Retro Gaming News
Main ship is designed by Toshiaki Takayama. The incredibly talented team at M2 is working on a new shmup with Compile Heart, it has been announced (thanks, Gematsu). The game’s existence was revealed alongside a bunch of other 2025 projects from Compile Heart, including Todokero! Tatakae! Calamity Angels, Beautiful Girls x Book World x 2D…
Peaked at almost 16,000 concurrent players. The first new entry in Genki’s Shutokō Battle / Tokyo Xtreme Racer series has managed to hit almost 16,000 concurrent players in a single day. Currently available in Early Access on Steam, Tokyo Xtreme Racer is, at the time of writing, hovering over the 11,000 concurrent players mark—not bad…
In the early ’00s, Nintendo was in dire need of a sales boost. For years, Sony had been dominating the market with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, while Nintendo’s own GameCube failed to meet expectations. Competition was getting more crowded in the console space too, as Microsoft launched their original Xbox to great acclaim. So,…
From the developer Salt & Pixel. The gritty top-down shooter Annihilator from Salt & Pixel is finally available in full for the Game Boy Color, its developer has revealed. The new Game Boy Color game takes place in the year 40XX in Eden Try — a city fuelled by human suffering — and sees players…
It’s time to hit the road. The Sega Nomad wasn’t a commercial success, yet it remains one of the best ways to experience Genesis / Mega Drive games; it can be used in portable form but also connected to the TV—almost like a Nintendo Switch, but two decades ahead of time. The big issue with…
Donkey Kong is an iconic Nintendo character with a storied history, transforming from villain to hero over the course of his existence. Though he made his menacing debut in arcades, Donkey Kong has since become a goofy character prime for comedic relief, so much so that Seth Rogen recently voiced DK in the Super Mario…
From low-poly animator and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie artist suitNtie. A new N64-inspired adventure has just been announced for PC that will let players become a travelling salesman and embark on a cozy adventure across several towns to build their fledgling business. Merchant 64 is the work of the low-poly animator suitNtie, who recently…
“Your Sega Dreamcast can now become an AI-driven sentient being”. When Sega launched Dreamcast in North America, it came up with a memorable slogan for its advertising campaign: “It’s thinking.” Intended to illustrate the technological leap the console was making over the PS1 and N64, the campaign suggested that Dreamcast was so powerful it was…
The project is being led by its original composer Masashi Kageyama. Brave Wave Productions has revealed that it will be releasing a newly arranged version of the soundtrack to Sunsoft’s cult classic Famicom platformer Gimmick, featuring an all-star lineup of musicians from the world of video game music. According to the announcement, the project is…
Support NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, Genesis and Amiga. Sipeed has revealed its FPGA retro gaming platform, Tang Console. Billed as an expandable and versatile rival to the MiSTer FPGA project, Tang Console starts at just $69 for the 60K version (the 138K one is $99) and, at 65x56mm, it’s roughly half the size of…