Retro Gaming News
“NES Remix” is too much fun to put down. Powered by a myriad of classic games and aided by frenetic button-mashing and beat the clock gameplay, “NES Remix” is an old-school blast. For decades, there’s been no real way to measure how good someone is in “Super Mario Bros.” or Excitebike.” Aside from the fun…
The Atari 2600 was a formidable system in its day. It was a runaway success, spawned several subsequent consoles that, unfortunately, didn’t see the same success, and had an absolutely humongous library of games. While most of that library consisted of original games for the system, a fair number were ports of popular arcade games…
“Ending up on Ali Express after all the work I’ve put into this port would f***ing suck!”. It’s been over two years now since we last gave an update on Mega Splatterhouse, the fanmade Mega Drive / Genesis port of Namco’s horror-themed arcade beat ’em up Splatterhouse, but it appears its developer, Monster Bath Games,…
‘Hey, where’d Major Kong go?’. A more modest addition to Hamster’s Arcade Archives range this week, with the gentle, wafting arrival of Taito’s highly explosive Balloon Bomber, landing on console platforms tomorrow, October 1. Released in 1980, Balloon Bomber is among the earliest of Taito’s arcade output, as the developer ventured into the burgeoning world…
Inspired by classic FromSoft series King’s Field. It’s been just shy of a year since we last wrote about Queen’s Domain, the “retro-fantasy” adventure from independent Irish studio Freshly Baked Games. Well, the time to take up your sword, your axe, or your pointed stick is nigh, as Queen’s Domain will launch October 30 on…
“I built it to add a little joy and whimsy to the world”. A new device is on the way which allows you to listen to the music from your Game Boy and Game Boy Color carts. To use Retro Song Bird, you simply plug in the cartridge (over 1,900 are supported) and it plays…
Battle Beyond the Stars. German studio Byteproduct has announced the coming of a stylish new shmup, blasting off on PC and console platforms in early 2027. Sturmjäger captures the essence of its old-school predecessors while offering a modern, highly futuristic visual style. Sturmjäger promises 10 stages of adrenalised, bullet-dodging action, with the horizontally-scrolling action taking…
Indestructible? Modders are in the process of overhauling the online component of Capcom’s legendary fighter Street Fighter IV – or, more specifically, its final iteration, Ultra Street Fighter IV, which launched back in 2014. The mods are looking to bring rollback netcode to the Steam edition of the one-on-one fighter, along with overhauled lobbies and…
“We began discussions with Blaze Entertainment about an alternative route”. We’ve already reported on System 3 boss Mark Cale’s mammoth Kickstarter update and how it relates to the ongoing GenAI controversy surrounding James Pond, but Cale also touches on issues with The Last Ninja Collection, which was crowdfunded some time ago and remains only partially…
Game, Set, Colourmatch. Nintendo’s Tennis – one of the first releases for the NES and a U.S. launch title for the Game Boy – has made its way to Sega’s 8-bit baby, the Master System. The unofficial port comes courtesy of the suitably monikered homebrewer “OldSchool is Cool”. The Master System conversion is built on…