Retro Gaming News
“I want to explore is PS1 aesthetic as a style choice rather than a limitation”. Blimey, Ridge Racer was good, wasn’t it? Remember when Namco’s series used to mark the glorious beginning of a new PlayStation hardware generation and was the first game you’d pick up with your shiny new Sony system? Those were the…
In August of 2022, I announced the release of LC-Games high quality title of ‘Mike Mech’ for the Commodore 64. A game in which you had to battle aliens that have invaded your spaceship. Well fast forward to this week however, and I’ve just found out, that LC-Games has released the sequel of ‘Mike Mech…
“The product is built to last”. Physical publisher Limited Run Games has come under fire for allegedly using recycled chips in one of its latest releases, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution on the GBA (thanks, VGC). The game—which was originally supposed to launch last year but was delayed—is set between the original Shantae and Shantae: Risky’s…
New “disc drive channel switcher” now available. If you own a Sega Saturn, then chances are you’re aware of Optical Drive Emulators like Rhea, Phoebe and Fenrir. These devices allow you to run games from solid-state media and are massively convenient when it comes to enjoying the console’s entire library. The issue is that, with…
I’ve never been a fan of open world game design. The reason is simple- I get lost very easily. This is probably why I tend to prefer retro games over modern ones in the first place, open world design being better facilitated by more advanced hardware. That I’m opening with this does not bode…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Andreas Heldt, founder and CEO of Z-Software, who discusses the recent release of Pilot Sports on PS5. About Pilot Sports: Originally released on Nintendo Switch and PS4 Release also on PC & Xbox 1, Pilot Sports brings vibrant local multiplayer action to the skies with more than 50 challenges, 7 flying…
On both Nintendo Switch & PS4. During its live stream earlier today, Hamster Corp, the company behind Arcade Archives, revealed the next Namco title being released as part of this year’s “Namco Month” will be the 1994 vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up NebulasRay. According to the announcement, it will be released for Nintendo Switch and PS4…
They also seem to be in contact with some of the original developers. Traveller’s Tales Crash: Twinsanity arguably isn’t the most beloved entry in the Crash Bandicoot series. The adventure platformer, which saw Crash forming an unlikely alliance with his evil nemesis Neo Cortex, to take down a pair of outer-dimensional parrots, earned itself somewhat…
Demo now available. It may not have been overshadowed by the likes of the Mega Drive / Genesis and PC Engine back in the day when it came to quality shooters, but thanks to the efforts of modern developers, the NES / Famicom is clawing back some respectability in the genre. Last year’s Changeable Guardian…
An 18-rated ellipsoid classic. Cast your mind back to the video game landscape of the early ’90s, and 2D remains king. Granted, 3D gaming was on the rise thanks to titles such as Star Fox, Alone in the Dark, Virtua Racing and Doom, but with the wave of 32-bit consoles yet to materialise, the industry…