Retro Gaming News
Do You Like?/ offers “limitless branching scenarios”. Shoppers in Akihabara have spotted a new Game Boy Color game on store shelves which appears to bridge the gap between retro gaming and modern technology in a manner which might not find favour with everyone. Developed by Nanu, Do You Like?/ is described as a “mystery adventure…
The service gets switched off today. Today – March 31st, 2026 – marks the official end of an era with the decommissioning of Japan’s 3G FOMA antennas. The decline of the i-mode was a slow burn: NTT DoCoMo stopped accepting new subscribers (users had to pay a monthly subscription to access the service) from September…
40 Winks’ Game Boy Color port has finally been preserved. In 2019, Piko Interactive resurrected a lost N64 port of Eurocom’s PlayStation platformer 40 Winks almost twenty years after it had been abandoned. It was a bizarre turn of events, but stranger still is that it apparently wasn’t the only version of the game that…
“Advanced Library detection for variable game headers”. Analogue has issued another firmware update for its Analogue 3D system, and this one brings with it a huge improvement for those of you using flash carts to play your games, like the EverDrive or SummerCart 64. As detailed in the patch notes for update 1.2.4, the Analogue…
Konami’s ‘Road Fighter’ is now available on Sega’s 8-bit system. One of Konami’s classic arcade racing games has just been given a new lease of life, thanks to the homebrew developer BadComputer and the Sega Master System. Road Fighter is a top-down racing game that originally hit the arcades in 1984, letting players get behind…
“All ROM protection systems will be removed”. Final Fight MD developer Mauro Xavier has revealed that he is making the game open-source. Xavier says the source code will be released on GitHub, “ready to be fully compiled with the latest version of the SGDK.” All ROM protection systems will be removed, and the game may…
Introducing the “NES-SY2.0”. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed a MIDI-synth with the best-selling console of the 1980s? Well then, look no further than the NES-SY2.0, an exciting new project from the Swedish designer and instrument maker, Love Hultén (h/t: yoshinokentarou for the spot!). Read the full article on timeextension.com Introducing…
“When something is ready to be released, it should demonstrate real quality”. The dual topics of decompliation and recompilation have been getting plenty of attention lately, thanks to the fact that, via these two processes, we’re seeing a flood of classic games being natively ported to modern-day systems, along with a raft of improvements and…
Now that’s what I call a proper Ninja! A Japanese Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus player has made history by being the first verified user to achieve a platinum on the PlayStation Vita title. For the longest time, it was believed to be nearly impossible for any player to obtain a platinum in the 2013…
“We also hope the world finds more stability as soon as possible”. Yuzo Koshiro says production of the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Earthion is almost complete, but warns that the “current global situation affecting parts supply and shipping” could affect timing. The legendary composer and game designer is referring to the ongoing conflict in the…