Retro Gaming News
Getting to know you. You might be getting ready for Christmas and the New Year, but we’ve one favour to ask before you don your festive jumper and tuck into those mince pies – we’d love it if you could spare a few moments to fill in the user survey below, which has been lovingly…
Releasing in Japan by the end of the year. A new kit that converts early Nintendo Famicom models into a portable device is set to be released in Japan by the end of the year. The Mobile FC Creation Kit came to our attention earlier this week thanks to the manager of the Ken-Chan home…
A barebones take on an adventure game classic. The Secret of Monkey Island is often regarded as one of the best adventure games that Lucasfilm Games ever produced, so it comes as no surprise that there is still an active fan community around it all these years later who are intent on paying tribute to…
Defying gravity. WipEout was the game that ‘sold’ the original PlayStation to an entire generation of gamers, but it was also released on Sega Saturn and PC. The latter version was pretty poor, but it has redeemed itself by forming the basis of WipEout Phantom Edtiion, a new PC port which offers HD visuals, an…
Another PC-88 classic to play over the Christmas period. Yesterday, we reported that the PC-88 shoot ’em-up Silpheed was coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of D4 Enterprises’ Console Egg series of reissues, but, as spotted via the Japanese publication 4Gamer, it seems like we only got half the story there. That’s because,…
13 games included. Blaze has announced that it will be releasing another one of its ‘Indie Heroes’ carts for its Evercade family of systems. Indie Heroes Collection 3 will pull together nine titles, which have all been featured in Evercade’s Game of the Month program, as well as four extra games. Read the full article…
v1.2.1 brings with it fixes and improvements. Retro Games Ltd has revealed that its ‘Amiga Mini’ The A500 Mini has been updated to v1.2.1. The update brings with it a host of fixes and improvements, as well as a new game, Time Bandit, which Zzap! magazine rated at 92% back in 1988. Read the full…
As one of the cornerstones of arcade gaming, Namco has produced some of the most famous arcade video games of the last 50 years. Join Antstream Arcade as we celebrate the life of this legendary coin-op manufacturer. Formation The history of Namco stretches back to the middle of the 20th century. Formed just ten years…
Trust me, I’m a professional. The Saturn may have lost out to the Sony PlayStation in terms of market share, but one thing it got right was its controller. Sure, the PS1 pad boasted a forward-thinking design complete with four shoulder buttons and ergonomic ‘prong’ grips, but its D-pad was a distant second to the…
Christmas comes early! The classic shoot ’em-up Silpheed has been announced as the next title coming to the Nintendo Switch as part of D4 Enterprise’s Egg Console series of rereleases. It will arrive on the Nintendo Switch eShop on December 21st (as spotted by @gosokkyu!). The game, which was originally published and developed by Game…