All Things Retro
Old School Gamer chats with Choice Provisions Mike Roush, Co-Founder and Alex Neuse, Co-Founder, who discuss the hotly anticipated retro-indie Bit.Trip ReRunner. About Bit.Trip ReRunner: The original rhythm platformer is back with new mechanics, trippy visuals, and a KILLER soundtrack. The new installment includes RUNNER MAKER, a powerful level editor that allows players to create and…
“It seems the best time to refocus our energies on new licenses”. Evercade maker Blaze has revealed that its current crop of Atari cartridges will become ‘legacy’ releases at the end of 2023, meaning they will no longer be produced. Once the remaining stock has been sold through by retailers, these carts will no longer…
The star also provided FIFA 2000’s opening song, ‘It’s Only Us’. In 1999, EA Sports made an agreement with the famous UK singer Robbie Williams to feature his latest single “It’s Only Us” as the opening song for FIFA 2000. The publisher had licensed popular music in the past, cutting deals with the likes of…
The finished version was released late last month. Update #2 (Mon 2nd Oct, 2023 14:10 BST): The final version of Jon Eggelton and Gianluca Alberico’s SNK vs. Capcom port to Commodore 64/Commodore 128 is now available (thanks @IndieRetroNews). You can grab it now from the description of the latest video. As documented in the patch…
The game was originally released in 2001. The Goemon series — also known as the Mystical Ninja series in the West — has built up a strong cult following outside of Japan, despite its developer Konami only ever localizing a handful of titles outside of the region. Because of this, fan translations of the series…
It’s been in a loft for years. After gathering dust in a loft for decades, a super-rare N64 controller could be sold for around £1000 (approx $1220) at auction. Plumber Liam Clousdale was 14 when he was gifted the customised pad in the late ’90s. Produced by a company called Foxdata, the pad was one…
Update: Alpha versions trailer released. Update : A new trailer has been released for Black Finger Jet, which you can view below. Update : Another former Irem/Nazca/SNK veteran has joined the Black Finger JET team. Read the full article on timeextension.com Update: Alpha versions trailer released. Update : A new trailer has been released for…
Action! Namco’s Time Crisis series was arguably at the forefront of the light gun revival of the ’90s and early 2000s, hence the fact we got multiple sequels – many of which were supported by excellent home conversions that shipped with special ‘GunCon’ peripherals for a truly authentic experience. 2006’s Time Crisis 4 was no…
And Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now. The Smiths are arguably one of the most important musical groups to emerge from the UK independent scene in the 1980s. The Greater Manchester group was formed in 1982 and comprised lead singer Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce. Together the famous four-piece released…
Bloody good stuff. Konami doesn’t seem to be too interested in doing much with the Castlevania series these days, leaving Netflix to keep the franchise in the public consciousness – which it has done admirably, via four seasons of animated adventures focused around Trevor Belmont, Alucard and Sypha Belnades, characters that were first introduced in…