Retro News

On both Nintendo Switch & PS4. During its live stream earlier today, Hamster Corp, the company behind Arcade Archives, revealed the next Namco title being released as part of this year’s “Namco Month” will be the 1994 vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up NebulasRay. According to the announcement, it will be released for Nintendo Switch and PS4…

They also seem to be in contact with some of the original developers. Traveller’s Tales Crash: Twinsanity arguably isn’t the most beloved entry in the Crash Bandicoot series. The adventure platformer, which saw Crash forming an unlikely alliance with his evil nemesis Neo Cortex, to take down a pair of outer-dimensional parrots, earned itself somewhat…

Demo now available. It may not have been overshadowed by the likes of the Mega Drive / Genesis and PC Engine back in the day when it came to quality shooters, but thanks to the efforts of modern developers, the NES / Famicom is clawing back some respectability in the genre. Last year’s Changeable Guardian…

An 18-rated ellipsoid classic. Cast your mind back to the video game landscape of the early ’90s, and 2D remains king. Granted, 3D gaming was on the rise thanks to titles such as Star Fox, Alone in the Dark, Virtua Racing and Doom, but with the wave of 32-bit consoles yet to materialise, the industry…

The game is an expanded version of a 2017 iOS title. The explosive shoot ’em up Blast Rush is getting an expanded version for Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year, its developer Bipedal Dog has announced. Originally debuting back in 2017 for iOS devices, the game eventually found its way over to Steam and…

Hiroshi Kawaguchi is now entering the second chapter of his Sega career. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, the composer of classic Sega titles such as Space Harrier, OutRun, and After Burner recently announced he had “retired” from Sega, causing a wave of tributes to be paid to the legendary musician from English-speaking corners of the internet. But it…

Update: A new release date trailer has also been shared. Update : KurkoMods has revealed the release date for his long-awaited Banjo Kazooie mod “Banjo Kazooie: Nostalgia 64” after “much blood, sweat, and tears”. According to the creator, the mod will be available to his Patreon backers on May 7th, before releasing to the wider…

Can also be used to mimic paddle controls for some Atari games. Select Evercade systems now have mouse support, Blaze has revealed. The latest Evercade firmware brings mouse support to the Evercade Alpha, VS and VS-R consoles (basically all of the Evercade systems which aren’t portable). The feature is currently in beta. Read the full…

Who remembers back in January 2009, when 360 owners were given a free game after the Live system succumbed to an overload of new gamers over the Christmas holiday. That free game was “Undertow.” For those who got it for free, there were mixed feelings about the game’s overall charm and playability, while everyone else…