Retro Gaming News
HAMSTER Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as “HAMSTER”) is happy to announce that “KARATE BLAZERS” will be released for Nintendo Switch TM and PlayStation®4 on November 27th, 2025, available digitally for Arcade Archives series by HAMSTER. “KARATE BLAZERS” is an action game released by VIDEO SYSTEM in 1991. Choose…
The game originally released in Japan back in 1994. If you’ve been looking for a new PC-98 title from the past to get stuck into and have an affinity for strategy games, then you’re in luck. “BNK” has just released a new translation patch for the space adventure game Progenitor, allowing players to experience Koei’s…
“I didn’t necessarily see them as a rival back then”. Final Fantasy arguably has the edge over Dragon Quest when it comes to global fame, so much so that it’s easy to forget that Yuji Horii’s series came out before Hironobu Sakaguchi’s. The early rivalry between the two franchises was quite heated in Japan, but,…
When I was a youngster I had the pleasure of playing the fantastic platformer of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive. A game which featured a ring collecting blue hedgehog, that could spin, run, jump and roll about, at the fastest of speeds in a battle against a number of menacing enemies and the…
You’ll need an original N64 to install the update, though. When we reviewed the excellent Analogue 3D recently, one negative we picked up on was the fact that flash cart compatibility was inconsistent. Some Analogue 3D owners have reported that older flash carts work fine, while others have said that more recent examples, like the…
“It was really expensive to do all this s**t in those days”. When people think about The Beatles in relation to the world of games, the 2009 rhythm title The Beatles: Rock Band is usually the first thing to spring to mind — and for pretty understandable reasons. Not only was it the most successful…
Featuring fresh interviews with Shinji Mikami, Tokuro Fujiwara, and more. If you happen to love the Resident Evil series, then we have some interesting news to share with you. A new documentary on the original survival horror classic is set to air in Japan later this month, featuring new interviews with key members of its…
Originally released in 1991. Following the release last week of Konami’s 1985 mech-based fighting game Galactic Warriors, Hamster is back with yet another action-packed title pulled straight from the arcades: Video System’s 1991 beat-’em-up Karate Blazers (known as Toushin Blazers in Japan). Designed for up to 4 players, the early ’90s beat-’em-up sees players pick…
Features new artwork from original artist Yasushi Suzuki. Clothing brand Kumagumi has just gone live with a range of Ikaruga merchandise that’s officially licensed by Treasure. The range includes T-shirts, a hat, a hoodie, and a limited-edition print. Many of the items feature brand-new artwork from Yasushi Suzuki, the character designer of the original 2001…
TimeSplitters Rewind is out now in Early Access. Following Embracer Group’s and Free Radical Design’s failed attempt at a TimeSplitters revival, things have been looking pretty bleak for the future of the beloved first-person shooter series, originally made famous on the PS2. Not only has Free Radical Design once again been put to rest, but…