Retro Gaming News
“Step into the decaying world of Kagenovia”. Indie developer S. TALBAIN has just released a new title for the Game Boy Color that is clearly inspired by Konami’s Castlevania franchise. “Step into the decaying world of Kagenovia in Dawnrazor, a brand-new original Game Boy Color title developed for real hardware,” says the developer. “Take control…
Sounds as good as it looks, of course. We’re counting down the days until the release of Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion, which still doesn’t have a solid release date but is surely just around the corner now. To whet our appetite further, Yoshiro recently posted a video which shows the game running through a range of…
“Joking around and laughing became the rule of the day”. Street Fighter II is one of the most popular video games of all time, and when it launched in the early 1990s, it not only revived the flagging arcade industry but made the one-on-one fighter the genre of choice for millions of players all over…
Fortified Zone 2 (AKA: Ikari no Yōsai 2) is releasing this June. The sequel to Jaleco’s 1991 run-and-gun action-adventure Fortified Zone is finally being released in the West on cartridge for the very first time next month, thanks to Broke Studio’s new Homebrew Factory initiative. It will be available to buy from June 3rd and…
“Vivendi was great at ruining games”. Released in 1999 and based on the 1996 novel of the same name, Fight Club is a landmark moment in countercultural American cinema. Critically misunderstood by many at the time of release and a disappointing commercial flop for its studio, 20th Century Fox, it has since gone on to…
Adds an upgradeable dash and other tweaks. If you grew up watching Disney cartoons in the early ’90s, you might remember Bonkers. Originally debuting back in 1993, the animated show about a washed-up cartoon bobcat who gets a job as a police officer working for the Toon division of the Hollywood Police Department was frequently…
When I was growing up I really loved playing the 1981 Arcade game of Frogger by Konami. It had loads of charm, great gameplay for kids and it really made you feel for the safety of those little green frogs as they hopped their way across a busy road, then across a river of logs…
‘Bemani’ composer Yoshitaka Nishimura will serve as the new subsidiary’s president. Last week, it was announced that Konami will be establishing a new subsidiary within the company later this year, Konami Arcade Games, to focus purely on the arcade market. Currently, the creation and operation of arcade games within Konami falls under Konami Amusements (a…
Get that mouse and keyboard ready. Outtrigger was a somewhat unique release for Sega when it hit arcades back in 1999; the company was hardly well-known for its FPS escapades, and the coin-op’s combination of joystick and trackball presented some barriers for casual arcade players more attuned to simple, accessible experiences. Nonetheless, the game became…
“We need your help now more than ever”. New York’s Strong National Museum of Play has become one of the most important organisations in the world when it comes to celebrating the legacy of interactive entertainment and educating people about the history and impact of video games, but it sadly isn’t immune from the financial…