Retro Gaming News
(Well, if you like fighting games, at least). When the Dreamcast launched, I was fully invested in Sega’s ecosystem. Sure, I’d flirted with the PS1 and N64, but the Saturn—with its generous selection of 2D fighting games from Capcom and SNK—was my go-to system at that point. It was hopeful, then, that Sega’s next system…
“What If OutRun”. Indie developer Shane McCafferty recently said he wanted to bring OutRun to the Game Boy—and it looks like he’s very close to achieving that noble goal. McCafferty—head of Rocketship Park and developer of titles like Cave Dave, Starseed, Hoonigans and Nitro—recently released Hero GP, a tribute to Sega’s Hang-On arcade game. Read…
“People think it’s cute that a retro store has its own retro game”. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit the historic UK city of York, then there’s a good chance you’ve visited the excellent Sore Thumb Retro Games, an independent store packed to the rafters with video games, anime products, vintage toys and…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Daniel Iacovelli, Video Game Summit Promoter, about this year’s event. Old School Gamer Magazine: What makes this year’s Video Game Summit special? Daniel Iacovelli: This year’s show reflects our original when we started back in 2003 as a small show. It’s more like a community gathering than a gaming…
“Leo, the name that resonates in the world of demolition”. Indie developer Dr. Ludos has teamed up with physical publisher 2Minds to bring Dangerous Demolition to the Sega Game Gear, a title which is described as a fusion of Atari’s Breakout with a top-down shooter. “Don’t you hate when the ball is taking ages to…
Do you like cheering for the underdog? Do you like classic and retro gaming? Then you’ll love this book. Just like the young student decades ago who had to be cut off because he was using his lunch money for play-by-mail (PBM) games, some people are obsessed with them—and still are. In this book, you’ll…
New book from Lost in Cult arrives in July. Our friends over at Lost in Cult have another retro gaming book launching this year, entitled From Joysticks to Haptics. Billed as “the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming,” the book launches in July and will catalogue the incredible…
Ymir is already looking very promising. A new PC-based Sega Saturn emulator is doing the rounds called Ymir, and it’s already showing plenty of promise despite only being at v0.1.2. As you can see from the footage below, the emulator is already capable of running SEGA Rally very accurately. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
“When I left, I kept EVERYTHING”. Fallout series creator and legendary designer Tim Cain has been sharing stories of game development on YouTube for a while now and recently claimed that, to his knowledge, the source code for the first few Fallout games on PC had been lost after Interplay—the original publisher—ordered it to be…
Official site gets a new update. We’ve known for a while now that an Atari-themed module is in development for the multi-system retro console Polymega, but it would seem the release is closer than we expected. The Polymega site has been updated recently with a new page simply entitled ’06’. This relates to the as-yet-unannounced…