Retro Gaming News
Pac-Man Fever. This year marks the 45th anniversary of Namco’s ridiculously popular and influential arcade game Pac-Man. So, to celebrate this important milestone, the company has revealed a year-long celebration of the series, to take place throughout 2025 and into early 2026, which spans video games, live events, and more (h/t: Gamespot). Read the full…
Sticks, be gone. As per rumours, AYANEO has refreshed its excellent Pocket Micro handheld in the form of the Pocket Micro Classic (thanks, Retro Dodo). The big change here is that the Android-based device does away with the dual analogue sticks and reduces the price to $179—$20 cheaper than the original model, and comfortably the…
The kids are alright! Connecting a video game console to your TV today is a pretty straightforward process. But that hasn’t always been the case, as a group of school kids recently found out when their teacher challenged them to plug in an original Nintendo Entertainment into an old black & white TV from the…
“We are currently exploring the possibility of selling the X68000 Z outside Japan”. ZUIKI launched the X68000 Z a short time ago, a micro-console tribute to the Japanese home computer of the same name, originally made by Sharp. The firm recently announced that two new (and larger) X68000 Z models are on the way this…
Coming March 6th. This week’s Arcade Archives release has been revealed as VS. Mystery Tower (known in Japan as VS. Tower of Babel) — a port of the 1986 Famicom puzzle platformer that was originally created for Nintendo’s VS. System (thanks Famitsu!). Developed by Namco, the Famicom version of the game was exclusive to Japan…
Shall we play a game? We’re pretty sure that, like us, you’re all pretty sick of hearing the term ‘AI’ everywhere you look, so forgive us for spotlighting yet another example here—but this one is relevant to all of our interests, honest. Tech Crunch has reported that 1985’s NES classic Super Mario Bros. is being…
The company teased the mysterious new handheld last month. Earlier today, GoRetroid announced a new Game Boy-style handheld called the Retroid Pocket Classic. The company first teased the new emulation device in a Valentine’s Day post, hidden in the background of an image advertising the Retroid Pocket Flip 2. Here the design of the handheld…
Suda51’s Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special gets a fan translation. Goichi “Suda51” Suda might be famous today for titles like No More Heroes, Killer7 and Lollipop Chainsaw, but even at the dawn of his career, he was making waves in the industry. He started off at Human Entertainment in the ’90s, working on the company’s…
‘I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO FILL YOUR DARK SOUL WITH LIGHT!’. Recently, while speaking to Time Extension for an article on the voice director Susan Hart, Drew Coombs — the original voice actor for Dante in Devil May Cry — revealed the story behind one of the PS2 game’s most iconic and memorable…
And no, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine doesn’t count. The Genesis / Mega Drive port of Compile’s classic puzzler Puyo Puyo has been translated into English for the first time. The game was released exclusively in Japan in 1992. The patch—created by a team led by RadioTails—is “a complete English translation” which also translates all…