Retro Gaming News
Easy right, maybe? When you combine the words “rally” and “arcade”, chances are you’ll find that Sega Rally Championship enters your mind pretty swiftly. The 1995 coin-op smash hit delivered drift-based off-road thrills to millions of players, but it was far from the first game of its type in arcades. Visco’s Drift Out franchise kicked…
‘Crimson II’ & ‘Dai Dassou’ are both coming to the Nintendo eShop. The next two PC-88 titles coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop, as part of D4 Enterprise’s ongoing EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, have now been revealed. The first of these, releasing at some point today, is Xtalsoft’s RPG sequel Crimson II, which is…
Unless you live in the UK, that is… Mana Wave Media has announced it will be releasing the soundtrack to Capcom’s gothic fighting game Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (AKA Vampire in Japan) on vinyl for the first time ever later this year, and that pre-orders are now open on its website. The release was announced…
Also compatible with the Saturn. Terraonion’s MODE was one of the first commercially available ODE (Optical Drive Emulator) offerings to gain widespread notoriety, mainly because it was compatible with both the Saturn and Dreamcast. While the market is now filled with alternatives, the MODE is still a solid option – and it has just been…
‘DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver’ was only available for a day. The Japanese feature phone preservation community have shown themselves to be experts at recovering games that many had believed would be forever lost to time, but its latest achievement could be one of its most impressive finds yet. That’s because, as revealed yesterday by RockmanCosmo…
That’s two more than the SNES version! Brazilian developer Mauro Xavier is still hard at work on his unofficial port of Final Fight for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and has just revealed that it could be getting support for three players. “Dig out your multitaps,” he proclaims on social media. “Although it’s still…
It’s sort of a cliche that everyone has a different favorite Pokémon. To be clear, some Pokémon are clearly a lot more popular than others, but why there’s a popularity gap between Pokémon often comes down to a fairly arbitrary matter of exposure. Pikachu, for example, wasn’t intended as a franchise mascot- but it…
Retro gaming nostalgia is leaving its imprint on the online casino arena. Pixelated graphics and timeless sound effects are just a few of the ways arcade and console favorites have given online casino play a new spin. By merging past and present, developers are reinventing reels, bonuses and even live experiences in ways that appeal…
Gaming communities once lived in arcades, spaces filled with the steady hum of CRT monitors and the familiar clink of quarters. Players formed rivalries around high score leaderboards and built friendships in the warm glow of cabinet screens. While those neon-lit halls are less common today, the drive to connect has never disappeared. It has…
A $300 million black hole in handheld form. As much as I love modern-day gaming hardware, it’s all a little too safe for my liking. Platform holders like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have a stranglehold on the industry now, and, outside of the likes of Valve, AYANEO and ROG – all of whom are producing…