Retro Gaming News
A demo is expected to launch later this month. If you happen to be a Sonic the Hedgehog fan that owned a Nintendo DS in the mid-2000s, you might remember Sonic Rush. Created by Sonic Team and Dimps, the handheld entry in Sega’s long-running Sonic series was released for Nintendo’s dual-screen platform in 2005 and…
Including Final Fantasy Legend I-III & Final Fantasy Adventure. If you’ve ever wanted to play Squaresoft’s Final Fantasy Legend games on your Game Boy with colourized visuals, then you’re in luck. Three new ROM hacks have just been released that bring the monochrome graphics of the three classic titles into colour, giving the game a…
Features “perfect point-to-point rendering for N64, PS, and Dreamcast”. AYANEO has announced the first handheld as part of its new “entry level, high value” Code R range, which it is calling the Pocket Air Mini. The new retro emulation device, according to the initial teaser image posted online, will include a 4.2-inch, 4:3 display at…
Real Racing Roots. The entire Ridge Racer series is special, but there are certain entries in Bandai Namco’s legendary franchise that attract more affection than others. Towards the top of that list, you’ll find Ridge Racer Type 4, a 1998 PS1 exclusive that, for many people, is the shining apex of a series that sadly…
Update: PAX West 2025 footage has us very excited. Bit Kid, the developer behind the well-received procedurally-generated adventure Chasm, has revealed its next project. Wolfhound is a 2D Metroidvania set during World War II. You assume the role of Capt. Chuck “Wolfhound” Rossetti, who is tasked with entering a top-secret Nazi base in the Bermuda…
The sequel to Prey was formally cancelled back in 2014. A bunch of new videos showcasing footage from Human Head Studios sequel to Prey (2006) has appeared online, offering an extended look at some of the features and mechanics the studio had planned for the cancelled project. Prey (not to be confused with Arkane Austin’s…
“No two games play alike and they are all designed to be fun as possible”. The name ZSNES will be instantly familiar with anyone who was emulating video games back in the late ’90s and early 2000s. One of the earliest SNES emulators, ZSNES launched all the way back in 1997 and was created by…
Based on Clamp’s manga series. Clamp’s Chobits series is perhaps more important than ever right now, thanks to the fact that the world is currently going AI-crazy and chatbots are telling us to glue pizza and eat rocks. The original manga started in 2000, and tells the story of college student Hideki Motosuwa, who finds…
Series was designed to help Japanese gamers learn English. Back in 1994, Koei released EMIT, a visual novel series designed to help Japanese players learn the English language. Released in three volumes – Lost in Time, A Life-and-Death Trip and Bid Myself Farewell – EMIT would come to Mac, Windows, PC-9801, SEGA Saturn, Super Famicom,…
“We are working hard on solutions and new schedules”. Earlier this week, ININ Games issued a statement to its community, announcing a delay for two of its games that were scheduled to launch this month: Parasol Superstars and Trouble Witches Final: Episode 1 – Daughters of Amalgam. In case you’ve not been following along at…