Retro Gaming News
Includes new costumes, a new “Tug of War” mode, and “massively improved” CPU AI. The first update of 2026 has just been released for the Super Smash Bros. N64 mod Smash Remix. To temper expectations, the update, which is being referred to as version 2.0.1, doesn’t include any new characters, but that doesn’t mean there…
“We’ll have a free Android release eventually that will make their app moot”. The world of Xbox might be chaotic and uncertain these days, but there’s still a lot of love for the brand, so when it was revealed that a new emulator was available for Android which allows you to play original Xbox games,…
Haunted Lands launches today. A brand new Steam game is launching today that pays tribute to one of ID Software’s pre-DOOM classics, 1991’s Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (h/t: PC Gamer). Haunted Lands is a new indie title described as a “dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer” and is the work of the solo…
Star Wars: First Assault was cancelled back in 2013. Back in 2013, Disney shut down LucasArts – an act which ended up killing two known projects, Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault. After footage of the latter game leaked over a decade ago, various pre-released versions have been popping up online, showing how…
2026 is the year of ‘Sin’. Nightdive has just released a new “announcement trailer” for Sin: Reloaded — it’s long-awaited remaster of Ritual Entertainment’s 1998 first person-shooter Sin. The retro developer originally acquired the rights to the game back in January 2020, later releasing Sin Gold, an updated version of the game on Steam &…
Joins Mario Kart and Star Fox on Sega’s console. We’ve seen some pretty big-name titles get natively ported to the Sega Dreamcast recently, and soon it will be time to add another: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The news was revealed by The Sega Guru, who says the developer behind this port wishes…
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An “unofficial homage for the ZX Spectrum 128K”. Capcom’s Street Fighter II is now 35 years old, and to celebrate that fact, developer ZXPresh has released a new port for the ZX Spectrum. Those of you old enough to have lived through the early ’90s will recall that not all Street Fighter II ports were…
“The costs of releasing a single piece of software are high”. One of the most appealing features of the Yakuza / Like A Dragon series is the inclusion of classic Sega titles from yesteryear, a feature borrowed from the legendary Shenmue franchise. Via the Yakuza series, we’ve seen a host of legendary games get a…
The patch is available now. A new fan translation has just dropped for Lupin the 3rd: Pyramid No Kenja, giving players the opportunity to play the 1998 Japanese-exclusive action-platformer in English for the very first time (h/t: Sega Saturn Shiro). Developed by Vantan International in collaboration with the publisher Asmik, Lupin the 3rd: Pyramid No…