Retro Gaming News
“She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end”. This week has given us the sad news that Rebecca Heineman has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 62. A legend in the world of video game design and development, Heineman won the Space Invaders National Championship in 1980 before moving…
‘Bomb Bee’ released in 1979. Bomb Bee, Namco’s 1979 arcade sequel to its first in-house designed game, Gee Bee, is this week’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 release. Developed by the Pac-Man creator, Toru Iwatani, Bomb Bee, much like its predecessor, is a brick-breaking arcade game that incorporates elements of pinball. It plays similarly…
This is an interview done by Galloping Ghost’s superstar and International Video Game Hall of Fame inductee Pete Hahn with World Champion Galaxian player, David Lyne. Pete Hahn: First of all, congrats again on your awesome achievement! How long was your entire entire 2 million+ point run, and how did you maintain concentration for such…
Worth its wait in Gold(enEye 007). It’s been quite the wait for Analogue’s FPGA-based N64 clone. Announced all the way back in 2023, the Analogue 3D has been delayed multiple times, leading some sceptics to claim it was slowly but surely entering the realm of vapourware. Read the full article on timeextension.com Worth its wait…
“USA sales will happen (most likely via Amazon)”. “USA sales will happen” for the A1200 — that’s according to the creators of the emulation-based machine, Retro Games Ltd. When pre-orders for Retro Games Ltd.’s recreation of the Amiga 1200 (The A1200) went live last week on PlaionReplai’s website, it sparked a surge of excitement among…
Gaming used to be simple. Buy a console, pick up a game, and enjoy playing your favorite game with no need to worry about your bank account. A Nintendo 64 cartridge cost $50 in the late ’90s, and that was it, add-ons were rare or nonexistent. By 2025, gaming has evolved into something else. With…
Since February 27, 2017, The Video Game History Foundation has been working hard to preserve, celebrate, and teach video game history. We want to thank you so much for believing in what we do! It’s our mission to make video game history better. Over these past five years we’ve preserved thousands of artifacts and provided…
…plus two not-so-great ones. Following Neo Geo Arcade 1 and Neo Geo Arcade 2, Blaze has returned with another collection of classic titles in the form of this third helping. While you might assume we’re looking at diminishing returns here, any SNK fan will tell you that the Neo Geo’s catalogue of games is positively…
“Almost the entire truck was emptied”. A North American arcade operator has reported over $25,000 worth of items stolen recently, sparking a heartfelt campaign to recover the missing items. Charlie Mosley, owner of the Seattle-based Gamecenter arcade, found that his truck was missing one morning last week. Contained within were two arcade machines and a…
“Once it’s gone, it’s gone!”. Following the release of The Spectrum, an emulation-based version of Clive Sinclair’s popular 1980s microcomputer, Retro Games Ltd. is back with a new Collector’s Edition in white, featuring a printer, a thumb drive, and a recreation of the Quickshot II joystick, alongside a spiral-bound manual and a companion issue of…