Retro Gaming News
“Austin Powers…completely changed the perception of our game”. Monolith Productions’s 1960s’-inspired first-person shooter game The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a title whose legend only grows year on year. Originally released in the year 2000, for PC, the spy-themed, gadget-filled adventure was an important project for the now shuttered Washington studio, helping to give…
After 42 years, someone has finally worked out a way to make a mini version of my favorite ’80s console, and it involves an AMOLED screen Preview Video While ’80s rivals such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision fought for domination of the TV, the Vectrex offered gamers something different – it came with its own built-in screen capable of producing…
“There was no internet, no email, no Excel…”. Back in the early ’90s, Sega and Novotrade International released Ecco The Dolphin — a unique underwater adventure for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis starring a cute bottlenose dolphin and featuring a pretty bonkers plot about sunken cities, extraterrestrials, and time travelling devices. Originally hitting North…
A nifty tribute to an RPG classic. A Japanese merchandise company called Hakkokudo has today released a new keychain, based on the classic Nihon Falcom RPG series Ys. The acrylic keychain, which measures 50×55×10mm, is modelled after Adol Christin, the main protagonist of the Ys series, and is intended to be the first in a…
A sharing session with more info is scheduled for tomorrow. In a social media post earlier today, AYANEO announced that its upcoming “budget-friendly” handheld, the Konkr Pocket Fit will launch with a starting price of less than $369. It was at the end of August this year that the Chinese hardware manufacturer first announced in…
“Transmission incoming”. If you cast your mind back to March, you might remember hearing that the game publisher Acclaim was being brought back from the dead, with the help of the WWE legend Jeff Jarrett. The news ended up making headlines both here and elsewhere, with a lot of people getting excited about what this…
“I’m tired of hearing that it’s impossible to bring this game to the MD”. Konami’s Parodius is, for many people, the quintessential ‘cute ’em up’ series; a colourful parody of shmup tropes that’s a complete and utter joy to play. The series made its debut in 1988 on the MSX via Parodius: The Octopus Saves…
COLOGNE, DE (August 21, 2025) | During today’s Xbox Showcase at gamescom, Digital Eclipse and Atari officially revealed the final lineup and feature set for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, launching later this year. Headlining the announcement is the inclusion of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat Special Forces – two rare PlayStation-era titles that have been unavailable for decades. These titles…
Insane power at a great price. Not too long ago, I reviewed the Anbernic RG ARC. Available in a Saturn-style colour scheme and boasting a button layout based on that console’s iconic controller, it was all set to become my dream system – until it became glaringly apparent that it couldn’t run Saturn games very…
Available now from Bitmap Books. The arrival of digital storefronts some time ago was a defining moment for the games industry, as it allowed small-scale developers to get their games to audiences without having to navigate the challenging waters of physical distribution. As a result, we were blessed with a host of amazing games, including…