Retro Gaming News
“I’ve been being beat by shit chess code since the early ’80s”. It may be the buzzword of the current tech revolution, but AI has been part of our lives for quite some time—especially if you’re a fan of video games. AI has powered pretty much any single-player experience since the dawn of gaming, and…
If you have an Amstrad CPC and looking for another game to play through this week, then thanks to a heads up via Saberman, Liqmatrix and XeNoMoRPH, we’ve been told that Fitosoft has released a new game for the Amstrad called ‘Transylvania Castle’; an arcade platformer in which you need to traverse all the levels…
The last news story from me unless something major comes out, as the previously announced Amiga shooter of ‘Hyper Wings’ by Geldo79, has hit the big 2.2 with a final version! An Asteroids and Star Control mash up which was developed in ASM. To coincide with this news, while we did feature the game before,…
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. counts down the best wrestling games in video game history that are over 10 years old, ranging from arcade favorites to…the Gamecube. Do you know them all? 10: WWF Warzone: While the controls mirrored a Capcom fighting game, Warzone’s fun create-a-wrestler made for an enjoyable title that could…
For gamers who prefer the classics, settling down for a session on a retro computer or opting to play a former favorite on a modern-day console appeals. While many games of today are hogging the limelight, there is still an appetite for some of yesteryear’s classics. In fact, the options are extensive these days. Although…
Available to pre-order now from Strictly Limited Games. Last month, Giants Software, the developer behind the hugely successful Farming Simulator series, announced via a trailer on its YouTube channel that it would be releasing Farming Simulator 16-Bit — a new retro demake of the classic sim for Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. And it’s now…
King’s Field was released for Japanese feature phones in 2004. The feature phone preservationist RockmanCosmo has announced that a long-lost i-Mode version of From Software’s PS1 dungeon crawler King’s Field has now been preserved giving players the chance to experience an obscure part of the company’s history for themselves. King’s Field, in case you’re unfamiliar,…
A new demo of ‘MSX Wings’ has just been released. A remarkable demo has just been released online for a new MSX2+ game that pays tribute to Video System’s arcade Sonic Wings / Aero Fighters series. MSX Wings is the work of the Brazilian fan developer André Silva and was first teased on the MSX.org…
OK, maybe not soon, but tonight I heard something very interesting about a possible pinball machine based on the characters “Jay and Silent Bob.” Many of you will be familiar with the director / actor Kevin Smith. His big debut came in 1994 with the movie Clerks. He went on to create a number…
Update 3 adds Sigil II to the main game and some minor modding improvements. During last year’s QuakeCon event in August, Id Software, Bethesda, and Nightdive Studios surprised everyone when they decided to release a new feature-rich version of DOOM + DOOM II for PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S,…