Retro Gaming News
“I’ve been really drained and exhausted by the experience and have been mentally battered”. It has been revealed that a UK-based freeplay arcade packed with vintage coin-ops will close at the end of this month. As reported by the Dorset Echo, Mike Saxton, the owner of the Portland-based FreePlay Gaming Arcade, has decided to shutter…
Factory-sealed retail pack is part of Ewbank’s retro gaming auctions. UK auction house Ewbank’s has a massive haul of Nintendo-related items on its site as part of its growing retro game sales drive. Nintendo items going up for auction aren’t anything new, of course, but this lot includes some rather unusual and interesting items—with the…
“It’s really been a bit of a dream come true”. With its varied mechs, persistent online world, and pioneering use of voice communication, 2006’s Chromehounds is the very definition of a hidden gem. It never achieved the same level of fame as its online rivals, and its servers were turned off in 2010, but the…
In the heyday of arcades, gaming was an inherently social experience. Crowds gathered around machines to watch intense battles unfold, friends competed side by side, and strangers often bonded over shared energy for the same titles. Arcades were gathering spots full of conversation, competition, and community. Today, this spirit is finding new life in the…
SNESDEV2025 begins May 31st and will last until September 6th. A brand new game jam called “SNESDEV 2025” is set to kick off later this month, encouraging game developers to take part and play a role in advancing SNES homebrew. The jam, which is being organized by Kannagichan, Svambo, and SNES-Testberichte, will begin on May…
New bug fixes, cheats, and more! A new update has just come to Star Fox 64‘s unofficial PC Port, bringing with it a bunch of new bug fixes, cheats, and other impressive improvements. First released in December of last year, the recompiled port of the classic N64 shooter, nicknamed Starship, was developed by the fan…
“I can’t believe this happened”. If you’re a fan of retro gaming YouTube channels, then you’ll almost certainly have heard of Happy Console Gamer, a channel that has been run by host Johnny Millenium for 17 years now. Johnny’s love of retro and infectious presenting style has helped the channel build up a considerable following,…
Company recently moved to a new location in Chiswick Business Park. Back in 2023, Sega announced that it had tracked down and painstakingly restored the Sonic the Hedgehog statue that once stood in London’s short-lived SegaWorld indoor theme park. That statue has now taken pride of place in the company’s new office, based in Chiswick…
Radio NECstalgia is now available online. A new radio station has just been launched for fans of NEC’s PC Engine. Radio NECstalgia is available to listen to online for free on Netlify and was recently brought to our attention thanks to the NEC super fan and La Bible PC Engine author Sébastien Valencia. It was…
From the developers of ‘Double Dragon One’. It looks like Irem’s submarine-based shooter In the Hunt could be getting a new enhanced port for Neo Geo hardware, thanks to the homebrew developer Casa De Ruivo. This is the same team (comprised of Ozzy and Johnny16Bit) that is also behind Double Dragon One — an upcoming…