Retro Gaming News
Available now! A new version of MAME (MAME 0.278) was recently released, with the update introducing a new sound system to the multi-purpose emulator alongside fixes for games that use the Sega Model 2 arcade board (thanks VideoGameEsoterica for the spot!). This update was originally supposed to go live in May, but was pushed back…
“We are incredibly proud of the work being done”. Three years ago, Romero Games – the studio founded by former id Software legend and co-creator of DOOM John Romero – announced that it was working on a brand-new FPS title. Sadly, that project has now been cancelled thanks to Microsoft’s recent cost-cutting exercises (it was…
The future is now (in your hand). Blaze’s HyperMegaTech brand has been pumping out Super Pocket handhelds for a while now, working with companies like Taito, Atari, Capcom and Technos to deliver budget-friendly and super-portable ways of leveraging the massive Evercade library. However, it’s fair to say that the Super Pocket Neo Geo Edition is…
“My Psycho Power knows no limits!”. Legendary’s Street Fighter movie has reportedly cast another iconic character, with Deadline reporting that the film has brought on board David Dastmalchian to play the power-mad dictator M. Bison in the upcoming film. Dastmalchian is probably best known for his role as Abner Krill / Polka Dot Man in…
A Famitsu livestream is scheduled for July 17th. A new collection of classic arcade games is set to be released for the Egret II Mini this December, with the lineup scheduled to be revealed in a Famitsu livestream taking place later this month. Arcade Collection Part 1 was announced earlier today by Taito, and will…
“That old Xbox is no-longer the heart of this new organisation”. Layoffs aren’t new in the games industry, and in recent years, we’ve seen numerous studios let go of staff or close down entirely. The game industry is in a difficult spot right now, and no company is immune, not even Microsoft. Yesterday, the company…
Luckily, though, Hamster’s ACA Neo Geo versions are still available. At the beginning of this month, a bunch of SNK titles were removed from the Google Play Store, with the developer issuing a press release saying that these games will now no longer be able to download, even if you previously bought a copy prior…
Jaz Rignall, Gary Harrod, Paul Davies, Paul Glancey and Radion Automatic are all involved. UK gamers of a certain age will no doubt fondly recall EMAP’s Mean Machines magazine. First published in 1990 after being a console-focused section in CVG, the mag would often sell hundreds of thousands of copies each month and ran for…
‘Vivi and Grandpa On the Day of Departure’ is out now in Japan. Square Enix has just released a picture-book prequel to its beloved PlayStation RPG Final Fantasy IX in Japan, for mark the series’s 25th anniversary (thanks Famitsu!). The book, which is called Vivi and Grandpa On the Day of Departure, is the work…
“I always enjoyed the illustrations at the beginning of the NES manual as a kid”. When Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda in North America in 1987, it promoted it with a pretty odd commercial, with actor and comedian John Kassir walking around a darkened room spouting the various enemy names from the game….