Retro Gaming News
Arrives February 13th. The developer Gelato Games has announced that its Metal Slug-inspired Metroidvania Guns of Fury will be released on Nintendo Switch and PC later this month, hitting digital storefronts on February 13th. The exciting genre mash-up is being developed by the two-man team behind the iOS/Nintendo Switch platformer Goblin Sword (John Christodoulatos and…
It does eveything. While modern-day consoles have long since abandoned the idea of storing save data on removable memory cards, we’ve seen new “smart” cards appear for consoles such as the PS1, Dreamcast and GameCube. These devices are the functionality of old-school memory cards but introduce next-gen features such as (almost) limitless storage and cloud…
Includes fixes for Battle Shark, Jet Wave, and more. At the tail end of last month, the developers behind MAME released MAME version 0.274, introducing a ton of new features and fixes to the open-source emulator that are well worth checking out (h/t: How To Geek). The headline feature of the new update, according to…
The “Power Edition” of the game previously appeared in ‘Like a Dragon Gaiden’. Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have revealed that the classic Sega racing game Daytona USA 2 will be returning to the world of Like A Dragon/Yakuza later this month, inside of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Like a Dragon:…
The title was “almost finished”, according to the former Sony exec. The former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida has revealed some information about one of the cancelled titles that was being developed for the SNES PlayStation in a new interview with the media outlet MinnMax. By now, everyone and their uncle has probably already heard the…
“It’s nice to work on something that people actually use”. Once upon a time, save data was immovable and untouchable; when you sold your game cartridge or its internal battery died, your precious progress was lost forever. However, in the modern era, save data is saved in the cloud, always accessible, even if you change…
Arrives February 6th. Hamster has announced it will be bringing Namco’s isometric platformer Märchen Maze to the Nintendo Switch and PS4 later this week, marking its first official release in the West (thanks Famitsu!). Originally released in Japanese arcades back in 1988 on the System 1 arcade board, Märchen Maze serves as a (very) loose…
Zophar’s ‘Retro Rewind’ Episode Two is out now on YouTube! The founder of the emulation website Zophar’s Domain, Brad “Zophar” Levicoff, is back with another episode of his ongoing retro video game series, Retro Rewind — this time focusing on the world of speedrunning in the 1990s. Speedrunning is obviously a huge part of gaming…
CHICAGO, IL – October 16, 2024 – Today, Stern Pinball, Inc., revealed Metallica Remastered – a technologically advanced version of one of Stern Pinball’s greatest hits. Metallica Pinball was originally released in 2013 and is one of the most successful and beloved pinball games ever. Metallica Remastered has elevated the game to the modern era…
Coming to Xbox, PS4/PS5, PC, Atari VCS, and Switch. Atari has revealed that it will soon be releasing a brand new game in the Breakout series, from the developers of the Bit.Trip series, Choice Provisions. Breakout Beyond is described as “a vibrant new reimagining” of Atari’s 1976 arcade game and is a reworking of an…