All Things Retro
“I have a couple of minor issues to work out”. Talented FPGA developer Pramod Somashekar is working on an Analogue Pocket core for Double Dragon 3, it has been revealed. Released in arcades in 1990, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone was coded not by series creator Technōs Japan but by East Technology. Read the…
Join us on a special journey back in time with Roland Perry, the visionary tech consultant behind the legendary Amstrad CPC, as we celebrate 40 incredible years of this iconic machine. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Roland takes us from his early days tinkering with electronics in school, through the founding of Ambit International, right up…
Four is better than two, right? Back in 1995, Cave – best known today for its bullet hell shmups – released a 3D racing game on the Sega Saturn entitled Touge King: The Spirits in Japan. It was released in North America the following year under the name High Velocity – Mountain Racing Challenge and…
Join us on a special journey back in time with Roland Perry, the visionary tech consultant behind the legendary Amstrad CPC, as we celebrate 40 incredible years of this iconic machine. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Roland takes us from his early days tinkering with electronics in school, through the founding of Ambit International, right up…
Back when the idea of retro was still pretty new… We’ve laboured this point a few times in the past, but it’s important to remember that UK high-street retailer CeX didn’t start out as the technological swap shop it is today – in the beginning, it was primarily concerned with imported games and hardware from…
“When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind”. Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the only one with Bulrathi, and be more of a…
Join us on a special journey back in time with Roland Perry, the visionary tech consultant behind the legendary Amstrad CPC, as we celebrate 40 incredible years of this iconic machine. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Roland takes us from his early days tinkering with electronics in school, through the founding of Ambit International, right up…
Jung Rhythm came out in 1998, two years after PaRappa the Rapper. We expect that most people reading this will already be familiar with PaRappa the Rapper — NanaOnSha’s quirky PlayStation rhythm game about a paper-thin rapping dog. But what you might not know is that the Sega Saturn also received a similar rhythm action…
“This should make the ‘bad’ original into a more enjoyable experience”. Ever since its publication in 1983, Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) has had legions of fans, and its head-popping, post-apocalyptic formula is perfect for representation in video games. The first Fist Of The North Star game appeared…
It was originally released on the PC Engine CD-ROM² back in 1992 in Japan. If you happened to pick up last year’s reissues of Cyber Citizen Shockman and Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace, then we have some good news to share. It has been revealed that Ratalaika Games will be teaming up with…