Retro Gaming News
Last month, Amazon Prime’s Secret Level adapted fifteen video games to short, animated films. Some of these could fairly be described as retro video games, though the bulk of them dated to the twenty-first century. But one of the odder ones of the full set, in this regard, was the very first episode. A…
Say hello to the Koei PasoGo. Back in 1996, Koei—a company famous for its historical strategy games—released the PasoGo in Japan. Boasting a massive monochrome display and giving you 20 hours of play from six AA batteries, the PasoGo—a combination of “Pasocon” (personal computer) and the strategy board game Go—was much bigger than the Game…
Coming Q1 2025. The homebrew developer Reboot Games has revealed via a trailer that it will be bringing out a physical version of the unreleased Atari Jaguar shooter Livewire, under the title “Livewire: Archival Project”. Livewire is a top-down shooter that was in development at the UK studio Black Scorpion Software around 1996-1997 and was…
“Our strategy will lead to even more success in the coming year”. Atari is feeling pretty pleased about the “retro-focused strategy” it embarked on a while back, citing successes such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, The Thing: Remastered, RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic and the Atari 7800+ as examples of why it has paid off…
Company finishes 2024 with a slate of successful game releases; executes against retro-focused growth strategy NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — has today announced that its first full calendar year executing upon the company’s retro-focused strategy has culminated in successful…
Practice makes perfect. Practice makes perfect, and nothing of any value comes easy, but natural skill goes a long way—and that’s certainly true of Eddie Esguerra, who has become an internet sensation thanks to his insane dedication to light gun games. Esguerra has been spotted plying his trade at various arcades and conventions around the…
More details will be released in March. The next-gen XR glasses maker Viture has recently taken to social media to tease a new collaboration with the well-known accessory manufacturer 8BitDo (as spotted by the website Notebook Check). According to Viture, this brand new product will be a new “one-of-a-kind” accessory for mobile gaming, which the…
Welcome To The Third Place reportedly cost $750,000 to make. As you may already be aware, the news broke yesterday that the world famous director, musician, and artist David Lynch had passed away, aged 78. Lynch is a figure perhaps best known for his work on the 1990 mystery TV series Twin Peaks which he…
Ambitious, indeed. Konami’s Gradius II is now playable on the Analogue Pocket, thanks to improvements made by Jotego on the JTTWIN16 beta FPGA core. “This game was originally failing because the scroll settings that affect the sprite location were not applied at the expected time,” explains the developer, who has released the updated beta via…
Includes VMU icons and quicksaves! The original Prince of Persia game is now playable on the Sega Dreamcast, thanks to the homebrew developer memorix101. The port is currently in alpha and was built using the work-in-progress Dreamcast SDL2 library from the programmer Troy Davis. Read the full article on timeextension.com Includes VMU icons and quicksaves!…