Retro Gaming News
Coming October 5th. Hamster has announced that this week’s arcade archives release will be Taito’s arcade shoot ’em up Darius II (thanks Game Watch!) It will be released on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 tomorrow (October 5th). Originally launching in the arcade back in 1989, Darius II was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive…
Retro-Bit is working on an all-new translation for the game. Assault Suits Valken – known in the West as Cybernator – is getting a physical re-release thanks to Retro-Bit. Originally released in 1992 in Japan, the game was localised (and heavily censored) for release in North America and Europe the following year. Read the full…
Marco Rossi and Eri Kasamoto report for duty. SNK’s Metal Slug 3 is joining forces with the competitive RTS game Warpath, it has been revealed. Developed by Shanghai-based Lilith Games and available on PC, iOS, and Android, Warpath is a “classic real-time strategy game where players build their forces to unleash fury on enemy units…
“We called it Xbox assuming there would be a better name coming along”. The Xbox brand is one of the most recognizable in modern gaming, having established itself over the course of several console generations starting way back with the release of the original Xbox in 2001. However, as its co-creator Seamus Blackley told Time…
“The past year has been indescribable”. When we launched Time Extension over a year ago, we ran an interview with Lost in Cult founder Jon Doyle. Just like us, Doyle’s creative studio was still something of a baby at that point; it had produced a few issues of the excellent periodical and was working on…
Nine commercial i-mode games have now been saved. When it comes to video game preservation, NTT DoCoMo’s popular Japanese feature phone service i-mode has often been overlooked. That’s in spite of famous Japanese companies like Capcom, Enix, Konami, Namco, and more having published high-quality games & applications for the platform. This mostly comes down to…
Did we mention it’s free? One of the key creatives behind the original Fable, Dene Carter, has just released a free retro, turn-based RPG on Steam, called Moonring. Carter was credited on the original Fable as a designer and was later present for the development of Fable II and Fable III, before leaving Lionhead in…
Celebrate World Maritime Day with BBG Entertainment’s reimagined take on the 16-bit classic, o-fish-ally available on Steam PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Apple Mac! Dive in, underwater adventurers! BBG Entertainment is thrilled to announce the release of SHARK! SHARK!®, the modern reimagining of a beloved 16-bit classic. Perfectly timed for World Maritime Day, the game is…
The creator of the #1 ranked homebrew game of all time, Witch n’ Wiz, has announced that his next game, From Below Pocket, is now available for Game Boy and Game Boy Color on pre-order until October 16, 2023, at $79.99 CAD. The game is available in a complete package that includes a cart, a plastic case, a…
The 1980’s Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker’s rather cool Mario’s Cement Factory for the C64! Well todays news…