Retro News

At first I couldn’t understand why we had such an influx of Amiga game news in one weekend. Well it dawned on me, that on the 31st of May it was International Amiga Day! A day which is celebrated annually on May 31st to honor Jay Miner, who is considered the father of the Amiga computer….

“Jaffe… had everybody sit down and play Buffy”. We were recently fortunate enough to catch up with video game producer, designer, and project lead Antonio “Tony” Barnes, whose extensive credits include the likes of Desert Strike, Strider (2014) and Killer Instinct (2013), as well as many other titles from the past few decades. One game…

Again, there’s no English translation sadly. D4 Enterprise has announced it will soon be rereleasing the PC-98 version Microcabin’s action-RPG Fray on Nintendo Switch. Fray is a spin-off to the cult RPG series Xak, taking place pretty much simultaneously to the events of the second game. It was originally launched for MSX computers in 1990,…

“To put it simply – he is the big boss”. Square Enix is one of the game industry’s leading lights, with multiple million-selling franchises under its belt and a network of studios dotted around the world. However, for the longest time, the company’s success was built around its tentpole Final Fantasy franchise, a series of…

“Right now, there are about four games in the queue ahead of it”. Electronic Arts’ helicopter-based shoot ’em up Desert Strike, along with its many sequels, have gone on to have a noticeable influence on several video game developers since the series first debuted back in the early ’90s. Over the past year, for instance,…

“We are actively progressing with our phased plan”. A number of Amico games have just been released on Nintendo Switch and Steam, with the company behind the troubled console, Amico Entertainment, still insisting that Amico hardware is the goal (thanks VGC for the spot!). Finnigan Fox and Evel Knievel are now available to purchase now…

“One of our goals is to bring those titles back to life”. Yesterday, we reported on the news that the upcoming G’AIM’E light gun had already surpassed its Kickstarter funding target by quite a margin, despite the campaign having only been live for a couple of days. To promote the project, Tassei Denki, the company…

“Double Helix got bought by Amazon and we couldn’t work on anybody else’s IP”. Capcom certainly isn’t short of cash these days, and is very good at keeping its vast catalogue of games alive, be it via brand-new entries (like Street Fighter 6) or retro collections (such as Capcom Arcade Stadium and Capcom Fighting Collection…

“I could probably roll out of bed and sleepwalk through making a new Strike game”. Initially getting his start back in the mid-80s, the LA-based producer, designer, and project lead Antonio “Tony” Barnes has been making games for almost four decades now. During that time, he has understandably managed to be involved with the creation…