Retro Gaming News
With two competitions currently on going, the ‘ TND SEUCK Compo 2025’ and the ‘game programming competition’, it’s always worth checking out both of these, to see if any special games have been entered that’s worthy of our attention. Well that’s certainly happened this week, as LBM has entered their new Plus/4 game of ‘Gravity…
Also available on Steam and itch. A new Tempest-style tube shooter is making its debut on Nintendo Switch today, courtesy of the indie developer Distant Illusions. Operius DX is a revamped version of the developer’s original mind-bending arcade shooter Operius. This is a game that was created for the Opera GX Game Jam in 2021,…
“One day we hope to do that”. UK developer Argonaut recently sprang back to life, and its first release was a revisit of its 1997 classic, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. While the company is famous for titles like Croc, Star Fox, Starglider and more, it produced a whole host of games between the years…
How much power does $250 get you these days? Anbernic is a company which is famous for releasing multiple emulation handhelds every year, but it’s gone through something of a quiet period of late. The Android-based RG557 is its first release in a few months, and it isn’t even a ‘new’ product, really—it’s an iterative…
Includes a Jet Set Radio-inspired pair of skates. The original Dreamcast version of Sega’s action roller-skating Jet Set Radio turns 25 later this year. And so, to celebrate, the California-based company ThemSkates revealed last week it will be partnering with Sega to release a bunch of new Jet Set Radio merchandise (thanks Sega Informant). Read…
ST fans of the world, unite. Let me tell you a little story. My father is the person who got me into gaming, and my first genuine introduction to interactive entertainment (not including the Donkey Kong II Game & Watch) was on his beloved Atari ST, which turns 40 this year. Games like Starglider, Dungeon…
Act 1 of Osamu Kobayashi’s ‘Snatcher’ is now online. More than 30 years after its original release, the first act of a rare manga spin-off to Konami’s cyberpunk adventure Snatcher has just been preserved online by fans. Initially released in 1988 for the NEC-PC8801 and MSX2 (and later ported to the PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², Sega…
“I am super pleased to be able to share this”. The original prosthetic mask used for the original Resident Evil 2 cover has been found after 27 years, it’s been revealed online. The fascinating discovery was shared over on Facebook, where Brandon Salisbury — the director of the documentary George A. Romero’s Resident Evil about…
…but you might want to grab it quickly. Former Compile president Masamitsu Niitani has just released a PC version of the puzzler Pochi And Nyaa which is based on the unreleased Sega Naomi version. The game was originally supposed to launch on Sega’s arcade platform back in 2002, but Compile’s bankruptcy meant that it was…
With so many titles available to play on the iPhone, there’s always a chance there are games you simply just missed out on. Mega addictive hits the likes of “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” don’t make it any easier to try new games either. Check out this list to find out what thumb-crunchers passed you…