 covering the…
“Here’s Toby!”. In 2023, the names ‘Charlie Brooker‘ and ‘CeX‘ will perhaps prompt two very different emotions from many people. The former is the acclaimed English presenter, author, producer and satirist who created the wonderfully dark and thought-provoking sci-fi drama series Black Mirror, while the latter is an international second-hand retailer which specialises in buying-in…
“We extend our gratitude to all players who have enjoyed the game”. Back in April 2021, Japanese studio PlatinumGames released World of Demons via Apple Arcade, an action title with gorgeous visuals. It now looks as if the game will join the long list of digital titles no longer legally available, as PlatinumGames has revealed…
“It’s like clothes. If you find something you like, you just put it on”. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, many western players would have been quite familiar with composer Yuzo Koshiro – after all, his name can be seen right on the title screens of games like Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of…
“1D Pac-Man”. Pac-Man is one of the most influential video games of all time. Not only has it generated millions of dollars in revenue since its launch, but it has spawned sequels, songs, cartoon shows, merchandise and – of course – hordes of imitators. It’s fair to say that, without Pac-Man, the video game landscape…
Demo available now. While many gamers will have fond memories of Capcom’s X-Men: Children of the Atom and X-Men Vs Street Fighter arcade titles, Konami’s 1992 coin-op has plenty of fans. A side-scrolling brawler released at a point when Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game was still fresh in people’s memories, X-Men was sadly…
Fractal161 and P1xelAndy did it within a day of each other. Just before Christmas, 13-year-old Willis Gibson – also known as Blue Scuti – became the first person to “beat” the 1989 NES version of Tetris, one of the most popular variants of the game on the competitive circuit. Gibson – who dedicated the achievement…
“The deepest crunch development I’ve ever done”. ‘Creative’ software has a long and proud history in the world of computers and gaming. From the popular Protracker software on the Amiga to the silly fun of Mario Paint on SNES, there have always been options for players to put the controller down and express themselves digitally….
“It was basically an escalation of the ‘cover-mounted gift wars’ of the period”. Picture the scene. It’s the early 1990s, the internet hasn’t taken over the world yet, and you’ve just wandered into your local newsagents to purchase a video game magazine. Assembled on the shelf in front of you is a plethora of competing…