Retro Gaming News
“The Saturn itself is a very good system”. Argonaut founder Jez San is someone who knows his way around gaming technology. He coded the best-selling Starglider when he was still in his teens, bringing 3D visuals to hardware that had traditionally struggled with anything that wasn’t 2D. Later, he would join forces with Nintendo to…
Time is important. Atari’s Asteroids is one of the most iconic arcade titles of all time, and it not only inspired many similar arcade games but also spawned spiritual sequels from within Atari itself. As such, it’s a fitting way to kick off Polymega’s new collection of physical releases. Polymega Collection Vol. 1 – Asteroids…
“My kids love Astro Bot”. Shortly after it was released, the credits for PS5 platformer Astro Bot revealed some interesting secrets – such as references to series such as Worms, Assassin’s Creed, Rayman and Croc. While the game features plenty of cross-over characters already, none of these franchises are currently represented in it, which has…
Over three hours of gameplay. Revived British studio Argonaut is currently hard at work getting its HD remaster of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos ready for release, but some key members of the team have taken time out of their busy schedules to speak with the lovely folks over at My Life in Gaming –…
Fight and subscribe! The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis has no shortage of beat ’em ups, being home to classic titles like Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Alien Storm, and many, many more. But it looks like the console may soon be getting another, in the form of Kirito The Game — a new homebrew…
About This Episode One of the coolest benefits of being a content creator is having the opportunity to actually speak with some of the key figures who laid the foundation of the video game industry, and my guest for this video is without a doubt one of those individuals. He was there in the very…
We speak to sculptor Phil Ramirez about his work on Toy Biz’s Video Game Superstars. If you walk down the aisles of most toy stores today, you’ll likely find no shortage of action figures based on video game characters: from toys modelled after Fortnite, Minecraft, and Five Nights at Freddy’s to other perennial favourites like…
“No plans” to do a full port. PigsyRetro, the lead developer behind an unofficial effort to bring Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to the Genesis / Mega Drive, has shown off a small demo which sees Sega’s 16-bit console tackle the 2003 GBA entry Aria of Sorrow. However, before you get too excited about this…
“Permanent hard mode that costs money and can’t be turned off”. Say what you will about Nintendo’s approach to preserving the past, but the Japanese company was arguably one of the first to see the value of retro gaming in the modern era. Back when the Wii Virtual Console launched, it was a groundbreaking service;…
The first two episodes of It’s In The Game covered roughly five years each of development time- the first two titles in episode 1, then Madden ’92 through Madden ’96 for episode 2. An appropriate amount of time is dedicated for each- obviously, building the first two Madden games from scratch was more difficult…