Retro Gaming News
As detailed in a resurfaced SIGGRAPH Asia talk from last December. Square, Capcom, Taito, and Sega are all making steps towards archiving their past, according to a recently resurfaced SIGGRAPH Asia talk from last December. Despite almost being five months old at this point, this talk only recently came to our attention thanks to a…
JALECOlle Famicom Ver. Magic John & Totally RAD is out now! Back in September of last year, you may remember us reporting that the Famicom title Magic John (which was released in the US and Europe for the NES under the title Totally Rad) was about to come to Nintendo Switch, as part of City…
The newly translated excerpt comes from a 2011 book by the Mega Man producer. Mega Man Legends occupies a bit of strange space in the Mega Man series. While beloved by many today, it was considered something of a commercial failure back when it was initially launched — a fact that took its creators, including…
OctaRace is coming to modern platforms, including PC and Switch 2. Remember Micro Machines for the NES? We certainly do! Codemasters’ top-down racer based on the Galoob model toy range of the same name was one of our favourite multiplayer titles for the original NES and has since gone on to inspire a bunch of…
And the pre-installed Densha de GO!: Going Round in Yamanote Line. As you’ve probably been able to tell from the abundance of news articles lately, the feature phone preservation community has been extremely active in recent months, dumping a ton of old Japanese mobile titles that were previously believed to be lost to time. Because…
Hadouken! Capcom has announced on the Street Fighter social media account that Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition is now available to download for those who have an active Netflix subscription. So, if that happens to be you, consider this your heads up in case you’ve always wanted to try out the mobile version of the…
Experience the Saturn version with full English support. The 1995 Japan-exclusive Sega Saturn version of Cyberdream’s Dark Seed has just been translated into English for the first time by fans. The patch is the work of Kitchen34 and is available to download now from the website SegaXtreme. It localizes all in-game text and also adds…
Coming to Steam and Itch. It probably goes without saying at this point that we’re huge fans of Castlevania here at Time Extension, so we’re always on the lookout for games that might scratch the same kind of itch. And that criteria definitely seems to fit Goth Donut Games’ Lady Dracula down to a tee….
This looks like a perfect companion to the Retro Mechanical Keyboard. The accessory maker 8BitDo isn’t a stranger to releasing products inspired by the NES. In the past, for instance, it notably released an NES-inspired design for its Retro Mechanical Keyboard — one that we ended up reviewing rather favorably back in 2023, calling it…
Tekhan’s Pinball Action launched in arcades back in 1985. Hamster has announced that it will be bringing Tekhan’s classic pinball game Pinball Actionto PS4 and Nintendo Switch later this week. It will launch on April 24th, 2025, and will cost $7.99 across both platforms. Released in the arcades back in 1985, Pinball Action is a…