All Things Retro
Adds support for higher resolutions, new units, & more. After 15 years of work, the open source, fan expansion of Bullfrog Productions’s legendary 1997 strategy management game Dungeon Keeper has finally hit 1.0 (as spotted by Damiano Gerli/Rock Paper Shotgun). Published by Electronic Arts, the original Dungeon Keeper put its players in the role of…
The ultimate controller for Sega’s robot-battling series. If you played Sega’s Virtual-On back in the day, then you’ll be aware that the game has a twin-stick control setup which, during the Saturn and Dreamcast eras, was replicated for the home via special bespoke controllers. If you want to play Virtual-On on more recent hardware, you’re…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features “ZapCristal” Cristal Laboy, who is displayed on card number 3968, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Cristal is host of her own YouTube Channel with over 2,300 subscribers and counting. Her passion for video games is refreshing and her goal to show female presence in the gaming community is…
Has never been dumped online before. An auction for an unreleased Konami Famicom title has ended with a winning bid of 2,401,000 Yen (around $16,000 USD). The Yahoo Japan auction was spotted by Alex Kraus, who points out that the game is currently undumped and no screenshots exist. According to the game’s listing on Unseen64,…
That’s nuts. Rare’s much-maligned Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts launched on this day 15 years ago. Released on 11th November 2008, the Xbox 360 exclusive retained the core 3D platforming gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but added extensive vehicle construction to the mix. Players could create all manner of craft and use them in order to…
“I was not comfortable producing a driving game without a driver’s license”. Keiichi Matsunami has worked for Sega for over 20 decades and is credited on several Hatsune Miku titles. He’s been talking on social media about his first assignment for the company, 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker, and has revealed some interesting facts about…
About Strike Force Heroes – Strike Force Heroes is an action-packed, old-school arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics. First introduced as a Flash game in 2012, publisher IndieArk and developer Sky9 Games have completely reimagined Strike Force Heroes from the ground up, featuring a fully rewritten story, expanded campaign with full voice acting, enhanced graphics, and co-op and PvP multiplayer gameplay. Key Features: ● Customize…
The game was eventually moved to developer Gray Matter. If you were alive in the early ’90s, you may have heard of The Incredible Crash Dummies. This was a series of action figures from Tyco — initially based on a set of public safety commercials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the US…
Party like it’s 1977. The Atari 2600+ – an updated version of the classic Atari 2600 / VCS – is due for launch this month, and we were lucky enough to be sent one for review by Atari. The Atari 2600+ launches worldwide on 17th November. It’ll cost $129.99 (€119.99 / £99.99). Read the full…
Sorry, could you repeat that? The 1990s were famous for their edgy commercials, with Sega blazing a trailer at the start of the decade before its rivals got in on the action, too. Even the once squeaky-clean Nintendo itself wasn’t immune, as the following print advertisement for Pokémon Red & Blue proves. Read the full…