Retro Gaming News
The company teased the mysterious new handheld last month. Earlier today, GoRetroid announced a new Game Boy-style handheld called the Retroid Pocket Classic. The company first teased the new emulation device in a Valentine’s Day post, hidden in the background of an image advertising the Retroid Pocket Flip 2. Here the design of the handheld…
Suda51’s Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special gets a fan translation. Goichi “Suda51” Suda might be famous today for titles like No More Heroes, Killer7 and Lollipop Chainsaw, but even at the dawn of his career, he was making waves in the industry. He started off at Human Entertainment in the ’90s, working on the company’s…
‘I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO FILL YOUR DARK SOUL WITH LIGHT!’. Recently, while speaking to Time Extension for an article on the voice director Susan Hart, Drew Coombs — the original voice actor for Dante in Devil May Cry — revealed the story behind one of the PS2 game’s most iconic and memorable…
And no, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine doesn’t count. The Genesis / Mega Drive port of Compile’s classic puzzler Puyo Puyo has been translated into English for the first time. The game was released exclusively in Japan in 1992. The patch—created by a team led by RadioTails—is “a complete English translation” which also translates all…
The new manufacturer Turner Pinball recently announced that it has begun production of the 100 unit run of its first game Ninja Eclipse. The Company shared a couple of pictures of the games on its production line and the branded wrench and ratchet strap that is is including with ordered games on its Facebook page….
“I’ve seen firsthand the type of impact great games can have on players and fans”. Acclaim is back from the dead, more than 20 years after the publisher closed its doors in 2004. The company’s focus will be indies and classic franchises, according to a statement issued today. “One of the key goals for the…
“Aladdin for the Genesis with 200% more immersion”. Aladdin on the Genesis / Mega Drive is one of the most beloved platformers of the ’90s. Coded by Dave Perry’s team at Virgin (Perry would later establish Shiny and create Earthworm Jim with some of the same people), this 2D platformer is an adaption of Disney’s…
Just don’t expect to do any actual gaming yet. A new Android port of the popular PS3 emulator RPCS3 is currently in development by one of the project’s original co-creators, as recently reported by the website Android Authority. News of RPCS3 Android started to spread a week ago after a GitHub page for the project…
Metal Gear Solid! Tony Hawks! Final Fantasy! Sony’s PS2 is 25 years old today, having launched in Japan on March 4th, 2000. We’re republishing this feature to mark this amazing event. The PlayStation 2 is still, for good reason, the best-selling console with nearly 160 million units sold, beating out the likes of the Nintendo…
Coming to Switch & PC later this year. The beloved isometric platformer Head Over Heels is set to get a new enhanced version later this year for Nintendo Switch and PC, from the publisher SpecNext — the company behind the Spectrum Next. First released in 1987 across various home computers, including the ZX Spectrum and…