Retro Gaming News
“I think the guys from Plaion are going to give us more joy”. FPGA developer Jotego has already confirmed that he and Furrtek are involved with Plaion’s upcoming Neo Geo AES+, but he’s now spoken to Spanish YouTube channel Creativo en Japón about the project in a little more detail. Interestingly, Jotego compares the system…
We knew from the start, it would be a race. From the moment the first Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived, the community was going to find a way to give their Ultimate the C64C ‘Slimline’ treatment. We knew you wanted it. We were hoping we could beat you to it. But it’s only fitting the community…
“Elden Ring as it was originally intended… a 1989 Nintendo portable console”. Here’s a sentence we never expected to write: an Elden Ring fan has recently gone to the effort of creating a playable version of the From Software action RPG based on the Nintendo Game & Watch, and it’s available to download now, for…
“The short answer: your best bet at the moment is to pre-order at Amazon”. The reaction to the announcement of the Neo Geo AES+ has been pretty overwhelming, but potential North American buyers are finding that pre-ordering one is harder than it perhaps should be. This has led Plaion to issue a statement on social…
(In Japan, at least). Resident Evil turns 30 this year, and Capcom has been soliciting tributes from a wide range of industry veterans, including former Sony Computer Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida. In a brief video message celebrating the zombie-slaying franchise’s birthday, Yoshida reveals that the original game very nearly launched with green blood rather than…
Introduction Gaming didn’t explode overnight. It stretched, adapted, shifted shape over decades – sometimes slowly, sometimes all at once. What started as a niche hobby tied to blinking machines in noisy rooms is now a global industry worth billions. That part is obvious. What’s less obvious is how culture moved alongside technology. In practice, the…
Super Turrican (1993) & its Director’s Cut on a single cartridge. Factor 5’s famous run-and-gun shooter Super Turrican is being reissued on the Super Famicom in Japan in late July 2026, as recently revealed by the Japanese publisher, Columbus Circle. The rerelease was announced earlier today across Columbus Circle’s social media accounts and will reportedly…
Saberman has contacted us to let us know that tiboh’24-26 has announced the release of a hack/mod of Commando for the ZX Spectrum. A new version of the game which not only overhauls the intro graphics, but it now features AY-Music which brings it more in line with other systems such as the Amstrad CPC,…
“Days of getting scolded by Sega-sama”. Esteemed Japanese game studio Treasure – the outfit behind such classics as Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Gunstar Heroes and Sin & Punishment – appears to be teasing something related to its 1996 Sega Saturn title Guardian Heroes. The social media teasers follow Sega’s announcement of a new retro initiative, Sega…
Say hello to the Commodore 64C Ultimate. Commodore International has just announced its next product, which follows in the footsteps of last year’s Commodore 64 Ultimate. The Commodore 64C Ultimate is based on the 1986 original, which took the C64’s internals and placed them in a case design closer to that of 1985’s Commodore 128….