Retro Gaming News
“Ys… set me on the path to everything I’m doing now”. Falcom’s seminal Ys series of RPGs recently celebrated its 38th birthday, and this particular milestone put composer Yuzo Koshiro in a reflective mood. He began his career working with Falcom, and Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (1987) and Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished –…
CopperStorm’s pre-launch page is live. Neofid Studios — the developer of titles like Demons of Asteborg and Astebros — is working on a new game for the SNES, Neo Geo, and Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. As of this moment, very little information has been revealed about the brand new title, with all we know…
Use it or lose it. As we move towards a digital gaming future, there’s an increasing desire by some players to make sure their investment is safe, and that often means opting for physical releases over downloads. After all, companies like Nintendo and Sony can remove access to your collection as the years roll on,…
A new fanmade port of the SNES RPG is currently being worked on. An unofficial Mega Drive / Genesis port of the RPG Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (otherwise known as Mystic Quest Legend in Europe and Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest in Japan) is currently in the works, from a couple of fan developers named…
We’ve mentioned many Space Invader variants over the years, from Havie’s Blitz Basic version of the game on the Amiga, to our personal favorite from Pink/Abyss called ‘Tiny Invaders’. Well yet again we’ve been sent another version of Space Invaders for you to download and try, and it’s LC-Games full C64 conversion of the famous…
“We’ve had nothing to do with Duke for over a decade”. Last week, we reported on the news that producer Adi Shankar had obtained the animated rights to Duke Nukem, and that he’s working on a series to follow his work on Netflix’s Castlevania and Devil May Cry adaptions, both of which have given their…
“We reached out separately to him to include his likeness”. When you deal with movie licenses in the realm of video games, it’s rarely plain sailing. Take the upcoming Terminator 2D: No Fate, for example. Given that it’s based on James Cameron’s utterly legendary 1991 movie, you’d expect the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger to…
‘Griffin’ arrives Q3 2025. The developer Edia is partnering with Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden to reissue the Sega Game Gear shoot ’em up Griffin on PC (via Steam) later this year. Developed initially by Telenet Japan back in 1991, Griffin was released exclusively in Japan and saw players controlling the granddaughter of a kidnapped weapon’s…
“LONG LIVE SUDA51”. Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda must have had quite a shock the other day when Google’s AI system confidently declared that he had, in fact, shuffled off his mortal coil. As spotted by @nowitsMEGAnaire on Twitter, Google’s ever-reliable AI stated that the legendary game designer, with titles such as No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw…
Iida and producer Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi speak in new interview. Since leaving Konami in 2014, former Castlevania series producer Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi has focused his creative energies on Bloodstained, a spiritual successor to the vampire-hunting franchise produced at ArtPlay, his current studio. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was a critical and commercial success, and received…