Retro Gaming News
Thanks to Japanese company Edia. Japanese company Edia, which has already republished the likes of Valis, Cosmic Fantasy, Tenshi No Uta and – later this year – a bunch of Super Famicom RPGs – has announced it has secured the rights to Falcom’s library of PC Engine CD titles. As spotted by Gosokkyu, Ys Book…
Including PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2. Hamster, the company behind Arcade Archives, has announced it will be releasing the 1995 competitive sports game Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2, later this week, on Thursday, September 3rd. The game is the sequel to Namco’s 1993 title Numan Athletics, which was similarly reissued…
“I wanted to do a special edition”. Gamescom gave us the unexpected (but welcome) news that the Vectrex is getting relaunched in micro console form, and now we’ve got details on both pricing and a special limited edition variant, thanks to our friends at Retro Dodo. The site spoke to David Oghia, the man behind…
Tigers and sharks, living together. Toaplan’s Tiger-Heli made quite the impact when it arrived in arcades in 1985. Created by the core team of Masahiro Yuge, Tatsuya Uemura, and Yuichirō Nozawa, it was one of the first games to make use of a screen-clearing bomb and was commercially successful thanks to its intense challenge and…
“I would love to work on one of those”. Atari CEO Wade Rosen has been doing the rounds on the interview circuit recently, not only discussing his company’s recent purchase of a controlling stake in Thunderful but also the performance of the Atari 2600+ and 7800+ systems and future merchandising opportunities. Rosen has also been…
Atari 2600+ is also an “evergreen project”. Atari has just purchased a controlling stake in Swedish publisher Thunderful, which might lead you to assume the company is abandoning its ‘retro first’ approach for something a little more contemporary. However, speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made it clear that classic gaming is still very…
“I cannot put into words how happy I am”. The “rarest” game released for the Nintendo Family Computer has been picked up for just $12 in a US store, according to reports on social media. As spotted by Retronauts (thanks, Alex Kraus), 囲碁名鑑, a Go game for Famicom which launched in 1990, was picked up…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Allen Staal who currently is displayed on card number 392, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. You can also see Allen on card numbers 1754, 2139, 2173, 2467, and 2597. Allen is a huge Donkey Kong fan, as well as a competitive player. He has traveled a couple times from his home…
“See how much court fines you can stack up against your opponents”. Super Smash Bros. Melee modder Mooshie has added a fake ‘Cease and Desist’ letter to the game, poking fun at Nintendo’s famously litigious nature. The parody note turns Kirby into an official-looking communication from the company, but, upon closer inspection, it contains the…
Soldam first released in arcades back in 1992. Broke Studio has announced it will be releasing a version of Jaleco’s block-falling puzzle game Soldam, for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Originally released in 1992 in arcades, Soldam is a game that sees players trying to match soldam fruits in rows to earn points and achieve high…