Retro Gaming News
Gaming exploded into a global phenomenon, shattering every border in its path. It was a revolution. The move to digital kickstarted a cycle that transformed players into creators, studios into communities, and local pastimes into worldwide cultural touchstones. Today, a developer in a small studio can release a game that tops charts overnight. A kid…
Philadelphia, PA – September 11, 2025 – Independent games publisher Retroware and developer Zenovia Interactive have announced a new release date for their upcoming cyberpunk run-and-gun title, Neon Inferno. Originally slated for October 2, the game will now launch on November 20, 2025. Though development is nearly complete, the delay stems from a combination of factors, including the differing certification processes across…
“The full extent of this scandal will soon be clear to everyone”. We recently reported on the news that Sega used the British Police to recover a selection of dev kits and consoles it had “negligently disposed of” from a business owner who has a legitimate claim to those items. Since we published that story,…
In space, no one can hear you point-and-click. Icelandic indie studio Aeriform has released a vertical slice demo of its Mega Drive / Genesis point-and-click adventure, The Ark. Heavily inspired by the Alien media franchise, the game will focus on the Y.C.V. ECHO and its crew of Yutani engineers – Willows, Marsson, Moss, and Hirsch…
Easy right, maybe? When you combine the words “rally” and “arcade”, chances are you’ll find that Sega Rally Championship enters your mind pretty swiftly. The 1995 coin-op smash hit delivered drift-based off-road thrills to millions of players, but it was far from the first game of its type in arcades. Visco’s Drift Out franchise kicked…
‘Crimson II’ & ‘Dai Dassou’ are both coming to the Nintendo eShop. The next two PC-88 titles coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop, as part of D4 Enterprise’s ongoing EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, have now been revealed. The first of these, releasing at some point today, is Xtalsoft’s RPG sequel Crimson II, which is…
Unless you live in the UK, that is… Mana Wave Media has announced it will be releasing the soundtrack to Capcom’s gothic fighting game Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (AKA Vampire in Japan) on vinyl for the first time ever later this year, and that pre-orders are now open on its website. The release was announced…
Also compatible with the Saturn. Terraonion’s MODE was one of the first commercially available ODE (Optical Drive Emulator) offerings to gain widespread notoriety, mainly because it was compatible with both the Saturn and Dreamcast. While the market is now filled with alternatives, the MODE is still a solid option – and it has just been…
‘DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver’ was only available for a day. The Japanese feature phone preservation community have shown themselves to be experts at recovering games that many had believed would be forever lost to time, but its latest achievement could be one of its most impressive finds yet. That’s because, as revealed yesterday by RockmanCosmo…
That’s two more than the SNES version! Brazilian developer Mauro Xavier is still hard at work on his unofficial port of Final Fight for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and has just revealed that it could be getting support for three players. “Dig out your multitaps,” he proclaims on social media. “Although it’s still…