All Things Retro
“I’d certainly have no complaints if it got turned into a live-action show”. If you’ve spent any time looking into the history of the Nintendo Satellaview (Nintendo’s Japanese exclusive satellite service from the 1990s), then you’ve probably encountered its RPG-like interface BS-X: Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari (commonly translated as BS-X: The…
Getting horizontal. We reviewed the Anbernic RG35XX Plus a short time ago, and found it to be a solid emulation handheld capable of playing all the way up to the PS1 and Dreamcast era. Now, the Chinese company returns with yet another member of the same family (the ‘Plus’ was an interaction on the bog-standard…
Who gave Tails a gun? The Mega Drive / Genesis developer Shane Lynch recently revealed on Twitter that he is working on a new ROM hack for the original Sonic the Hedgehog that will let a second player plug in a lightgun and blast away at badniks, power-ups, and rings in the environment. To accompany…
That’s just what I wanted to see! Listen, Bandai Namco isn’t interested in Ridge Racer anymore. We know that’s a hard fact to take in, but the sooner we all get used to it, the better. Right, now we’ve gotten that out of the way, we can move on to the topic at hand –…
There’s so much to count! Since its inception in 1986, Konami’s Castlevania has become one of gaming’s most recognisable and popular franchises. Many of its instalments are considered amongst the best games of all time, and its impact has been felt well beyond the realm of interactive entertainment – it has recently been turned into…
SoMoGa, Inc. teases more news coming this Spring. The 2012 iOS port of the RPG classic Lunar: Silver Star Story is heading to Android devices later this month on January 26th (as reported by Pocket Gamer). Originally released for the Sega CD as Lunar: The Silver Star in 1992, the RPG later received an enhanced…
Yum yum. Strategy guides were a big deal before the internet came along, giving players hints, tips and tactics which otherwise wouldn’t be readily available. One of the unexpected perks of writing these books was the ability to add depth and detail to the game’s lore, as is evidenced by a character profile spotted in…
“We feel like there’s just an infinite amount of work to be done.”. With more and more classic PC titles becoming unplayable every day, the small publisher SNEG has made it their mission over the last couple of years to see as many games as possible made available again on digital storefronts. Last year, for…
“Based on our historical standpoint, we have a strong fair use case”. Sometimes, video game history can be strange, just like love. Indeed, a lot of people can take it for a game. But, on a rather more serious note, video game history is disappearing at an alarming rate, especially for a medium that is…
Raising steam. When it arrived on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis back in the early ’90s, Steel Empire (or Koutetsu Teikoku / Empire of Steel, depending on which region you live in) made quite an impact. This was partly down to its unique steampunk visual style, which also borrowed elements from Hayao Miyazaki’s seminal…