Retro Gaming News
“I’m wrapping up my time at Antstream at the end of the year”. Subscription-based streaming service Antstream has made headlines recently for both good and bad reasons. On the positive side of things, the company brought the excellent Alien Breed 35th Anniversary to modern-day systems, while on the negative side, it has become embroiled in…
Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Coming Soon. Red Art Games, in collaboration with Konami, has released physical editions of Super Bomberman Collection, which launched digitally on PC and console platforms back in February of this year. Super Bomberman Collection features eight games from the frantic multiplayer blaster, pulled from the franchise’s Nintendo years. The set…
Fangs for the memories. Castlevania turns 40 this month, and to celebrate, Konami has just unveiled its plans to mark the milestone, including a potential tease for a 3D collection (according to fans, at least). In terms of official news first, Konami has revealed it is now offering Castlevania: 40th Anniversary Edition, the original NES…
“Something I absolutely did not need today”. Once upon a time, the Oliver Twins were respected as creative forces in the UK ‘bedroom’ coding scene. The siblings created Dizzy, one of the most instantly recognisable characters of the home computer era, and would later found studios such as Interactive Studios / Blitz Games Studios and…
“The Duo Lite is using a chip that does not support dual screens”. Retroid caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently when it announced the Pocket Duo Lite Plus shortly after opening pre-orders for the Pocket Duo and Pocket Duo Lite. While it offered an upgrade system for people who had already ordered the original…
Earlier today Bitmap Books confirmed via their website that their new title The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators by Paul Drury will be available for purchase on October 1st. A source close to the publication has also informed Old School Gamer Magazine that a pre-order window will open…
Back in the day, game nights required everyone to be in the same physical location. The games of choice were Yahtzee, Catan, and Risk. Someone had to host the game night, typically in the garage, and have a good selection of games, snacks, and drinks. Nowadays, having a physical location is not a must-have. All…
RISCy Business. A modder has given new life to a project left on Atari’s cutting room floor some 35 years ago. Using the Atari Jaguar hardware as its base, Homebrewer Clint Thomson has constructed an OS that envisions the Atari Painter – an unreleased home computer scheduled to launch in the mid-’90s. The Atari Painter…
Overclocking can now be toggled in-game. Analogue has released another firmware update for its Analogue 3D console, and this one adds the ability to toggle overclocking within the game itself. Another welcome change is the ability to customise unknown cartridges in your library. Read the full article on timeextension.com Overclocking can now be toggled in-game….
Cue Bananarama. All Moyses know two things: Fish and Karate. Well, three things: Fish, Karate, and Hamster Archives. Except without the Karate. Or the Fishing. What I’m essentially saying is that the NES port of Data East classic Karate Champ is coming to Hamster’s Console Archives today. Released in 1986 and adapted from the phenomenally…