Retro Gaming News
It will eventually have a dock, too! The team behind the upcoming Multisystem 2 Pocket has revealed what it hopes will be the final design of the FPGA-powered handheld before it goes into full production later this year. Factoring in feedback from the community, the team has tweaked the design over the past few months…
Why does a profitable studio with two shipped titles and no fraud history get handed a 10% rolling reserve and a 90-day hold? Founders tend to treat the answer as a clerical error by a bank that has never shipped a game. The decision is narrower than that. Underwriting prices a set of behaviors game…
There is a particular silence that belongs to Escape from Tarkov. You have found something valuable, your bag is full, the extract is two hundred metres away, and every footstep you take sounds like a confession. Nothing in thirty years of shooters prepared players for that feeling. Yet the genre that produced it is a…
“I got so frustrated with the whole thing, I started looking for other work.”. This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube’s original release in Japan, which also means Wave Race: Blue Storm is turning 25. The third in Nintendo’s series of jet-ski racing games (which originated all the way back in 1992…
Of Crocs & Catwomen. This week sees British developer Argonaut Games celebrating its 44th birthday. For the past four decades, the studio has built one of the most varied and unique portfolios in gaming history, ranging from bedroom-programmed releases and handheld adventures to major film licences and some of Nintendo’s biggest franchises. Originally formed in…
“I remember him as I knew him: a remarkably talented, generous and funny man”. Speaking exclusively to Time Extension, Julien Seri, the director of the famous The Legend of Zelda ad campaign featuring Robin Williams and his daughter, Zelda, has shared his memories of what it was like working with the legendary comedian. Since the…
A totally outrageous paradigm. Netflix has revealed three Sega gaming adaptations currently in production for its streaming service. The media giant’s projects include a new Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon and live-action adaptations of the arcade smash hit Crazy Taxi and RGG Studio’s upcoming adventure title Stranger Than Heaven. As reported by Variety, the Sonic the…
‘Pyskick? What’s a Pyskick?’. Taito, in cooperation with developer Cosmo Machina, announced that Dreamcast arena fighter Psychic Force 2012 will be making a grand return in 2027 via a rerelease on modern platforms. The legendary publisher revealed the port as part of Tokyo Game Show (TGS), which kicked off yesterday. Originally released in Japanese arcades…
Sadly, it looks like there’s no English localisation in sight though. Here’s some Wizardry news for you – all hot off the presses! The Super Famicom version of Wizardry VI is getting a rerelease next year on Steam, courtesy of D4 Enterprise and Drecom (though sadly with Japanese-language options only). The announcement was made earlier…
Joining a Minecraft server means entering a version of the game shaped by its owners and players. The controls may feel familiar, but the spawn area, gamemodes, and ways to progress can be quite different from your single-player world. Knowing what to expect makes the first visit easier. You can spend less time wondering where…