Retro Gaming News
Video gaming has undergone an astounding transformation over the past fifty years, from Pong’s simple, single-plane screen bouncing ball to immersive Pokémon mobile playing worlds to online poker. From humble origins as a niche hobby, and now perhaps the fastest-growing global culture, video games have expanded onto consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality. Players…
The gaming industry in 2025 remains a giant of global entertainment, with billions of players and revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Verified market data from 2024 shows the industry earning close to $187.7 billion, with both mobile and PC gaming contributing significantly, though in different ways. Mobile platforms reach a wider audience,…
“The first Sega Mega Drive’ side-scrolling deathmatch”. The French homebrew developer Gonesbrew has announced it is working on a new title for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, which it believes to be the “first Sega Megadrive’ side-scrolling deathmatch” released for Sega’s 16-bit console. According to its developer, Vector F (as the project is called)…
Features “MSU-1, rumble, and a custom save engine”. Infidelity, the solo developer who has become well known in the retro community over the last few years for his fanmade ports of classic NES games to the SNES, has just released “a re-port” of Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! for the SNES, containing a bunch of incredible…
Retro DS has two. Chinese emulation handheld manufacturer MagicX has just revealed its product roadmap for the rest of 2025 and beyond, and one device in particular has caught our attention. The Retro DS appears to be a successor to MagicX’s Zero 40, which we recently reviewed. That device used a single, portrait-oriented screen to…
Launched back in 2005. The 2005 PS2 title Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade (Cowboy Bebop: Serenade Of Reminiscence) has been translated into English by SonicMan69. Developed by Chime and published by Bandai, the game is an action title based on the popular anime series. It focuses on a totally original storyline and allows players to…
‘Irena: Metal Genesis Fury’ was first crowdfunded back in 2021. White Ninja Studio, the developers of troubled Kickstarter project Irena: Metal Genesis Fury, have offered a new update on the project (as well as a backer-exclusive demo), following the loss of its publishers Mega Cat Studios and Broke Studio. Irena: Metal Genesis Fury, in case…
Just keep your expectations in check. When Bitmap Bureau recently announced He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction, it made dreams come true for an entire generation of 40-something adults raised on the classic ’80s Saturday morning cartoon series / toy line / cross-media franchise. A 2D side-scrolling fighting game in…
Well, it’s controller is, at least. We’ve already had Nintendo Lego consoles in the shape of the NES and (soon) the Game Boy, but it would seem that the Danish toymaker is teaming up with Sega for its next block-based video game hardware tribute. As spotted by itavix_bricks on Instagram, a new set has leaked…
“Austin Powers…completely changed the perception of our game”. Monolith Productions’s 1960s’-inspired first-person shooter game The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a title whose legend only grows year on year. Originally released in the year 2000, for PC, the spy-themed, gadget-filled adventure was an important project for the now shuttered Washington studio, helping to give…