Retro Gaming News
“A Saturn port was long overdue”. It’s an often-overlooked fact that Tomb Raider came to Saturn before the PlayStation, and while Lara Croft would enjoy many more adventures on Sony’s hardware, one fan has ensured that the famous explorer has returned to Sega’s console, albeit in an unofficial capacity (thanks, segasaturnshiro.com). RetroRaiderJohn has ported Tomb…
We’ve been flooded with awesome news this week, from Forest of Illusion for the Commodore Amiga, to the overhauled Mario Bros on the Amstrad and Mickey and Donald G&W for the 48k. Well once again we are going back to the ZX Spectrum for some more gaming news, as thanks to Saberman contacting us recently, he has…
It’s all about the aspect ratio. There are a lot of things to love about the Analogue Pocket, but one of the things we really like is the perfectly square 1:1 aspect ratio screen, which is absolutely ideal for playing Game Boy games. A display with this kind of aspect ratio is a rare beast…
Say hello to ‘Super Junkoid’. Super Metroid is one of the best games on the SNES, and arguably needs little in the way of introduction. However, a new ROM hack by P. Yoshi takes the game in an interesting new direction, using its engine to create an entirely new experience based around a young female…
Side-talkin’ for two decades. Nokia’s N-Gage is now 20 years old. Released in 2003, the device was seen as a rival to the Game Boy Advance. Boasting powerful hardware and the ability to make phone calls, send text messages and access the internet, many predicted that it would steal away market share from Nintendo thanks…
Rolling into town late on a Friday night, we didn’t know what to expect about the accommodations set up for us by Ryan of the Illinois Game Con. I had checked out the website for Arcadia (vintagevideogames.com) and it looked really cool. I was told we were staying above the arcade in some level of…
“I think EA would have responded quite badly to that”. A lot has been written this year about EA Sports’ decision to part ways with the FIFA brand to release EA Sports FC 24. However, what you might not know is that this could have happened much sooner than it eventually did. When we were…
Old School Gamer chats with game developer Karina Chow about her rhythm game Udder Mayhem and involvement in this year’s Maker Faire Coney Island. About Udder Mayhem: An alternative controller rhythm game in which the player plays a barista preparing café lattes by squeezing four silicone udder teats to a beat. Game programming done in…
As part of Atari’s XP line. Save Mary, an unreleased game from the early ’80s by Tod Frye, is finally getting an official release as part of Atari’s XP range of physical carts (thanks, Destructoid) The game is notable due to Frye’s involvement; if his name seems familiar, it’s because he developed the Atari 2600…
“I wish the games industry was a bit more like that”. Given that video games now generate more revenue than books, music and films, it’s odd that the industry as a whole doesn’t do a better job of making sure its history is readily available to all. A recent study showed that almost 90% of…