Retro Gaming News
‘Karous’ launched on the console in 2007. Milestone Inc.’s Sega Naomi-powered vertical shoot ’em up, Karous, is getting a rerelease on Steam next year, courtesy of the developer and publisher RS34. It will be released on January 22nd, 2026, and will reportedly include a full English localization. Karous was originally released for arcades back in…
File this under “oddly satisfying”. At last night’s Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition 2025 showcase, the publisher TinyBuild and developer Mandragora announced a new narrative-based simulation game, called ReStory, that will let players run their very own electronics repair shop in Japan to dismantle, clean, and fix a bunch of nostalgic devices. This includes…
We’ll take them all, thanks! Sega and the keyboard and accessory manufacturer Higround announced plans earlier this week for a new range of keyboards for your PC, inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog & the Sega Dreamcast (Thanks Sonic City). The two companies have previously collaborated before, joining forces back in 2022, to release a range…
Konami’s ‘Roc ‘N Rope’ is coming to consoles this week. This week’s Arcade Archives release is Konami’s “wire-action” title Roc ‘N Rope, an early arcade game from the creator of the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series and Bionic Commando and the co-creator of Resident Evil, Tokuro Fujiwara. Released in 1983, Roc ‘N Rope was one of…
To be announced this Winter. It looks like there may be some exciting news around the corner for fans of Japanese feature phone games. That’s because G-Mode Co. Ltd (the publisher behind the G-Mode Archives+ series of retro reissues of old Japanese mobile games) is currently teasing a couple of big announcements over the next…
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From Legendary Street Fighter to Bloody Mortal Kombat, These Fighting Games Shocked the World Since Day One Games that Changed Everything When the conversation turns to good fighting games, sparks fly. Everyone has a favorite. Some swear loyalty to Mortal Kombat’s spine-ripping chaos, others grew up throwing Hadoukens until the arcade manager turned off the…
You’ve probably noticed a seismic shift in the casual gaming space. Suddenly, everyone, from the sharpest financial analysts to the savviest marketing directors, is talking about Daily Quartiles, not the usual suspects like Wordle or Scrabble GO. It’s a genuine phenomenon that seems to defy the conventional wisdom of what makes a word game sticky…
With a price tag to match, of course. Whenever a new Windows-based portable platform is announced, the first thing I ponder is how well it will perform in terms of emulation – which probably makes me a little odd, given that the promotional materials for these products almost never seem to mention that aspect. Well,…
Today Retro gaming is an appealing pastime today, and many of these games still hold up against contemporary titles. Not only does playing retro games let many gamers feel a sense of nostalgia as they remember the days when they were first getting into gaming, but it can also lead them to discover new games…