Retro Gaming News
I never thought I’d see the day that an Amsoft game, more especially Harrier Attack, would be getting an enhanced edition. It is one of the best games I have ever played on the Amstrad CPC 464, and to see it remade for the Amstrad CPC Plus by Chris Perver fills me with retro joy….
Get ready for some Commerce Conflict. Back in the early ’90s, when I would have been around 12 or 13, I recall my older sister taking me to a somewhat dubious house in a rather run-down part of a local city. I can’t even recall why we were there, but one of the occupants fascinated…
Way back in the early 90’s a fantastic top down game based on an original board game was released by Gremlin, that became hugely popular to the point of receiving great reviews and ending up as one of the top most recommended games to have in any retro collection. That game was none other than…
The new hack adds in the bonus content from the later Mega Drive / Genesis port. A new ROM hack for the SNES puzzle platformer The Lost Vikings has just been released, which allows players to experience some of the bonus features that were added to its later Mega Drive / Genesis port. This includes…
Porkour! One of our favourite subgenres of licensed games is when a developer takes an established IP and pretty much decides to do whatever it wants with it, essentially using it to make the game of their dreams. In the past, for instance, we’ve spoken to Digital Eclipse’s president Mika Mika briefly about how that…
“Every typo could mean the difference between life and death”. Auroch Digital has just released a free-to-play spin-off of its boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun that pays tribute to Sega’s classic The Typing of the Dead. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance is a “creative twist” on the 2023 FPS title, which is based…
Blaze Of Storm sees players battling an unknown threat in cyberspace. Terarin Games, the Japanese indie development studio behind games such as Missile Dancer, Crystal Breaker, and Terra Flame, has just released the first demo for its upcoming shoot ’em up Blaze Of Storm on Steam. Described as “a standard vertical scrolling shmup”, the story…
“We didn’t finish the experience. But it was a magical thing”. Peter Molyneux is one of the most famous game designers the industry has ever seen, and has been involved with seminal titles like Populous, Black & White, Theme Park and Fable. He’s also known for hyping up his projects, sometimes to the point where…
With a bonus page, to boot. Game Boy-focused fanzine Yokoi Kids recently saw its second issue, but the first one has been sold out for a while. Thank goodness, then, that the team behind the magazine have decided to make its debut issue available in digital form, giving anyone who missed out the first time…
“Now the game can reach a much deserved western audience”. The 1998 Japanese PS1 exclusive Wonder Trek is finally playable in English, thanks to the efforts of the fan translation community. Developed by Zest Works and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Wonder Trek places you in the boots of zoologist Nick, who crash-lands on a…