Retro Gaming News
“Most of our games are between five and 30 years old”. It’s been a tough time for the location-based entertainment sector recently, with arcades all over the world closing down due to a lack of footfall. While the glory days of the ’80s and ’90s are long since past, there are a few independent arcade…
Launched on the FM Towns in 1994. Queen Soft’s FM Town dating sim Gambler: Queen’s Cup has finally been translated into English, thanks to a team led by Derek Pascarella. Released exclusively in Japan in 1994, the game places you in the role of Mr. Takagi, a seasoned gambler who loves betting on horse races….
Here’s the blunt opener: the same four words that crowned NES champs—“A Winner Is You!”—explain why the best online casino games still hook us today. Fast payoff, crystal-clear feedback, no fluff. That victory flash compressed everything into one clean dopamine hit. Modern online casino sites that copy this cadence—quick win cue, readable tally, back to…
Six-button layout will also be good for Saturn games. MagicX recently caught our attention thanks to its Zero 40, which boasts a portrait-ratio screen perfect for emulating Nintendo DS titles (expect a review on this very site soon). The company’s next handheld has been teased via some 3D production renders, and it appears to be…
This is not a Pokemon Stadium clone. This is not a cheap Tekken rip-off. This is is Pokken Tournament. One of the best looking Wii U games ever and featuring some of the best fight mechanics on the console to date, Pokken Tournament, at least in a single fight format, is better than Super Smash…
Capsyst Animations turns their attention to the Zelda Sequel. If you cast your mind back to the start of last month, you may remembering us reporting on an awesome fanmade Legend of Zelda NES commercial from Capsyst Animations, which was inspired by the artwork and illustrations taken from the the original game’s manual. Well, it…
“The Mega Drive is my favourite console of all time”. The Mega Drive / Genesis certainly hasn’t been short of new software recently, which is remarkable for the console that saw its debut all the way back in 1988. However, few modern projects for Sega’s 16-bit system have generated the frenzied level of interest that…
Mega Man ’94 is coming to Blu-Ray. The boutique DVD/Blu-Ray publisher Discotek Media announced during a Otakon panel that took place over the weekend that it will be bringing out a new standard edition Blu-Ray of the Ruby Spears’ animated Mega Man TV series. Originally airing between 1994 to 1996, the 2-season show was based…
CEO Christian Simpson seems confident on unravelling the IP mess. The big news in the world of Commodore is that ‘Commodore Corporation BV’ and all 47 original Commodore trademarks have been snapped up by Commodore International Corporation, a new entity run by retro gaming YouTuber Christian Simpson. The first commercial product to be produced as…
Boulder Dash is one of the games I distinctly remember playing on my Apple II computer in the mid-80s. Over a span of six years, it was released on nineteen different platforms after originating on the Atari 8-bit series of computers. Developed originally by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray, it is a maze game where…