Retro Gaming News
BigInstinct is the work of BigPEmu creator Rich Whitehouse. After announcing back in March of this year that funding had been pulled for his Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2 arcade emulator BigInstinct, Rich Whitehouse has now revealed that the project has gathered enough support to allow him to continue working on it and that…
The game will no longer be playable from May 29th. Konami has announced via its official Bomberman account on Twitter/X that it will be pulling the plug on its Apple Arcade exclusive Bomberman game, Amazing Bomberman, later this month. According to the game’s official website, Amazing Bomberman will end its service and operations on Apple…
Well, it’s that time of year again when we all suddenly become sci-fi nerds and amusingly misquote Star Wars for 24 hours, so to celebrate the geek in-joke turned global holiday that is Star Wars Day, we present you a brand new game for the C64 which is sure to excite many in the retro…
Canned shooter Spriggan Powerd also shown off. New footage of Taito’s cancelled 1993 racing game Vertexer has appeared online, thanks to higenekodo. Intended to appear in arcades in the early ’90s, this F-Zero-style racer used sprite scaling to give the impression of 3D movement, very much like Outrun, Power Drift and Taito’s own Night Striker….
…as well as Steam and Mega Drive. The official website for Yuzo Koshiro’s upcoming Mega Drive shmup Earthion has gone live, finally confirming the consoles the title will be coming to when it launches this year. We already knew that a Steam release was happening, but it has now been confirmed that Earthion will launch…
Two more physical collections arrive. Polymega is getting two new releases as part of its ongoing series of physical releases. Polymega Collection 9: Strikers 1945 brings together several classic shmups and features the following games: Read the full article on timeextension.com Two more physical collections arrive. Polymega is getting two new releases as part of…
Just a quick update re-confirming some earlier rumors that I wrote about for everyone, since word is that people are saying they aren’t true. A remake of Stern Pinball’s The Walking Dead IS happening this fall. I’m accepting bets on it for anyone who is interested. Also, Stern is planning on making use of those…
“I’m hoping WavePhoenix gives a second life to WaveBirds”. Nintendo’s WaveBird wireless controller for the GameCube is considered to be one of the best pads ever made, but as time goes on, finding a controller with its all-important receiver is getting harder and harder—within a reasonable budget, at least. James Smith (AKA loopj) has created…
But “release plans for our collections and hardware will continue unabated”. Donald Trump’s recent trade tariffs have caused all kinds of headaches for retro gamers recently, and we’re sorry to report that there’s more chaos on the way. Evercade maker Blaze has said that there will be “temporary changes to Evercade availability in the US,…
“I want to explore is PS1 aesthetic as a style choice rather than a limitation”. Blimey, Ridge Racer was good, wasn’t it? Remember when Namco’s series used to mark the glorious beginning of a new PlayStation hardware generation and was the first game you’d pick up with your shiny new Sony system? Those were the…