Retro Gaming News
Classic online RPG comes to another platform. It’s been a pretty impressive few months for the Dreamcast homebrew community. We’ve seen the likes of GTA 3 and Counterstrike get (unofficially) ported to the console by fans, and now it’s the turn of the classic MMO RuneScape. As spotted by @falco_girgis, the original 2001 version of…
So when are we getting a new game, then? Remember the TV commercial for Banjo-Kazooie? It was focused on a group of shady criminals being chased by the bear-and-bird duo and featured animatronic versions of the characters. It was an odd way to promote a cute-and-cuddly 3D platformer, but one which has clearly stuck in…
Less than 700 watches are being made. Atari and the watchmaker Nubeo are releasing a new set of limited-edition watches based on the 1979 arcade game Asteroids (thanks Yankodesign). The watch features a unique multi-layered disc system design, with the spaceship in the center representing the second hand, while two UFOs indicate the hour and…
With the appearance of the role-playing game on video consoles, a genre less about actual role-playing and more about navigating enemy dungeons via numbers rather than reflexes, we also saw the appearance of grinding. How grinding works is simple enough. If your statistics aren’t good enough to defeat an enemy boss, just defeat enough…
Signal – Shortwave Transmission recreates the Signalis’s original Steam demo. The survival horror title Signalis, which is available for PC and modern platforms, has just received a surprising new unofficial Game Boy demake from a talented member of the game’s community (h/t: RetroDodo!). The new demake, which is called Signal – Shortwave Transmission, is a…
Alongside the homebrew titles Wormhole 2000 & SpideX. Songbird Productions has announced it will be releasing new reprints of three Atari Jaguar games, including the Super Mario Kart clone Atari Karts. Atari Karts was developed by Miracle Designs, and published by the Atari Corporation in 1995 in North America (Europe would have to wait until…
Version 1.4.0 is now available to download. The cheap and powerful GameCube Optical Disc Emulator FlippyDrive has just gotten a new firmware update that introduces some welcome upgrades (thanks, RetroRGB). The headline news is that games now boot much faster, with loading times reduced by half – games load in around 2.5 seconds. Read the…
iProgramInCpp has released the first demo for their Celeste demake. A dedicated fan is currently in the process of porting the indie platformer Celeste to the Nintendo Entertainment System. And better yet, they’ve just released a demo for those who want to give it a whirl. The port is the work of iProgramInCpp and features…
”Which title will appear?”. City Connection has announced that it will be revealing the next entry in its Saturn Tribute series this week. “On January 29th, (Wednesday), a new SaturnTribute title will be announced,” says the Japanese publisher. “Which title will appear? Please share your predictions in the reply section.” Read the full article on…
But you’d better be quick… Taki Udon has finally lifted the lid on his SuperStation One FPGA system, showing off not only the console but also its optional SuperDock accessory. Designed to be compatible with MiSTer FPGA cores, the SuperStation One supports PS1 controllers and accessories, but is capable of playing games for other systems….