Retro Gaming News
A new stretch goal has been added. The Nintendo legend Takaya Imamura has been announced as a new “Guest of Honour” stretch goal for Nightmare Buster Rebirth — an HD reimagining of the SNES run ‘n gunner Nightmare Busters. Pix’n Love Games’ Kickstarter for Nightmare Buster Rebirth went live last month and has already managed…
Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are thrilled to announce that the legendary Takaya Imamura is joining the Nightmare Busters Rebirth project! KICKSTARTER Takaya Imamura, the renowned designer who spent over three decades at Nintendo, is now part of the Nightmare Busters Rebirth adventure — an explosive remake of the cult Super Nintendo game,…
That’s according to the ESRB. A new collection based on Toaplan’s Snow Bros. games appears to be in development at Limited Run Games, according to a new online listing from the ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board). Snow Bros. Classic Collection is described as a collection of “action platformers” for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 that…
With two competitions currently on going, the ‘ TND SEUCK Compo 2025’ and the ‘game programming competition’, it’s always worth checking out both of these, to see if any special games have been entered that’s worthy of our attention. Well that’s certainly happened this week, as LBM has entered their new Plus/4 game of ‘Gravity…
Also available on Steam and itch. A new Tempest-style tube shooter is making its debut on Nintendo Switch today, courtesy of the indie developer Distant Illusions. Operius DX is a revamped version of the developer’s original mind-bending arcade shooter Operius. This is a game that was created for the Opera GX Game Jam in 2021,…
“One day we hope to do that”. UK developer Argonaut recently sprang back to life, and its first release was a revisit of its 1997 classic, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. While the company is famous for titles like Croc, Star Fox, Starglider and more, it produced a whole host of games between the years…
How much power does $250 get you these days? Anbernic is a company which is famous for releasing multiple emulation handhelds every year, but it’s gone through something of a quiet period of late. The Android-based RG557 is its first release in a few months, and it isn’t even a ‘new’ product, really—it’s an iterative…
Includes a Jet Set Radio-inspired pair of skates. The original Dreamcast version of Sega’s action roller-skating Jet Set Radio turns 25 later this year. And so, to celebrate, the California-based company ThemSkates revealed last week it will be partnering with Sega to release a bunch of new Jet Set Radio merchandise (thanks Sega Informant). Read…
ST fans of the world, unite. Let me tell you a little story. My father is the person who got me into gaming, and my first genuine introduction to interactive entertainment (not including the Donkey Kong II Game & Watch) was on his beloved Atari ST, which turns 40 this year. Games like Starglider, Dungeon…
Act 1 of Osamu Kobayashi’s ‘Snatcher’ is now online. More than 30 years after its original release, the first act of a rare manga spin-off to Konami’s cyberpunk adventure Snatcher has just been preserved online by fans. Initially released in 1988 for the NEC-PC8801 and MSX2 (and later ported to the PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², Sega…