Retro Gaming News
The Dream Color Plus will be shown off this month. It’s a pretty exciting time to be a Dreamcast fan. The console is getting some serious attention when it comes to accessories, such as the Octopus Fight Stick, D6 controller and not one but two new ‘next gen’ VMUs. It yurns out we might also…
Penned by GamesIndustry.biz veteran James Batchelor. Author and former GamesIndustry.biz scribe James Batchelor has just announced that he’s written an unofficial history of the Pokémon video game franchise, and it’s coming out early next year. Published by White Owl Books, The History of the Pokémon Games will profile over 150 different games and will feature…
“It’s bizarre that Musk would not recognise where he sits in the Deus Ex universe”. The co-writer of the original Deus Ex has indulged in a pretty sizeable rant about the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and pointed out his discomfort at the fact that Musk considers the game to be one of his favourites….
Trawling through Facebook looking for some fresh Wednesday news, and I’ve just found out through the Scorpion Engine Facebook page, that RetroRic (Wardner) is working on a Mortal Kombat II AGA project. A new development that is being created using Earok’s Scorpion engine. Although this sounds like awesome news, it’s still going to be difficult to…
“The simulator had to be realistic but also drivable”. In the games industry, there are names which have been around for so long they feel like part of the furniture: Shigeru Miyamoto, Peter Molyneux, Sid Meier, Warren Spector – these are individuals who have remained part of the gaming conversation for decades and continue to…
Gotta answer ’em all! It’s that time of year again folks. We would love to ask you some questions and would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to respond to our anonymous survey. Why is this important to us? Our websites survive mainly due to those who choose to advertise their games…
“I really wanted to lean into the pinball thing”. A small group of developers are currently hard at work on a promising new pinball-inspired platformer that will “soon” be receiving a demo for your Game Boy Color. Buzz Bumper originally came to our attention over this past weekend after one of its developers, the programmer…
“I hope they have an option to switch back to the original sprites”. A few weeks ago, Nightdive Studios and Atari revealed during the Opening Night Live showcase for Gamescom that it was working on a remaster of LucasArts’ 1997 first-person shooter Outlaws, as well as its expansion Handful of Missions. Featuring a Wild West…
Will be given away with a one-off issue of Oh!X. The Sharp X68000 home computer was home to some amazing titles, but it remains something of an obscurity outside of Japan, as it was never released globally. One of the more notable titles in its library is Nemesis ’90 Kai, a remake of the 1987…
Bezel-free screen seems to be the selling point. Things are hotting up in the world of emulation handhelds, with companies like AYANEO, Retroid and MagicX all revealing powerful devices for 2025 and beyond. Anbernic isn’t missing out on the action either, and has already announced the RG557, a MediaTek Dimensity 8300-powered device that comes with…