Retro Gaming News
“You simply cannot believe how excited I am”. Head Over Heels is one of the most beloved video games of the 1980s. Developed by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond as a spiritual successor to their equally adored isometric take on Batman from 1986, it launched on pretty much every home computer format of the era,…
‘Donut Dodo Fantastico’ announced! We have good news for fans of retro-inspired platformers and donut-obsessed flightless birds. Pixel Games SARL-S has just announced that has work has begun on a sequel to the popular arcade throwback Donut Dodo. Initially released back in June 2022 for PC (Steam), Atari VCS, and iiRcade, Donut Dodo has gone…
Legacy of Kain: Defiance has been rated for PS5 & PS4. The 2003 Crystal Dynamics’ action-adventure game Legacy of Kain: Defiance has just been rated for PS4 and PS5 in Taiwan, suggesting a rerelease of the PS2 title might soon be around the corner. The rating was brought to our attention, thanks to a recent…
“Whether you’re a casual fan or a dedicated collector, your opinions matter”. Blaze, the company behind the Evercade range of systems, is currently running a survey to find out more about its customers—as well as those who have yet to purchase an Evercade product. The survey is live until June 19th, and will “help shape…
Saiyūki World 2 & Rod Land announced! City Connection has announced it will be bringing two more Jaleco-published Nintendo Famicom titles to the Nintendo Switch in the near future, as part of its JALECOlle Famicom Ver series of retro reissues. These include the Journey to the West-inspired platformer Saiyūki World 2 (which was localized as…
The threat of Generative AI is very real. Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic at present, and not always for positive reasons. While the relentless march of technology is giving us AI-based solutions for scientific and medical breakthroughs, the arrival of ‘Generative AI’—where AI text, audio, video and image models hoover up human-made content and…
Exerion DX announced for G-Mode Archives+. G-Mode — the Tokyo-based publisher that specializes in ports of old Japanese mobile games to modern platforms — made an appearance over the weekend at Shooter Fes 2025, where it revealed some more information about its upcoming slate of titles. At the event, the company ended up making a…
Version 1.1 is now available to download. A new version of the Super Mario 64 ROM Hack Mario Builder 64 has just been released, introducing a range of new features and bug fixes to the popular mod. Mario Builder 64, in case you’ve never heard of it, is a hack for the classic N64 platformer…
Coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5. As part of last weekend’s Shooter Fes 2025 event, Compile Heart, D4 Enterprise and M2 finally debuted some gameplay footage of its upcoming Aleste / Zanac crossover Zaleste, which was first announced earlier this year, back in January. This footage was shown off as part of a livestream,…
A big selling point of the Chromatic has been the extent to which ModRetro has promised to bring classic Game Boy titles back in physical form. Though a noble mission, in practice, most of the best Game Boy games are owned by famous gaming corporations that still exist and certainly aren’t going to authorize…