Retro News

“The donation represents nearly 30 years of the company’s history”. The Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester, New York, announced earlier this week that it had acquired a sizeable collection of development materials from the Saint’s Row studio Volition. This collection was reportedly donated to the museum by former “Volitionites” and is said to…

For PC, PS5, and Switch. A new 12-game collection celebrating the works of Technōs Japan, the creators of Double Dragon and the Kunio-Kun franchise, is being released today across PC (Steam), PS5, and Nintendo Switch. Super Technos World: River City & Arcade Classics was announced back in January of this year by the publisher Arc…

Three classic Namco arcade games are set to be reissued. Hamster Corp, the company behind Arcade Archives, has announced on its weekly livestream that next month will see the company celebrating “Namco Month”. Namco Month, in case you’ve never come across it in the past, is an event Hamster holds annually, which sees it prioritize…

From the developer of Star Runner & Blast Arena. The Sega Master System may have been released almost four decades ago now, but that hasn’t stopped a vibrant homebrew community from popping up around the beloved console, which is intent on delivering new experiences to keep fans glued to their controllers. Out of all these…

Give your Metallica game the fuel to ‘Seek and Destroy’ with Stern Pinball upgrades CHICAGO, IL – November 19, 2024 –Stern Pinball, Inc., announces a full line of Metallica Remastered pinball machine accessories compatible with the recently announced Remastered Limited Edition and Premium Edition pinball machines. The “…And Justice for All” Metallica Topper accessory will…

As detailed in a resurfaced SIGGRAPH Asia talk from last December. Square, Capcom, Taito, and Sega are all making steps towards archiving their past, according to a recently resurfaced SIGGRAPH Asia talk from last December. Despite almost being five months old at this point, this talk only recently came to our attention thanks to a…

JALECOlle Famicom Ver. Magic John & Totally RAD is out now! Back in September of last year, you may remember us reporting that the Famicom title Magic John (which was released in the US and Europe for the NES under the title Totally Rad) was about to come to Nintendo Switch, as part of City…

The newly translated excerpt comes from a 2011 book by the Mega Man producer. Mega Man Legends occupies a bit of strange space in the Mega Man series. While beloved by many today, it was considered something of a commercial failure back when it was initially launched — a fact that took its creators, including…

OctaRace is coming to modern platforms, including PC and Switch 2. Remember Micro Machines for the NES? We certainly do! Codemasters’ top-down racer based on the Galoob model toy range of the same name was one of our favourite multiplayer titles for the original NES and has since gone on to inspire a bunch of…

And the pre-installed Densha de GO!: Going Round in Yamanote Line. As you’ve probably been able to tell from the abundance of news articles lately, the feature phone preservation community has been extremely active in recent months, dumping a ton of old Japanese mobile titles that were previously believed to be lost to time. Because…