Retro Gaming News
“Sacrifices and cuts will have to be made”. The Mega Drive / Genesis has seen more than its fair share of unofficial homebrew ports over the years, and developer Cristiano Camacho is adding another to the mix in the form of Capcom’s 1996 belt-scroller, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara. Built on the SGDK engine,…
We’ve featured a lot of Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports throughout the years, from the more recent Final Fight Enhanced to Super Xevious, Flying Shark and even Green Beret. Well if you’re looking for even more Arcade like updates on the site, then we have just been told by our good friend Tom, that AcidBottle together…
For three decades, the Sega Genesis versus Super Nintendo debate has refused to die cleanly. Sega’s marketing was loud and confident, positioning the Genesis as the technically superior machine. The actual hardware, however, told a more complicated story, one where speed traded against depth, and a famous marketing phrase turned out to be entirely theoretical….
“Even as a ROM cartridge, it’s not immortal”. The topic of physical media in the world of video games is a hot one right now, thanks mainly to the fact that Sony has decided it no longer wants to offer discs beyond 2028. Ownership of the games we play is something that is naturally very…
Out today on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The sequel to Dungeon Antiqua, Shirofumu Factory’s 2024 Wizardry & Final Fantasy-inspired dungeon RPG, has just been released on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Dungeon Antiqua 2 launched on Steam earlier this year, in January, and was described by its developer at the…
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Xbox, toy giant Mattel, alongside Microsoft have released a 3,509-piece Brick Shop premium building set featuring the iconic gaming console, as well as its classic “Duke” controller and three iconic “game experiences.” According to a press release from Mattel, the set, which will SRP for $329.99 will…
“These new ports were developed from the ground up for Evercade”. Blaze Entertainment has just released a new deep-dive video showing the lengths the company went to bring Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie to its Evercade family of systems. We’ve already experienced some of the improvements via the Rare Super Pocket handheld, which includes the first…
Hilko Janssen’s satirical sim is coming to Steam Early Access this Fall. I’ve had my eye on Car Park Capital ever since I first saw development GIFs of the game all the way back in 2024. As someone who played a lot of simulation games like Theme Park, RollerCoaster Tycoon, and SimCity 2000 on my…
33 Games also has “a major licence” it will be announcing soon. 33 Games is a relative newcomer in the retro gaming space, but it has already made waves with a re-release of Gremlin’s 2D platformer Zool on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, and has followed that up with new physical launches for Utopia…
Dark Castle series returns, just in time for its 40th anniversary. Two classic Macintosh platforming games, 1986’s Dark Castle and its 1987 sequel Beyond the Dark Castle, have made a surprising return on Steam. Built as a “living interactive animation” by a team that included Mark Pierce, Eric Zocher, and Jonathan Gay, Dark Castle was…