Retro Gaming News
Quality-of-life improvements promised. Croc Lead designer Anna Larke pictured with the game around the time of its launch in 2000 Argonaut has announced plans to re-release the Game Boy Color version of Croc to mark the game’s 25th anniversary. Read the full article on timeextension.com Quality-of-life improvements promised. Croc Lead designer Anna Larke pictured with…
R-Type Delta: HD Boosted is coming to all major formats. Irem’s R-Type series is one of the most iconic in shmup history, and almost all of the games in its lineage are worth a look—but there’s one title which stands out as a clear favourite with many fans, and that’s 1998’s R-Type Delta, released initially…
While not, strictly speaking, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Everquest has a notorious reputation as the first such title to truly break into the mainstream. In his Boss Fight history, Matthew S. Smith covers pretty much everything that both led into Everquest’s original creation, and then, the controversies it inspired. Then…
Poly has been working on a decompilation of the PS2 game for the past two years. A skilled programmer specializing in reverse engineering old games is currently in the process of recreating the PaRappa the Rapper 2‘s source code, in the hopes of reviving its modding scene that has been dormant for the last six…
Compatible with the Retroid Pocket 5, RP Mini, and RP 4 Pro. As we noted yesterday, there’s been a lot of speculation online about Retroid — the manufacturer of emulation-based machines like the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 and Retroid Pocket Classic — and whether or not it will soon be joining the likes of Ayaneo,…
How often do you play games that are quite old, but still relevant and nostalgically appealing to you? Surely everyone has a couple or three games that are pleasant to remember, noting any events associated with them, or just to note how far ahead of time the game was, made you dive in and left…
Duke Nukem D-Day was in development in the early 2000s. A prototype build of Duke Nukem D-Day has appeared online, giving players the chance to check out a lost piece of the series’s history (thanks Vinícius Medeiros for the spot!). Duke Nukem D-Day was in development at n-Space and was set to be the third…
We speak to Paul Docherty about his new film Heart of Neon. There are few British video game developers (still working today) who can claim to have quite as interesting or as impressive a career as the Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter. For the last four decades, he has endured all manner of incidents and setbacks…
Challenger Approaching! After 23 years, Super Smash Bros. Melee modders have finally made an old April Fool’s Joke a reality, by finally adding Tails & Sonic into the game. If you were a Nintendo fan or an avid reader of Electronic Gaming Monthly back in the day, you may recall coming across a section in…
The New 3DS XL’s price is only going one way, it seems. The gaming community might be losing its mind over the arrival of the Switch 2, but in some parts of the world, an older piece of Nintendo tech is commanding a similar price. As spotted by Pure Xbox’s Ben Kerry, the UK chain…