All Things Retro
As we said before, it was only just the other week that we informed you that JOTD, who is also behind the brilliant Arcade conversions of Galaxian and Super Xevious 1200 for the Amiga, was going to be doing another conversion/port of the classic 80’s game of ‘Donkey Kong’. Well thanks to a heads up…
Atari Partners with Alan-1 to Bring New Atari Recharged Games to Arcades Nationwide Tooele, UTAH – March 12, 2024 – Alan-1, Inc. (alan-1.com), a video game studio and manufacturer of coin-operated arcade game cabinets, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the iconic game publisher Atari. Alan-1 has been selected by Atari to create…
Partnering with manufacturer Alan-1. Video game veteran Atari is partnering with video game studio and coin-op manufacturer Alan-1, Inc. (yes, that’s a reference to Tron, you nerd) to bring its “Recharged” series to arcades, bringing the company back into the location-based entertainment arena after a 25-year absence. “Alan-1 has been selected by Atari to create…
“I can’t deny the fact that the PlayStation is selling well around the world.”. While the Nintendo 64 managed to secure a second-place position in the console wars in the West, it was a slightly different story in Japan. According to Nintendo’s own figures, the console only managed to shift 5,540,000 units in the region,…
“It’s looking incredibly promising!”. A new Xbox modchip is in development which promises to be one of the most powerful options on the market – as well as one of the cheapest. Modchips allow users of classic consoles to perform all kinds of cool tasks, such as loading up homebrew apps and removing regional lock-outs….
LC-Games is certainly no stranger to Indie Retro News, creating brilliant titles such as Bagman Comes Back, Tutankham, Tutankham Returns, Mike Mech, Scout the Stray, Santa’s Troubles and our personal favourite Arcade to C64 game of Dig Dug. But another game has just caught our attention and worthy of a mention on IRN, and it’s LC-Games latest C64 homage to the 1980’s…
There are tons of indie games on the Switch, but AdventureQuest 8-Bit: Dungeons & DoomKnight is a blast. Developed by Artix Entertainment and published by Nami Tentou, AdventureQuest 8-Bit: Dungeons & DoomKnights is a title you may have missed when it was originally crowd-funded for a release on the NES, but on the Switch, it’s even…
Video Games — by Brett Weiss Step into a world of gaming nostalgia and modern marvels with our March 7 Sixth Generation and Beyond Showcase Auction. This carefully curated selection spans an array of beloved consoles, including the Game Boy Advance, DS, GameCube, Switch, PlayStation 2-5, PSP, Xbox, and Xbox 360, offering something for every…
Munch munch. Namco’s 1984 impactful action platformer Pac-Land is coming to the Analogue Pocket via a new FPGA core. A spin-off from the original Pac-Man, Pac-Land is considered to be one of the most influential titles of the 1980s, as it pioneered many mechanics which would later become commonplace in side-scrolling platformers, such as Alex…
(Or “Quandino” if Tetris Company lawyers ask). Everyone accepts that Tetris is one of the world’s most perfect video games. It’s just a fact; there’s no point in debating it any longer. The fact that the Game Boy shipped with the iconic Russian puzzler played a massive role in its success, and even today, Tetris…