Retro Gaming News
“These discs were not burned with a CD writer, these discs were pressed in a factory”. This is the second in a two-part deep dive into the history of video games in South Africa. You can read part one here. In 1995, my family emigrated to the UK, which is why I’ll be sharing the…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Derek Sorrells, who is displayed on card number 832, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Derek is also featured on cards 1280, 2158 and 2254. Derek is an old school gamer who loves arcade machines. He grew up in the prime of the arcade era and played as many arcade machines…
“You don’t gotta catch ’em all!”. Thanks to fan translators, it’s now possible to play Pandora Box and Imagineer’s N64 monster-taming RPG Zool – Majyū Charmer Legend in English. But Zoinkity, the patch’s hacker, is already warning people not to expect the game to be a “Pokéclone”, stating that those who “go in expecting Pokémon……
“The bigger dream, being the default place to play retro games, we’re still working on”. Modern emulators have made it easier than ever to play your favourite retro games on a phone, laptop, or even smart refrigerator, but unless you have some technical know-how, it isn’t easy to take your saves with you. Patrick Corrigan…
Coming this August! Polymega has announced a new collection headlined by Toaplan’s 1993 bullet-hell shooter Batsugun. Polymega Collection Vol. 19 – BATSUGUN contains four arcade games in total from the Japanese developer. Read the full article on timeextension.com Coming this August! Polymega has announced a new collection headlined by Toaplan’s 1993 bullet-hell shooter Batsugun. Polymega…
Agent under fire. It feels like forever since we first heard about Agent 64: Spies Never Die, thanks to its 2021 prototype, but it seems the long wait for the finished version is finally coming to an end. As revealed yesterday in a new trailer, the game finally has a release date, with the Replicant…
In the mid-1990s, the video game industry engaged in a frantic, creative arms race. As the 16-bit era waned and 32-bit technology loomed, developers desperately pushed the boundaries of gaming. Amidst this innovation, Sega released a title that felt less like a standard side-scroller and more like a living graphic novel. That game was…
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The ‘Super Yanoman Collection’ arrives this December in Japan. Three Super Famicom titles are set to be rereleased on PC, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on Thursday, December 10th, 2026, in Japan, as part of a new collection from the Japanese developer/publisher Edia (h/t: Gematsu). The Super Yanoman Collection was announced earlier today and will…
Includes online play, widescreen support, and smoother frame rates. If you’re a fan of Sega’s Virtua Racing and have been looking for a reason to dive back into the Model 1-based F1 game, then you might be excited to hear about Wanszai’s recently released PC & Xbox-based emulators. These allow players the opportunity to experience…