Retro Gaming News
“Four or five of us on the Banjo team would play GoldenEye”. If you’ve ever wondered why the N64 classic Banjo-Tooie features so many first-person segments, then the latest issue of Retro Gamer (thanks, Games Radar) has the answer. The magazine has been speaking with former Rare developer Chris Sutherland about the making of the…
“Remaster it now so more people can play it, please”. The creative director behind one of the year’s breakout RPG hits has called for the cult Xbox 360 title Lost Odyssey to make a comeback. Speaking to Eurogamer, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche heaped praise on Mistwalker’s 2007 JRPG, even going as…
Daytona Championship USA Motion Edition is coming this year. The arcade market may be a shadow of its former self, but that doesn’t mean its most distinguished veterans aren’t still plugging away with new cabinets and titles. Sega Amusements has just revealed that it is updating its Daytona Championship USA arcade title with a new…
Stronger Edition Title Screen When it comes to one-on-one fighting games, the Commodore 64 is generally not the go-to system. While there were a few impressive entries during the long history of the system, such as Way of the Exploding Fist and the International Karate series, C64 gamers never received a fighter in the vein…
The first thing people usually remember about the dawn and early days of console gaming is unlikely to be Blackjack. The influence of digital card games runs deeper than many realise. Long before sprawling adventure quests and cinematic platformers defined the medium, developers experimented with simple concepts that could run on limited hardware. Blackjack was…
There’s a secret hiding underneath its stylish glass case. Yesterday, AYANEO held a special “Sharing Session” for its upcoming “premium” handheld, the AYANEO Pocket VERT, going over some of the features that will be included with the Game Boy-style device. Many of these features we’d already heard about in the past, such as the fact…
As many of you know when it comes to Dizzy, that little white egg has a special place on this site. We have featured art work, collections and fan based games, but what we have for you today isn’t exactly a Dizzy game, but it’s a Dizzy clone called ‘Dylan the Spaceman’ by Camden Town…
Don James worked at Nintendo of America for 43 years. Don James, a former executive vice president of operations at Nintendo of America, has joined The Strong National Museum of Play‘s Board of Trustees, it was announced this week. While arguably not as well-known as other Nintendo of America figures from the past, like Minoru…
New update shows what players should expect from the in-development shmup. Right now, it’s a pretty good time to be a fan of shoot ’em ups! Not only did Polygon Bird’s Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga-esque shooter Birdcage recently release on Steam, earning some incredible early reactions from players. But we also have a ton of…
Unleash the beast. As you’ll be aware if you’ve already checked out our review of the Analogue 3D, this FPGA-based N64 reproduction has some amazing tricks up its sleeve – perhaps the most striking being its ability to give N64 software a performance boost via overclocking. While it’s possible to run the Analogue 3D in…