Retro Gaming News
65 years young! Sega is one of the industry’s most famous companies, and it turns 65 this week. The company was founded on June 3rd, 1960, by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart in Hawaii under the name Nihon Goraku Bussan and would be rebranded as Sega Enterprises, Ltd five years later (Sega’s history technically goes…
The title probably isn’t entirely fair. Plenty of Shining Force fans would say the game doesn’t need to be fixed, it’s already a classic, and I would wager that greyskies is among them. Nevertheless, greyskies has brought his Return to Grans hack of Shining Force 2 up to version 1.15. Paradoxically, what makes this…
‘The NES-ential Celebration’ is now on Kickstarter. Playbug Books has just announced The NES-ential Celebration — a new hardcover book that is being pitched as a definitive love letter” to the iconic 8-bit console. The 300-page hardcover book is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter and will reportedly feature a mix of retrospectives and personal stories from…
Say hello to the Venus SUB 2020 kit, and its maker, Oleg Endo. When Nintendo revealed the Switch back in 2016, the whole world seemed pretty impressed—a hybrid console which could be played both on the road and on your TV felt fresh and exciting, and blurred the lines between the traditionally distinct domestic and…
Open June 2nd to June 30th. Starting yesterday, a new OutRun-themed pop-up shop has opened up in Japan, selling a bunch of new merchandise based on the classic Sega driving game. The temporary store is located in Tokyo, Japan, on the 6th floor of the Shibuya Tsutaya (which is only a short walk from the…
Courtesy of Basic Fun! Technōs Japan’s 1991 classic arcade game WWF WrestleFest is set to be rereleased as an arcade home cabinet this Fall, according to a new report from The Toy Book. The new cabinet, which will be retitled to WWE WrestleFest is being developed by Basic Fun! — a global toy designer and…
“Hey! Let me tell you about my favourite 3DS games!”. While most of the gaming world is getting all hot under the collar about the Switch 2, it’s always nice to be reminded of Nintendo’s past glories, and the 3DS certainly ranks as one of those. Back when the company’s Wii U home console was…
A new stretch goal has been added. The Nintendo legend Takaya Imamura has been announced as a new “Guest of Honour” stretch goal for Nightmare Buster Rebirth — an HD reimagining of the SNES run ‘n gunner Nightmare Busters. Pix’n Love Games’ Kickstarter for Nightmare Buster Rebirth went live last month and has already managed…
Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are thrilled to announce that the legendary Takaya Imamura is joining the Nightmare Busters Rebirth project! KICKSTARTER Takaya Imamura, the renowned designer who spent over three decades at Nintendo, is now part of the Nightmare Busters Rebirth adventure — an explosive remake of the cult Super Nintendo game,…
That’s according to the ESRB. A new collection based on Toaplan’s Snow Bros. games appears to be in development at Limited Run Games, according to a new online listing from the ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board). Snow Bros. Classic Collection is described as a collection of “action platformers” for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 that…