Retro Gaming News
The X68000 Z was a tribute to Sharp’s iconic Japanese home computer. ZUIKI, the company behind the X68000 Z, has recently established a new Twitter/X account for the retro machine and has begun teasing a mysterious new model. In case you’re unfamiliar, the X68000 Z was first unveiled back in October 2022 and was designed…
The game was released back in 2005 for select Vodafone phones. The video game preservationist RockmanCosmo revealed earlier this week that a rare trial version of the mobile port of House of the Dead has just been preserved by a member of the feature phone community online. House of the Dead mobile was originally released…
Prototype dates from a month before the final release. Video games go through a wide range of iterations prior to release, and Sega’s Crazy Taxi is no exception. Pre-release prototypes exist which show how its development progressed before it was released on Dreamcast. The website Sega Dreamcast Info has posted information about a version from…
The 1996 Capcom title has just got a promising new ROM Hack. A new ROM hack has just dropped for Capcom’s Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems for the Super Nintendo that aims to give the retro beat ’em up the “Redux” treatment. Marvel Super Heroes in the War of the Gems was…
For eight years, we’ve been building a world-class collection of game history materials. Now we’re turning that into a research tool that anyone can use to study video game history. The Video Game History Foundation Library is the long-term home to our collections of video game history research materials: behind-the-scenes documents, press kits, game magazines,…
For Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Technos Japan’s 1991 board game-style RPG Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes is finally getting a Western release over 30 years later, courtesy of Ratalaika Games, Shinyuden, and Arc System Works (as reported by Gematsu). Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes was a Japanese exclusive back when it…
The Neo Geo Pocket Color’s failure always seemed odd. Sure, it was up against the Game Boy, the certifiable big handheld in town for its entire existence, but how could such a well-made device with barely a single bad game only snatch a reported 2% of the handheld market in North America from Nintendo’s grasp?…
The “muscular shooter” is back, but its high price may put some people off. Update #3 : The English version of Cho Aniki COLLECTION has now landed on the UK and US eShop. As reported below, the collection includes the first two games in the series — Cho Aniki (PC Engine) and Ai Cho Aniki…
Created by Matt Sephton (aka Gingerbeardman). A new Micro Machines-esque multiplayer party game has just been released for the Sega Dreamcast (h/t: the Sega Guru). Dream Ride is the creation of the indie developer Matt Septhon (who previously developed Playdate titles such as Circular, Sparrow Solitaire, YOYOZO, and Bender) and was built for the recent…
Battle AirForce is scheduled to be released in Q2 2025. The Japanese development studio Suzuki Plan has announced it will be bringing its next shoot ’em up Battle AirForce to Steam later this year. The game is intended as a sequel to last year’s title Battle Marine and is the studio’s first orthodox vertically scrolling…