Retro Gaming News
‘Raw Fists’ is a new game from indie developer Joel Strange. If the constant new stories in the media about AI have got you fearing a Terminator-style uprising, then we have the perfect game for you — a promising new 8-bit-style action platformer from the indie developer and three LD Jam-winner Joel Strange, which allows…
Creator of the Sega SDK. GenesisFan64—a Mexican homebrew coder who worked across pretty much all of Sega’s consoles—has passed away, we’re sad to report. The news was broken on social media a few days ago and was spotted by @PigsyRetro, another Sega-focused homebrew developer who is currently hard at work porting Castlevania: Symphony of the…
This month’s Old School Gamer Magazine has been shipped. In the issue, I interview the owner of Arcade 92, Michael Lepsch. The article is a short version of the interview I did with him back in March of 2025. Here is the full interview with all the questions asked. Don’t forget to see the new…
“I still get people contacting me about them”. If you’re based in the UK and were alive when the original PlayStation launched, then you’ll almost certainly be aware of the various ‘Demo’ discs which were bundled with the system and given away with copies of the UK’s Official PlayStation Magazine. These discs were essential items…
Zvitor does it again. Zvitor, a prolific creator of unofficial fighting games, has just released his remake of Konami’s coin-op X-Men title from the early ’90s. Like the developer’s other projects, it’s been made using the Open Beats of Rage engine and pulls together characters from other X-Men releases while maintaining the same graphical style….
Released back in 2002. We’ve seen quite a few retro games get the decompilation treatment recently, but there’s a new work-in-progress project that is attempting to do something a little different. The process of decompilation basically turns ‘executable’ code back into human-readable source code, and zeldaret is doing just that with the N64 emulator used…
Complete with new illustrations by Genzoman. Kumagumi has already released merchandise ranges for properties such as Famitsu, Batsugun and Double Dragon, and now it’s the turn of Toaplan, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of its game division being established last year. “To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Toaplan arcade games, Kumagumi has partnered with Tatsujin…
Evangelion The Fighting Impact Rebuild launched on mobile in Japan. Preserving Japanese phone games is a tricky and often underappreciated process. These titles weren’t distributed physically but as digital downloads via services such as i-mode, so tracking them down and ensuring they’re not lost forever as hardware dies is effectively a race against time. While…
“Honestly, we were almost doing Mario Kart”. If you’re a keen follower of Formula One, then you’ll know that the Monaco GP is one of the most famous races on the calendar—even though it’s ironically one of the less exciting races. The principality’s narrow, winding streets weren’t designed for racing super-fast, open-wheel cars, and, as…
“I’ve been really drained and exhausted by the experience and have been mentally battered”. It has been revealed that a UK-based freeplay arcade packed with vintage coin-ops will close at the end of this month. As reported by the Dorset Echo, Mike Saxton, the owner of the Portland-based FreePlay Gaming Arcade, has decided to shutter…