Retro Gaming News
There’s more to Taito than Space Invaders. Taito may be little more than a sub-brand owned by Square Enix these days, but once upon a time, this prolific Japanese company was one of the most active and influential in arcade gaming. Everybody knows Space Invaders, of course, the 1978 hit that not only birthed the…
Rey Esteban’s new book is a visual feast for Nintendo fans. A few years back, I took a look at Rey Esteban’s excellent NES Endings Compendium Vol. 1, a book which – just as it says on the cover – takes a look at the final moments of a bunch of classic 8-bit Nintendo games….
Banshee’s Last Cry was released in Japan back in 1994. In some rather unexpected news, Street Fighter 6 will get a special collaboration next month celebrating Chunsoft’s landmark Japanese sound novel Kamaitachi no Yoru (otherwise known as Banshee’s Last Cry). Released in 1994, the Super Famicom sound novel (whose name literally translates to Night of…
Shmup shown off at SAGE ’25. Square’s 1997 shmup Einhänder is unique, as it’s the only time the company has tackled the shmup genre – and yet, despite a warm critical reaction, it hasn’t returned to the genre since. Thankfully, if you’re hankering for more of the same, then indie developers DJ Ear and Mad…
Courtesy of Red Art Studios and Success Corp. A brand new game in Success Corp’s Psyvariar series is currently in development for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam), the publisher has announced. Psyvariar 3 is the first new mainline entry in the classic shoot ’em up series, which began all…
With an English localization! With Tokyo Game Show currently underway, news is starting emerge about a bunch of brand new projects that have been revealed to coincide with the event. This includes a new project from Sunsoft, which will see the company reissue its 1990 PC Engine title City Hunter, across PS5, Xbox Series X|S,…
Gaming communities are known for embracing quick and clever ways to connect. From event check-ins to exclusive content drops, QRcode technology has quietly become a common thread. With different types of QR codes, developers can link digital content to physical spaces or special campaigns, turning a simple scan into part of the gameplay. Linking Real-World…
Even when arcade cabinets started showing up in malls, pizza shops, and corner stores, they didn’t just offer entertainment. They created little hubs of competition and excitement where people gathered with pockets full of change and the hope of making it further than the last time. You’d see strangers leaning in to watch someone tackle…
Featuring ActRaiser, Eye of the Beholder, Breath of Fire, & Chrono Trigger. Over the last decade or so, Bitmap Books has established itself as one of the leading publishers of video game books. In the past, the UK-based publisher has released books on a range of retro topics, covering everything from Japanese role-playing games to…
I’ve just found out by looking through the itch io website, that OzzyOuzo is currently working on a new remake of Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja (a.k.a. Dragonninja) by Data East for the NEO GEO. In fact they have stated that this isn’t just a remake, but a tribute to a cult classic, that would take…