Retro Gaming News
Originally launched in Japan in 1999. Human Entertainment’s Clock Tower is one of the most influential survival horror titles of the ’90s, and has thankfully been given a new lease of life recently thanks to the release of Clock Tower Rewind. The original Super Famicom game was ported to the PS1, but it also came…
“With enough time and dedication…”. When the Mega Drive / Genesis first arrived on the market, it was bolstered by ports of some of Sega’s greatest arcade titles. Golden Axe was one of them, and proved to be something of a system-seller thanks to the fact that it was incredibly close to the coin-op original….
A crafty update. Originally released on the Commodore Amiga, Badger Punch’s Roguecraft is coming to the Evercade family of systems as Roguecraft DX, and, as you might expect, it offers a few welcome enhancements that make this award-winning roguelike even more appealing. I’ll get onto what’s been added in a moment, but if you’re new…
“Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script”. Final Fantasy IX celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, having originally released in Japan on July 7th, 2000. Developed as the last mainline entry on the original PlayStation, the critically acclaimed turn-based RPG proved to be a…
“I’ve had to reconnect with myself because I disconnected from myself”. Peter “Nostalgia Nerd” Leigh is one of the UK’s best-known retro YouTubers, with a subscriber count of over half a million people. He’s been making videos about all aspects of retro gaming and computer for over a decade, but has recently had to devote…
TigerChainsaw Studios also teased its first title. TigerChainsaw is a retro games YouTuber with 13.3k subscribers, who is primarily known for posting documentaries, countdowns, and retro reviews. However, yesterday, he revealed that he is taking on a fresh and exciting challenge, launching a new video game studio called TigerChainsaw Studios that will focus on producing…
Video game music has the unmistakable ability to trigger memories even decades after the game was played. The coin chime in Pac-Man became an instantly memorable hit in the 1980s. These sounds don’t simply invoke memories of playing games in arcades. They changed the emotional gaming landscape and made everyone unable to forget those social…
Reports that online game platform Roblox is closing down are empirically false. Roblox Corporation has debunked the rumors, which recur periodically as a hoax. However, the rumors catch on for a specific reason: the company is indeed dealing with a complex and very real series of challenges. These run the gamut from global regulatory bans…
“It’s something to consider”. It’s a pretty swell time for fans of classic fighting games, thanks to companies like Capcom and SNK publishing collections of their best franchises. Capcom is perhaps the most active in this realm, having released the likes of Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom Fighting Collection in recent years. Read…
“Too much life in the way, too many bugs left”. YoomTah, the developer behind the ‘Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge Redone’ mod for Banjo-Kazooie, has announced that the project is ending. Described as an “N64 Reimagining of the GBA game Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge,” the mod was aiming to feature “7 complete worlds, custom music, and beta content.”…