Retro Gaming News
Doesn’t bode well for the impending Kickstarter campaign. James Pond is one of the classic characters of the ’90s gaming scene, but time hasn’t been kind to the underwater agent. Since his third mainline adventure, Pond has been treated rather shoddily, with the ultimate insult being a Kickstarter campaign (involving original creator Chris Sorrell, who…
In the realm of FPGA Game Boys, the Chromatic has some obvious disadvantages compared to its main competitor, the Analogue Pocket. Where the Analogue Pocket has Game Boy Advance cartridge support, adapters for other cartridges, as well as SD card support that allows for playing, well, pretty much anything, the Chromatic is a much…
“We own Computer Entertainer. And now it belongs to everyone.”. The Video Game History Foundation has announced today that it has acquired the rights to the historic US magazine Computer Entertainer, and is making the entire magazine free for anyone to read or use. Computer Entertainer was a magazine published between 1982-1990, and is significant…
Star Fox 64 will be the next N64 game to get a fanmade Dreamcast port. JNMartin’s unofficial Sega Dreamcast port of Mario Kart 64 is getting pretty close to its first public release. However, it appears that its lead developer has already started working on his next port of an N64 classic. The Dreamcast developer…
“The longest day begins…”. Jaleco’s 1984 Battleship-themed shoot ’em up D-Day has been announced as the latest title coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4, as part of Arcade Archives. The game, which is not to be confused with Olympia and Centuri’s 1981 arcade title of the same name, will be released on August 7th, and…
The arcade will close its doors for good later this month. The owner of the Halifax arcade, Blast From The Past, has announced on Facebook that the location will close at the end of this month, following a number of issues that has left him with no choice but to close up, including “rising costs”,…
Available now for free. Core Design’s 2D platformer Rick Dangerous came to a lot of platforms back in the day, such as the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and the ZX Spectrum, to name just a few. But it sadly never ended up releasing on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. Recently, though, a…
Coming To Steam next year. Secret Mode and Sumo Sheffield have just announced a new retro-inspired, football-themed card game, which will be coming to Steam in 2026. Nutmeg!, as the project is called, sees players take control of a Division Four side in the 1980s (when mullets, moustaches, and perms were all the rage), before…
Homebrew games are typically developed by hobbyists and enthusiasts outside of official channels. By and large, they are often “one-offs” and not intended for commercial distribution. Homebrew video games first came to light in 1993, when Harry Dodgson created his own development kit for the Atari 7800 and later modified it for use with the…
“We fully respect the work of human artists and voice talent”. Recently, on the social media website BlueSky, a user accused Ancient’s newly released title Earthion of taking advantage of generative AI for the voices in the game, prompting concerns to spread among fans of the studio who disagree with the use of the controversial…