Retro Gaming News
Featuring “high school (equivalent) FMVs” & a “realistic story”. If you happen to be like us and have a fondness for ’80s and ’90s action films and political thrillers, you’ll likely be just about as excited as we are about Ultra CDG’s new upcoming first-person shooter, Washington Prime. Developed in GZDoom, a fork of the…
“You can copy my homework but don’t make it obvious”. Anbernic is a company with a long history of cloning famous handhelds, and has already given us copies of the GBA, GBA SP and DS. For its latest trick, the company is producing an emulation handheld which is inspired by the PS Vita – heck,…
Adds “12 new engines” & support for almost 200 titles. A brand new update was released for ScummVM at the end of last month, adding support for 12 new game engines and nearly 200 PC titles. While ScummVM originally started (as its name suggests) as a convenient way to play classic LucasArts adventure games created…
‘F-22: Air Dominance Fighter’ is being rereleased this month. It’s been a while since it was announced that the Robocop 3, TFX, and Wargasm studio Digital Image Design would be coming back from the dead, with very little information having been shared about what the studio’s plans are, besides the odd tease of a new…
“Personally, I was amazed that they actually managed to pull it off from the start.”. Tsuyoshi Kaneda, a former producer on the Derby Stallion series, has recently given an interview to Game*Spark, in which he expressed his amazement at Cygames’ mobile hit Umamusume: Pretty Derby for its use of real horse names (h/t: Automaton West!)….
All three games are also part of GOG’s preservation program. The Alone in the Dark Trilogy for PC is currently being given away for free on the digital storefront GOG. All three survival horror games — Alone in the Dark (1992), Alone in the Dark 2 (1993), and Alone in the Dark 3 (1995) —…
South Korean player famously beat the best Japanese players in the world. A new documentary has been released on Netflix in South Korea that explores the remarkable history of Shin Eui-Wook, better known as “Akira Kid” and “ShinZ” (thanks, @allcityslopshop.com). Eui-Wook entered the Virtua Fighter 3 Maximum Battle international tournament held in his native country…
Due to an error the device’s battery is smaller than initially advertised. At the beginning of this year, the Chinese handheld manufacturer AYANEO apologized to customers after attracting criticism for delayed orders, poor quality control, and sluggish after-sales service. In response, it promised to improve its customer service in the future and to enhance the…
Although Dead Cells was originally created by Motion Twin studio, its long life was ensured by a small team called Evil Empire, which was tasked with continuing to support the sudden hit in 2019. For five years, the developers released add-ons and would certainly have continued to do so, but the original creators had other…
The first Daemon X Machina was released at a time when the Armored Core series seemed to have been forgotten. Therefore, the action game featuring large mechs looked quite unusual and satisfied the needs of fans of such entertainment. However, it had its share of problems — the plot was mediocre and the gameplay was…