Retro Gaming News
“You know that Prince Of Persia / Wolfenstein mashup you’ve been craving?”. Adam Saltsman, the co-founder of indie publisher Finji and the developer of the one-button endless runner Canabalt has just released a new PICO-8 game, and it will no doubt look a little familiar to you if you’re a fan of Jordan Mechner’s Prince…
Earlier this month, it was claimed that Sega passed on the game. A couple of weeks ago, VGDensetsu spotted an interesting post from the Sega graphic designer Tomohiro “REW” Yamamoto, in which he revealed a never-before-heard story that the PaRappa the Rapper artist Rodney Greenblat once presented the project to Sega before Sony became involved…
But who owns the rights? Ruff ‘n’ Tumble is one of the most visually stunning Amiga games, but it was sadly released towards the end of the platform’s viability as a gaming system and, therefore, didn’t get the level of exposure or acclaim it deserved. However, there’s a chance it might get a second chance…
Versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox also expected this month. The Ghost ‘N Goblins-inspired action-platformer GladMort is now available to buy on Steam, its publisher PixelHeart and developer Chipsonsteroids have announced. Digital versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles are expected to launch later this month on March 27th, with physical versions for…
We all need to get better at seeing the big picture. Given the recent furore over Jeff Grubb’s comments on 1980s European gaming being “merely a scene” and the resultant backlash, it seemed prudent to me to take a broader view. Grubb’s comments on the European home computer “scene” got a few people’s backs up…
The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball. Without further ado my fellow pinheads: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: The Tyrant’s Eye: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: The Tyrant’s Eye continues to roll as games make their way all over the world, including at IGN Fan Fest and…
“No one told us to make any kind of game. We wanted to make this game.”. When Sony Computer Entertainment released Legend of Dragoon for the PS1 in the West in the early 2000s, several publications couldn’t help but compare it to Squaresoft’s popular Final Fantasy series. Gamespot’s Peter Bartholow, for example, suggested the game…
“I developed a mysterious condition where all the hair on the right side of my body fell out”. If you were to mention Tekken 4 to fans of the classic fighting game series, you’re bound to get a lot of mixed opinions. Arriving in arcades a few years after the critical and commercial smash that…
Bug fixes! Restored content! And more! A new improvement patch has just been released for the NTSC-U version of Namco’s PlayStation RPG Tales of Destiny, fixing localization errors, squashing bugs, and restoring a bunch of content that was originally cut from the US release. The patch was released yesterday, on March 24th, and came to…
Update: The original “Joe Hoops” has been found. Mon 15th Aug 2022 “Sir Charles” Barkley is one of basketball’s all-time greats. He was voted the NBA’s ‘Most Valuable Player’ in 1993 and has been named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. Like so many popular sports personalities, “Chuck” got his own…