Retro Gaming News
Shoot for the stars! Matt Sephton (the developer of Playdate titles such as Circular, Sparrow Solitaire, and Bender) has just released their latest game for Panic’s tiny handheld device. And it looks to be right up our street. Named YOYOZO, the game is a loving homage to Cano-Lab’s 1999 cult classic Pendulumania. This was a…
Look at him go! The Virtua Fighter series has been around for over 30 years now. That’s how long has passed since the original, groundbreaking release first entered the arcades back in 1993 to introduce players to the revolutionary and highly influential 3D fighting game from Sega Am2. Yet, in spite of all that time…
Roar-some 64-bit power. As one of the leading names in the video game industry, it’s easy to see why so many people expected big things from Atari and its 64-bit Jaguar console when the first news reports emerged in the early ’90s. Released when the 16-bit era was just still in full swing, this powerful…
“I’m deeply honored and humbled to be a part of this amazing project”. The MARS FPGA project has added another big name to its ranks: RetroTINK Creator Mike Chi. “Since launching the RetroTINK-2X in 2018, Mike Chi has revolutionized how we play our classic gaming hardware on modern displays,” says the official MARS FPGA Twitter…
The original Chaos Engine was an incredible game released in 1993, and developed by the very famous Bitmap Brothers. It was a well known title that at its core, was for the Amiga in which one or two players battled in a top down shooter genre against the evil creations of the titular Chaos Engine….
That’s a good boy. This new double pack for Evercade has a distinctly Nintendo-like feel to it, and that’s not only because the two titles – Goodboy Galaxy and Witch n’ Wiz – were originally designed to run on Game Boy Advance and NES, respectively. Goodboy Galaxy is arguably the highlight of the pair. Crowdfunded…
Playmaji gives an update on stock, N64 module, and more. Polymega maker Playmaji has released an update on the production of the console, expanding on its recent promise that all outstanding pre-orders would ship by the end of the year. The bad news is that the process of fulfilling all of these orders is going…
“To help keep the wolves at bay”. Jay Gunn, co-creator of the MediEvil series, has announced on social media that he is looking to sell the BAFTA award he won for MediEvil 2. Gunn – real name Jason Wilson – was on stage to collect the coveted “Game of the Year” award back in 2000….
Do the math. 30 years ago today, Atari Corporation released its 64-bit Jaguar console – a final throw of the dice for the firm built on the foundations of the Atari 2600, Lynx and ST. Pushed onto the market at a time when 16-bit consoles like the Genesis / Mega Drive and SNES were still…
This marks the first-ever port of the rare overseas export. Update : As spotted by Gematsu, the upcoming game Dodonopachi DaiOujou Blissful Death Reincarnation, will also include the first-ever port of the rare international export Dodonpachi III. This is an extremely hard-to-find version of the game (legitimately, at least) that was released between the White…