Retro Gaming News
If you remember playing Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion or Mickey Mania back in the day, especially on consoles such as the Sega Mega Drive, then you are going to love this latest news story . As we have found out that DomKid, who is behind games such as the Castlevania fan game of…
It seems that more so than ever before, video game remakes and remasters are a dime a dozen nowadays. In theory, these re-released products offer the benefits of new hardware while maintaining the personality of the original game, but we all know that’s not always the case. While remakes are a complete overhaul from the…
“Spider-Man: Friend or Foe” is a tribute to the beat-em-ups of yesteryear that will provide plenty of smiles your first play through. After that, much like the games it gets its inspiration from, it becomes a title that is played in company with friends looking to just relax, rather than be immersed in a hardcore…
“The responsibility lies totally with me”. When Sega announced it had picked up the rights to the Thunder Force series in 2007 and that it intended to produce a sixth game in the shmup franchise, there was plenty of room for optimism. For one, Thunder Force had become one of the premier shooter series of…
It does feature “unreleased” Metal Slug 3 music, though. Health tech firm Tanita has collaborated with SNK on some rather odd products in the past, producing a $13,000 set of scales that plays King of Fighters. Now, the two companies are teaming up again to create a digital thermometer and hygrometer that looks like a…
“I remember discovering awesome half-finished-then-abandoned bosses and rejected stages”. Recently, we spoke to Tetsu “Tez” Okano, a former SEGA employee and the director of games like SEGAGAGA and Astro Boy: Omega Factor. During this chat, Okano spoke about various games he’s worked on over the years, sharing some incredible insights into some of the projects…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Leonard Herman, who is displayed on card number 180, from the Superstars of 2011 and who is also featured on cards 514 and 1951. Leonard is the author of the book “Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames”. The 4th edition (retitled Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame…
“We want you to make a sequel; we’ll get permission from Sega for you to do it”. For a lot of diehard Dreamcast fans, 2001’s SEGAGAGA ranks as one of the most unique and fascinating titles released for the console. Typically described online as “a role-playing simulation”, it sees players step into the shoes of…
“A number of overseas developers have said, ‘We want you to make a [Segagaga] sequel’”. The Segagaga director Tetsu “Tez” Okano has had an extraordinary but unconventional career in video games. As a kid growing up in 1970s Japan, he fell in love with arcade games like Space Invaders and Galaxian but never initially considered…
“People think the crash happened in both places. It didn’t”. If you consider yourself to be a budding gaming historian, then the Video Game Crash of 1983 will be an event you’re at least partially aware of. To cut a long story short, Atari created an enormous market in the US for video game consoles,…