Retro Gaming News
Despite what’s implied by the title, Hermano isn’t actually the name of the character you play in the side scroller of the same title for the Game Boy, best optimized for the Chromatic from ModRetro. Rather, you play as Nano, who rises from the grave furious that a demon has kidnapped his beloved…
Prepare to embark on a magical journey of friendship, imagination, and song as the Kickstarter campaign for Echoes of the Unread, a brand new adventure for the NES, is now live. Developed by Clever Cat Games and published by Mega Cat Studios, Echoes of the Unread puts players in the shoes of Rhapsody, a young girl who, after falling asleep while studying in…
A Lara Lara laughs. The second Tomb Raider Collection for Evercade only includes two games—Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999) And Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000)—which compares unfavourably to the first pack, which shipped with three full titles. However, there’s certainly no denying that both are excellent 3D action adventures packed with challenging puzzles, addictive combat…
“It was my first time learning about 3D motion sickness”. Given that Yuji Naka’s star has fallen slightly in recent years thanks to his conviction for insider trading, it’s easy to forget that, at one time, he was one of Sega’s most valuable developers. Even before he helped bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the world,…
“Step into the decaying world of Kagenovia”. Indie developer S. TALBAIN has just released a new title for the Game Boy Color that is clearly inspired by Konami’s Castlevania franchise. “Step into the decaying world of Kagenovia in Dawnrazor, a brand-new original Game Boy Color title developed for real hardware,” says the developer. “Take control…
Sounds as good as it looks, of course. We’re counting down the days until the release of Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion, which still doesn’t have a solid release date but is surely just around the corner now. To whet our appetite further, Yoshiro recently posted a video which shows the game running through a range of…
“Joking around and laughing became the rule of the day”. Street Fighter II is one of the most popular video games of all time, and when it launched in the early 1990s, it not only revived the flagging arcade industry but made the one-on-one fighter the genre of choice for millions of players all over…
Fortified Zone 2 (AKA: Ikari no Yōsai 2) is releasing this June. The sequel to Jaleco’s 1991 run-and-gun action-adventure Fortified Zone is finally being released in the West on cartridge for the very first time next month, thanks to Broke Studio’s new Homebrew Factory initiative. It will be available to buy from June 3rd and…
“Vivendi was great at ruining games”. Released in 1999 and based on the 1996 novel of the same name, Fight Club is a landmark moment in countercultural American cinema. Critically misunderstood by many at the time of release and a disappointing commercial flop for its studio, 20th Century Fox, it has since gone on to…
Adds an upgradeable dash and other tweaks. If you grew up watching Disney cartoons in the early ’90s, you might remember Bonkers. Originally debuting back in 1993, the animated show about a washed-up cartoon bobcat who gets a job as a police officer working for the Toon division of the Hollywood Police Department was frequently…