Retro Gaming News
“We’re not starting at ground zero”. Legendary game designer John Romero has revealed that the unnamed FPS title he and his team at Romero Games is still alive – it’s just moving forward in a different form. Funding for the game was pulled a while back, and while Romero has never revealed who the publisher…
With 100 percent of the profits going towards the Video Game History Foundation. iam8Bit, the Video Game History Foundation, Mega Cat Studios, and Retrotainment Games are teaming up to finish and release a long-abandoned NES game by developer Chris Oberth on cartridge, with 100% of the profits supporting the VGHF’s “mission to preserve and celebrate…
Borderless screen with 120Hz refresh rate. Anbernic is pitching its upcoming RG 477V as its most powerful vertical emulation handheld. The device boasts a 4.7-inch, 1280×960 resolution LTPS screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, and is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 CPU. It’s expected to handle everything up to and including PS2 and GameCube…
Jammin’ prototype was discovered on old VAX backup tapes. Atari was a real trailblazer back in the ’70s and ’80s arcade landscape, and was responsible for creating some of the most famous video games of the period – and it almost published a game which would have pre-dated the likes of Beatmania and Dance Dance…
As of December 10th, Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition is now available for download on the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, as well as the Microsoft Store. The porting of Montezuma’s Revenge to these platforms follows up on the game’s Steam release back in…
In issue #12, we started an interview with Nolan Bushnell that took us up to the VCS akaAtari 2600. Todd Friedman had also done a recent interview that we brought part of into this article. We pick up when competition in the home video game space kicks up with the IIntellivision, Colecovision, Chuck E Cheese…
More carts are set to enter “legacy” status soon. Blaze Entertainment, the company behind the Evercade series of consoles, has announced that three more Evercade carts are set to be retired next year, due to their licenses expiring. These carts include: Intellivision Collection 1, Intellivision Collection 2, and IREM Arcade 1 Read the full article…
The announcement was made earlier today. The developer and publisher 3Goo announced earlier today that they are planning to release a Nintendo Switch 2 edition of The Rumble Fish 2, Dimps’ cult classic fighting game that first hit the arcades back in 2005 (h/t: Gosokkyu). This version appears to be exclusive to Japan (unlike the…
Courtesy of ININ Games. After a minor tease yesterday, ININ Games has officially revealed that it is working on a new version of the SNES shoot-em-up R-Type III: The Third Lightning, called R-Type Dimensions III, which is set to be developed in close cooperation with Tozai Games and Irem. The game is slated to release…
“What if Symphony of the Night took place in Mexico?”. Earlier today, a brand new trailer was released as part of the 2025 Latin American Games Showcase for Mariachi Legends, an upcoming action platformer that’s being described as “What if Symphony of the Night took place in Mexico?” The game is the latest Metroidvania from…