Retro Gaming News
Launches in “Early Access” this December. Given Rockstar is currently heads down finishing Grand Theft Auto VI, it doesn’t seem likely that we’re going to get a follow-up to the publisher’s 2006 school-based action adventure title Bully anytime soon. But for those who have been looking for a brand new reason to go gallivanting around…
“It’s bitterly disappointing to know they’re making a profit from other people’s work”. We’ve been following Obsolete Sony on social media for a while now, and with good reason; the account aims to celebrate the Japanese company’s utterly remarkable impact on the world of consumer tech, from the Walkman to PlayStation and beyond. It’s a…
Alongside a trial version of Dodonpachi’s 2002 mobile port. We have some good news for Cave fans, to add to the exciting news from earlier this year that a version of the incredibly rare Dodonpachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver had been recovered and dumped online. Across social media, the feature phone preservationist RockmanCosmo is now stating…
MrTalida delivers a Halloween treat! The Keshigomu collector, MrTalida, has successfully preserved another set of Mario-themed toys, which are now available to download and print, decorate, or animate as you wish. This time around, however, the figures are anything but the run-of-the-mill depictions of the Super Mario Bros. cast, as sculpted by companies such as…
7 enemies on-screen at once! We’ve been keenly following the progress of Brazilian developer Mauro Xavier’s Final Fight MD over the past year or so, and it seems that the talented chap isn’t done with the game just yet, despite recently adding an impressive three-player mode. Xavier has now revealed footage of the game’s ‘1P+…
Get wrecked. Long before Burnout arrived and made crashing into cars fun, we had Reflections’ Destruction Derby to satisfy our desire for twisted metal (which, ironically, is the name of another ’90s game about vehicular carnage). A notable launch title for the PS1, the first entry in the series would later be ported to the…
Slap Fight! Flying Shark! Twin Cobra! Three more Toaplan games are set to receive brand-new ports for the Atari 2600+, 7800, and 7800+, according to Plaion’s senior business development manager, Ben Jones. Back in July of this year, Plaion published a new version of Toaplan’s 1985 vertical shoot-’em-up, Tiger-Heli, across all three of the retro…
ARMSX2 gets its 1.0 release. The Android PS2 emulator ARMSX2 just received its version 1.0 release, marking an exciting new era for PlayStation 2 emulation (thanks, Android Authority). Backed by the powerful PCSX2 codebase and sporting x86-to-Arm64 translation as well as emulation, ARMSX2 looks set to change the standard of PS2 gaming on Android devices…
Coming November 18th. A new SNES-inspired RPG is set to land on Steam next month, on November 18th, and looks to bring a whole new meaning to the phrase “trash game” (thanks Next Indie for the spot!) Kingdoms Of The Dump is the debut game from Roach Games, a studio formed by a pair of…
“You mean since the early 1990s, right?”. If you’ve been following recent events in the world of video games, you’ll be aware that big things are happening over at Xbox HQ. Microsoft has been slowly but surely increasing the number of titles it releases on rival platforms, and this trend has arguably reached its apex…