Retro Gaming News
“To the very end, he was thinking of others, with kindness”. Today marks five years since we lost Jason Brookes, one of the most influential and talented game journalists the United Kingdom has ever produced. We’re republishing this piece in his memory. Earlier this week, the gaming world was hit by the tragic news that…
The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball. Without further ado my fellow pinheads: San Diego Comic-Con: This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was the biggest and best to date with none other than Keanu Reeves, Mr. John Wick himself, playing the game. In addition…
When we last left off with It’s In The Game, the documentary hit the high point of John Madden Football becoming the huge surprise hit of the 1990 holiday season. A lot happens in the next five years, and the second episode achieves a neat parallel by ending at a low point for the…
Features the art of Mahiro Maeda. Telenet’s Genesis JRPG Traysia (known as Minato no Traysia in Japan) isn’t renowned as one of the best examples of the genre, but it has its fans – and those same fans will no doubt be pleased to learn that it’s getting a new physical release next year. A…
And it’s all for a good cause. Mega Cat Studios has teamed up with Video Game Sage and Reddit’s Retrogaming community page to create a new game for the SNES, sales of which will support the charity Child’s Play. Super Excidium Event is described as “the SNES game that Reddit built” and came about when…
It has been a long time since I have reflected on my love for video game manuals since their existence has been obliterated with the evolution of video games in the last twenty years. However, an adventure game called Tunic, released in 2022, reminded me of the intrinsic value of a good manual in a…
Could this have something to do with its recently discovered NSFW Easter Egg? Earlier this year, G-Mode released a remake of Yuji Horii’s 1984 Famicom adventure Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin: Ohotsuku ni Kiyu for Nintendo Switch and Steam internationally, allowing Western players to experience an expanded version of the classic command-based detective story with English subtitles….
So much so it’s recommended you use an Ethernet connection. Since the arrival of its N64 module, Polymega fans have had a rather quiet year. Firmware updates have been sporadic, and when they have been forthcoming, they often unintentionally break things. However, there’s been a minor flurry of activity recently with the announcement of the…
Yes, even the Amiga CD32 version. Rare’s Battletoads is one of the most iconic action platformers of the ’90s, and was positively bursting with ideas and set-pieces – it’s also as hard as nails, a trait which has both endeared and annoyed people in equal measures over the decades. While many people think of Battletoads…
“This Saturn controller has 30 years of human gunk and & filth”. No matter how highly we rate our personal hygiene, it’s impossible to keep your hands totally clean 100% of the time – and when you think that multiple people may have handled some of our old-school controllers over the past few decades, it’s…