All Things Retro
Shown off at TGS 2023. Japanese hardware firm Tassei Denki has been showing off some exciting retro-themed hardware at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, including what appears to be a Sega Saturn Mini that uses FPGA technology rather than traditional software-based emulation. The unit at the show – which is, of course, entirely unofficial and…
Arrives September 28th. During Hamster’s weekly livestream earlier today, the publisher announced that it will be bringing Namco’s side-scrolling action game Finest Hour to both the Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of its ongoing Arcade Archives series (thanks Famitsu!). The arcade title will be released digitally on September 28th and will (as far as…
Accounts have been silent in September. We take game preservation very seriously here at Time Extension, which is why we’ve always been massive fans of the amazing work being done by Sega Forever, the Japanese company’s official retro channel. The brand itself began life as a way of promoting the company’s emulated retro games on…
Cotton Fantasy 2 coming to console, PC, and arcade. Earlier today (September 21st), Success Corporation announced a new game in the long-running Cotton series tentatively called Cotton Fantasy 2 for console, PC, and arcade (thanks Gematsu!). The new shoot ’em up is a follow-up to Cotton Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams, which was originally released in…
Japanese exclusive gets fan-made translation patch. Japanese Sega Saturn exclusive Dungeon Master Nexus is now playable in English, thanks to the efforts of fans (thanks, @DRPGBook). The patch provides “a complete fan translation” for the 1998 title, which was developed by Software Heaven and published by Victor Interactive Software. Dungeon Master designer Doug Bell has…
A Steam version is coming soon. City Connection & Happy Meal’s enhanced update of the 1983 Jaleco arcade game Exerion is out today (September 21st) on Nintendo Switch, with a version for Steam also planned for the future (thanks GoNintendo!). Final Exerion, as the update is called, is the first in a planned trilogy of…
The Scheme originally released for the PC-88 in 1988. Update : Pre-orders are now open for Yuzo Koshiro’s newly rearranged version of his classic PC-88 soundtrack The Scheme, Limited Run Games has announced. There are three different options available to pre-order. These include a black vinyl record ($29.99), a signed gold vinyl record ($49.99), and…
The game is inspired by early Chinese folk beliefs. The first-time game developer Weiwei Leung and publisher Incube8 Games have officially launched the Kickstarter for Aaling the Ghost, a promising new Game Boy Color RPG inspired by the Han Dynasty funerary arts and the Qu Yuan poem “Summons of the Soul” (Thanks RetroDodo!) The game…
The finest games on Commodore’s beloved 16-bit system. While gaming history tends to be dominated by home consoles, it’s important to remember that, at one point, many players got their fix from a home computer. During the ’80s and early ’90s, powerful 16-bit machines like the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga went toe-to-toe with the…
For the ridiculous price of ¥999,900! As spotted by SuddenDesu on Twitter earlier this week, an extremely rare and undumped piece of Mega Drive software called WonderMidi has just gone on sale in Japan on Yahoo Auctions for an eye-watering price of ¥999,900 (roughly £5,462/$6,765). Wonder Midi was a Victor-developed program created for the special…