Retro Gaming News
‘Commercial Breaks: The Race For Santa’s Software’ aired in 1984. Over 40 years ago, in 1984, the BBC ran a documentary on the UK video game industry which was notable for charting the spectacular fall of Imagine Software, creators of the infamous ‘megagames’ Bandersnatch and Psyclapse. Commercial Breaks: The Race For Santa’s Software also covered…
“The strangest hidden feature I’ve ever seen”. Developers love tucking away hidden features in their games, and back in the ’90s, it was common to find things like secret debug menus buried deep in the code. These were designed to aid with development and locate potential issues, and some of them are still accessible in…
Well, technically four! Earlier today, GOG announced that it had added Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition and Devil May Cry HD Collection to its digital storefront. Both games are available DRM-free and will be included as part of the company’s preservation program, meaning they will continue to get updates to ensure compatibility, even if…
Crazy Taxi! Streets of Rage 2! Sonic CD! Virtua Tennis! Once upon a time, Sega was pretty keen on bringing all of its classic titles to smartphones. It even launched the Sega Forever initiative, which was initially supposed to support these Android and iOS releases before it morphed into a preservation-led endeavour. However, Sega’s current…
Will now launch next month. Evercade maker Blaze has announced that the Neo Geo and Data East Super Pocket handhelds, to be released via subsidiary HyperMegaTech, have been delayed. They were expected to be released this month. The systems will now launch on July 10th, 2025, due to stock arriving later than planned. Read the…
All 21 figures are now available to download. A full set of rare Super Mario Land figures from the 1980s has just been 3D scanned and preserved, ensuring this obscure piece of Mario merchandise isn’t lost forever. If you’ve been following Time Extension (or Nintendo Life) over the last few years, you may have seen…
“Keeping that kind of data wasn’t a normal thing to do at the time”. Final Fantasy Tactics is one of the most acclaimed entries in Square Enix’s long-running series, and certainly one of the best PS1 games of all time, so when the rumours were confirmed recently that the 32-bit classic is getting a remaster…
Ben Collins takes on ‘Mr OutRun’. Fans of the BBC’s Top Gear will be intimately familiar with the Stig, the masked race driver who appeared throughout the series to challenge guests on the show. The character was played by more than one person during its lifespan, with professional driver Ben Collins being behind perhaps the…
‘Strategy X’ heads to PS4 & Switch this week. The Konami 1981 tank-based shooter Strategy X is releasing this week on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, as part of Arcade Archives, Hamster has announced. The game will be released on Thursday, June 19th, and will cost $7.99 across both platforms. Hitting the arcades in the early…
Philadelphia, PA – June 17, 2025 – Hot on the irradiated heels of The MIX Summer Game Showcase, Philadelphia-based indie game publisher and developer Retroware has released a Troma-tizing new trailer for Toxic Crusaders, coming to consoles and Steam in Q3 2025. The latest footage showcases nearly a minute and a half of mutant mayhem. In it, we get an…