Retro Gaming News
This $70 device gets lost in the crowd. In a world where analogue control is now seen as more important than digital, we’ve recently seen some emulation handhelds (AYANEO Pocket S, we’re looking at you) get their input layout completely wrong, placing the all-important D-pad below the left-hand analogue stick—which might be the accepted practice…
Directed by Studio Alex’s Kazunari Tomi. Nihon Falcom’s 1990 dungeon crawler Dinosaur is the next game to join the EGGCONSOLE series on Nintendo Switch, we can reveal (thanks, @gamesasylum). Released on the PC-88, PC-98 and FM Towns (the version we’re getting on Switch is an emulation of the PC-88 version), Dinosaur doesn’t feature any dinosaurs…
“We could use people with hacking and debugging experience”. Following its initial launch on the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² back in 1994, Tokimeki Memorial has gone on to become one of the most influential dating sims of all time, inspiring ports, sequels, and even a remake for Nintendo Switch that is scheduled to launch next…
“But before you rush out to buy one, consider these facts”. The concept of importing video games from other regions has become less popular in recent years thanks to the introduction of region-free software and release dates being much closer together than they were many decades ago. In the modern era, many games will launch…
Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero was released in 2007 for Japanese feature phones. The feature phone preservation community has saved another game from digital oblivion. This time it’s Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero, a Puyo Puyo spin-off that was released for i-Mode, EZWeb, and Softbank-compatible phones in 2007, via Sega’s now defunct Sonic Cafe portal. According to…
“We are considering going cashless in the future”. The UK’s Retro Computer Museum has only recently recovered from flood damage, but it has now been hit with another setback. Based in Leicester, the museum was broken into on Friday, 11th of April. A masked intruder broke into the till and stole collection buckets before exiting…
‘Armored Core Mobile Mission’ will also arrive on Steam later this month. As part of its 5th-anniversary livestream earlier today, G-Mode announced it would be rereleasing the FromSoftware mobile game Armored Core: Mobile Mission on Nintendo Switch and Steam in Japan. The Nintendo Switch version is available to buy right now if you have a…
Steam Heart’s & Advanced Variable Geo’s Xbox One release has been cancelled. City Connection has announced that it has cancelled the Xbox One version of its upcoming Saturn Tribute collection featuring Steam Heart’s & Advanced Variable Geo. In a message posted on social media, as translated by video game publication Gematsu, the developer/publisher laid the…
Psygnosis were responsible for games like Shadow of the Beast, Lemmings, and WipEout. A new book on the legendary British developer and publisher Psygnosis is currently in the process of being crowdfunded, by Éditions 64k — a French independent publisher who previously released various books on the Amiga demoscene. Psygnosis, as you may well be…
Another Plus/4 announcement of which RPG genre fans might enjoy reading about, is the fact that Synergy has released the Ultima like CPRG of The Tale for the Commodore Plus/4. A full-fledged entry in the BASIC category of the Commodore Plus/4 játékfejlesztői verseny Plus/4 GameDev competition . A game that features rather large PETSCII graphics during…