Retro Gaming News
Lowe worked on Beneath a Steel Sky, Starglider, and ports of Street Fighter II. A bunch of development discs related to the work of the legendary video game musician Dave Lowe (otherwise known as Uncle Art) are currently being preserved online for the very first time. Lowe was a prolific video game composer and musician,…
“Oh my god, this is going to be f**king amazing”. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Shawn Layden is better positioned than most to talk about the impact of the PlayStation brand – he began his career at Sony before the console even existed and would rise to the position of Chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios….
It will arrive on the Switch eShop & PS4 on December 5th. Hamster Corporation has announced it will be bringing yet another classic Konami arcade game to Nintendo Switch and PS4, as part of Arcade Archives. This time it’s the 1987 vehicular combat game City Bomber. This was a game that was originally built for…
“This is just a game that spoke to me”. Sony’s PlayStation turned 30 yesterday, and our friends over at Eurogamer marked the occasion by sitting down with former Sony Interactive Entertainment America President and CEO Shawn Layden, who was part of the company before the PS1 was even a glint in Ken Kutaragi’s eye. During…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Santa’s Journey creator Karl Dunkelman, who details the game and his hopes for it moving forward. Old School Gamer Magazine: For those that don’t know about the game, tell us about it! Karl Dunkelman: Santa’s Journey is the retro-inspired video game app where you get to be Santa himself…
Strictly speaking, It’s All In The Game doesn’t really end in 2006. All throughout, this documentary has contextualized the history of John Madden Football alongside the contemporary development and release of Madden NFL 25. That’s just where the retro part of the story ends, as the only “classic” Madden titles this episode discusses, if…
Play like a pro? Last year, Atari resurrected its famous VCS / 2600 console as the Atari 2600+, which boasted HDMI-out and compatibility with all 2600 and 7800 cartridges. The company is back in 2024 with the Atari 7800+, based on the not-quite-as-successful follow-up to its first home system. It’s fair to say that there’s…
The blocks are falling into place. Back in September, the Japanese developer Arika announced that it had signed an agreement with The Tetris Company to make a new Tetris game, and we now have a bunch of new information about that upcoming game. In the post published on social media, Arika revealed that The Tetris…
…or SteamOS on your ROG Ally, if you’d prefer. Accessory maker Genki has a track record for identifying gaps in the market and producing handy gadgets which are both innovative and reasonably-priced. The ShadowCast 2, for example, is something I carry around in my laptop bag at all times, as it allows me to capture…
Mechner wrote the initial screenplays for the film despite having limited success in Hollywood. Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia, was recently a guest on Simon Parkin’s My Perfect Console podcast, and in the process shared some fascinating background on the making of its Hollywood film. This included how he ended up writing…