Retro Gaming News
Could Nintendo have made the system a global hit? I recently covered the glorious ’90s relic that was the Barcode Battler on this very site, and it apparently inspired one of our “readers” to do something a little out of the ordinary. Not long after our piece went live, a package arrived at Time Extension…
Was confirm last year by the company’s transmedia boss. Sega has teased the imminent arrival of a new retail store in Japan’s capital. Like Nintendo, Sega is keen to leverage its brand beyond the realm of video games, and brick-and-mortar stores like this are part of that strategy. Read the full article on timeextension.com Was…
‘Rockman The Puzzle Battle’ & ‘Galaga Kai’. It seems like it’s pretty much every other day now that the Japanese feature phone preservation community shares an exciting new announcement about a previously lost games being discovered and dumped online. Earlier this week, for instance, we published a short article about a rare Lost In Blue…
Taito’s ‘Crazy Balloon’ lands on Switch & PS4 this week. Hamster has revealed the next Arcade Archives release it will be releasing is Taito’s 1980s’ balloon-based title, Crazy Balloon, which notably sees players trying to navigate a thorny maze without popping. The game will be released on Nintendo Switch and PS4 tomorrow (June 26th) and…
“Mark the date, spread the word far and wide”. Based on FPGA technology and designed to run both past and next-generation Spectrum software, the ZX Spectrum Next may be a niche proposition, but it has found plenty of fans in Sinclair fandom—the only problem is that it’s incredibly hard to get hold of one as…
3DSen hits version 1.0. After 10 years of development, the unique NES emulator 3DSen has finally reached left Steam Early Access, its developer Geod Studio recently confirmed on social media. If you’ve never heard of 3DSen before, it is essentially a novel way of re-experiencing your favourite NES titles from the past in a brand…
“Ys… set me on the path to everything I’m doing now”. Falcom’s seminal Ys series of RPGs recently celebrated its 38th birthday, and this particular milestone put composer Yuzo Koshiro in a reflective mood. He began his career working with Falcom, and Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (1987) and Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished –…
CopperStorm’s pre-launch page is live. Neofid Studios — the developer of titles like Demons of Asteborg and Astebros — is working on a new game for the SNES, Neo Geo, and Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. As of this moment, very little information has been revealed about the brand new title, with all we know…
Use it or lose it. As we move towards a digital gaming future, there’s an increasing desire by some players to make sure their investment is safe, and that often means opting for physical releases over downloads. After all, companies like Nintendo and Sony can remove access to your collection as the years roll on,…
A new fanmade port of the SNES RPG is currently being worked on. An unofficial Mega Drive / Genesis port of the RPG Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (otherwise known as Mystic Quest Legend in Europe and Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest in Japan) is currently in the works, from a couple of fan developers named…