Retro Gaming News
“Probably jumping the gun…”. Famed composer and game designer Yuzo Koshiro is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches to Earthion, his new shmup for the Mega Drive / Genesis, which is also coming to other platforms. Despite being on the final stretch, Koshiro—who created the soundtracks to games like Streets of Rage, Revenge…
A sentient star who stretches his arms and bounds across stages with speed, Ristar is a SEGA protagonist with just as much charm as Sonic, yet time has not been so kind to this cosmic character. In 1995, Ristar debuted on the Genesis/Mega Drive to decent critical acclaim, with many praising its vibrant graphics and…
Introduces additional bug fixes and “rumble events”. A patch adding comprehensive rumble support to Wario Land 4 has just hit 1.0, bringing with it a bunch of further improvements and bug fixes. The Wario fan djedditt initially released the patch for the game back in August 2023 to coincide with the 22nd anniversary of the…
“GungHo, you going to answer any of these questions?”. Lunar Remastered Collection is coming to all major formats this April, and publisher GungHo has released a new FAQ which attempts to answer some of the burning questions surrounding the releases. “Attempts” is the operative word here, as it has predictably failed to answer some of…
N97 Elite is available now in China. A new gaming handheld is paying tribute to the classic Nokia N97. Created by Sugar Cubes, the N97 Elite features a sliding mechanism inspired by the classic mobile phone, and comes in special Gundam and Dragon Ball designs. According to Notebook Check, the N97 Elite isn’t all that…
Bizarre, quite frankly. Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been speaking about his time in the video game industry recently, and while he’s quick to recall that GoldenEye on Wii almost didn’t have guns in it, he struggles to recall the name of one of the UK’s most respected (and now defunct) game studios…
It’s brand-new, honest. Sony stopped making its PS1 console a few decades ago now, and while we had the PlayStation Classic back in 2018, the Japanese electronics giant is very much focused on modern tech today, pushing its manufacturing might behind the PS5 and PS5 Pro. However, given the popularity of the PS1, it’s easy…
“This is the greatest gaming achievement I have ever accomplished”. He may have been replaced by “Mr. Dream” in some versions of the game, but for many people, Mike Tyson continues to be the star of the NES Punch-Out!!, released in 1987. Tyson is the final character the player fights in the game and is…
Also known as ‘Nyan Nyan Panic’. Hamster, the company behind Arcade Archives, has announced that it will be publishing Konami’s action little-known action puzzler Kitten Kaboodle (otherwise known as Nyan Nyan Panic) on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 13th. Kitten Kaboodle was first released in arcades back in 1988 and one or two players…
“Barbara Broccoli did not really want anything that was violence”. Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that one of the co-owners of the James Bond movie series wasn’t all that keen on the 2010 GoldenEye reboot having guns in it. Speaking on the Grit podcast (thanks, Gamespot), Kotick touched upon the divisive Eurocom-made…