Retro Gaming News
He IS the father of PlayStation, so it figures. Ten years ago, the mythical ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ became a solid reality when a prototype was discovered. This would eventually change hands for $360,000 in 2020, and was believed to be the only surviving example of the unreleased system—until now, that is. Japan-based videographer and photographer Julian…
You can now add Bad Dudes & Heavy Barrel to your collection. Polymega has announced that the next two physical releases that are coming to the Polymega Collection will be Data East’s 1988 beat ’em up Bad Dudes and the 1987 run and gun shooter Heavy Barrel. Similar to previous releases, both games will come…
‘The Glory of Valkyrie 2’ has been preserved. There are very few preservation groups online that are as active as the community devoted to the rescue of old Japanese “keitai” games. Shortly after announcing the discovery of titles like Monster Hunter i, Chokkan Crash Bandicoot, and Xenosaga Pied Piper, the community has revealed on social…
On March 18th, Stern Pinball confirmed a full new line of accessories for the Venom pinball table with this trailer posted to YouTube. A Symbiote Containment Topper, Symbiote Tendrils Shooter Knob, Venomized Side Armor and Venom Inside Art Blades are among the confirmed accessories. Hand-drawn artwork from Venomized Heroes and Enemies by Zombie Yeti…
The ‘Atari 2600 My Play Watch’ is available to pre-order now. Atari has revealed a brand-new $79.99 watch that aims to combine the worlds of retro gaming and fitness tracking (h/t: Retro Dodo). The “Atari 2600 My Play Watch” features a design reminiscent of the classic Atari console, first released in 1977, and comes with…
Thanks to Earok’s Scorpion Engine. Decades after the game originally debuted in Japan, Sega’s Mega Drive / Genesis classic Phantasy Star II is getting an unofficial port for the Commodore Amiga (h/t: IndieRetroNews). The port is the work of the fan developer monoz, and the musician Simone “JMD” Bernacchia, and is being created using Earok’s…
Hot on the heels of its surprise appearance at the recent Chicago Pinball Expo, where it showed off the prototype cabinet for its planned first pinball machine, this afternoon the potential new pinball manufacturer Wonderland Amusements shared a look at the prototype design for its first pinball playfield. The Company is in the process of…
“It’s time to kick this genre in the head”. The late Bill Kunkel is often referred to as “The Grandfather Of Video Game Journalism”, and with good reason. One of the earliest professional writers to spot the incredible appeal of interactive entertainment, Kunkel served as executive editor of Electronic Games Magazine in the early 1980s….
The game features an in-built randomizer that “splinters” its world “with each defeat”. Dragon Quest fans, take note! A new indie RPG, described as a “love letter” to the series, is launching later this week in Steam Early Access, which aims to pay homage to Enix’s classic while also introducing some exciting new innovations to…
They think it’s all over… it is now! As one of the most popular football titles of the ’90s, Sensible Soccer was released on a wide range of systems, including the Mega Drive, Game Boy, SNES, Jaguar, CD32, Master System and Game Gear—as well as home computers such as the Amiga, ST and PC. One…