Retro Gaming News
…plus some others, for good measure. As outlined in the first of what will be two pieces, my family and I recently returned to my homeland of South Africa. This was mainly to reconnect with my birthplace and see how much it had changed, but I also wanted to rediscover the video game, comic, and…
“MY WIFE WOULD DIVORCE ME ON THE SPOT”. Since Commodore International rose from the ashes of the once-great computer firm, we’ve seen the superb C64 Ultimate hit the market – an FPGA-based recreation of the iconic 8-bit home computer which ticked pretty much every box. However, it’s fair to say that the company’s follow-up product…
“I never made much progress on this idea”. It’s looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just announced that it is ending disc production and won’t be shipping an optical drive in the PS6. Xbox is very likely to follow suit, leaving Nintendo as the…
I am once again asking you to read ‘Doom Guy – Life in First Person’. The DOOM, DOOM II, & Quake level designer Sandy Petersen can’t stop getting details about id Software’s history wrong. Just one week after his comments on piracy and DOOM, he has once again been corrected by id Software’s co-founder, John…
“Don’t like it, don’t use it”. I certainly don’t need to tell you that AI is one of the biggest talking points of modern tech – you’ll have picked up on that if you’re a regular reader of this very site. Generative AI has become a major source of contention across all walks of life,…
Extreme, close up. It’s fair to say that Truxton Extreme has held my attention ever since it was first revealed. The latest instalment in a series which started life in arcades all the way back in 1989, the game – which is helmed by Masahiro Yuge, former Toaplan staffer and the driving force (and composer)…
“I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to keep them running, the ever-growing list of repairs on…
Music to my ears! A special orchestral concert will take place later this year in Japan, celebrating the impressive 39-year career of Yoko Shimomura, the legendary composer behind music for games like Street Fighter II, Super Mario RPG, and Kingdom Hearts. The concert was announced earlier today and will take place at the 1999-person venue,…
Coming this summer! A new Wizardry Variants Daphne collaboration event has been announced for this summer, in which the dungeon RPG will team up with the long-running MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. If you are a fan of classic JRPGs, you’ll likely already know that the Wizardry and Final Fantasy series have long been linked, thanks…
“My birthday gift to the community”. This week brought us news that Sony is ending production of optical discs for its PlayStation 5 console and has confirmed that it will be the last machine it makes with a disc drive. With Microsoft widely expected to follow suit with its next Xbox, it leaves Nintendo as…