Retro Gaming News
“Turns the platform into a second class MAME”. If you’ve been following the MiSTer FPGA scene recently, you’ll no doubt be aware of the sharp rise in AI-assisted cores for the platform. We’re currently witnessing a flurry of new cores that are apparently based on MAME rather than the original arcade boards, which, in the…
“Bringing the original, retro spirit and arcade energy of competitive gaming back”. Atari has revealed plans to team up with Twin Galaxies to launch a new gaming competition featuring five of its iconic titles. The Atari World Championships, according to this announcement, will kick off with an open online tournament, which will leverage “Twin Galaxies’…
“I did NOT use AI to translate any text”. Magic: The Gathering is arguably more popular now than it has ever been, but it’s important to remember that the card game’s history goes all the way back to the ’90s. Created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993, MtG (for…
“An extremely shady site and developers need to be aware of this”. Last week, we reported that the retro website Generation Amiga’s GenAI practices had come under fire from the community, and we’re now hearing that parts of the Amiga fandom are rejecting the site’s content outright, leading to its ban from certain social media…
“The level of interest and support we have received has far exceeded my expectations”. This month sees the release of Truxton Extreme, a new entry in the legendary shmup series which started life all the way back in 1988 and was conceived by the equally esteemed Masahiro Yuge. Yuge established Tatsujin in 2017, with the…
“We’re still proud of the work the team did”. Following the release of Myst V: End of Ages in 2005, Cyan, the creators of the Myst universe, has spent much of its time looking backwards, with most of the team’s projects focused around reintroducing its classic games to modern audiences. In 2020, there was the…
“It might be a little while before it’s released for real”. There seems to be some confusion in the Sega Dreamcast community recently after a video surfaced claiming that the long-awaited unofficial port of Sonic Mania had been released. The port, developed by SonicFreak94, Falco Girgis, and Jnmartin, has been on our radar since 2024,…
For years, kids who wanted to play with little cars had two major brands to choose from: either Mattel’s Hot Wheels or Tyco’s Matchbox (which, ironically, was purchased by Mattel in 1997). There were other smaller creators, like Johnny Lightning and Maisto, but those were the two everyone knew. So, when Galoob decided to enter…
“We’re pushing hard to keep Pocket Nova’s price stable”. Retroid has given an update on its latest Android-based handheld, the Retroid Pocket Nova, and it seems there’s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Retroid Pocket Nova will start shipping tomorrow, meaning that if you have already ordered one…
“Look at Final Fantasy VI; it’s such an incredibly huge game.”. The Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida suggested that if remakes of Final Fantasy VI, VIII, and IX were to happen, they would potentially be a much larger undertaking than the current Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy, requiring four or five instalments (h/t: Genki/VGC)….