Retro Gaming News
“Our hope is that this interactive format makes reading feel like an adventure”. A new handheld gaming system that aims to bring back the magic of ’80s text adventures is currently in development, according to a recent post on the Crowdfunding website Crowdsupply (thanks NotebookCheck!). The handheld, which is being called Ink Console, features a…
This article is a follow-up to my Donkey Kong on Atari article published in Issue 31 of this magazine. That article was limited to home versions of Donkey Kong released for Atari systems during the commercial life of the systems, so no homebrew versions or versions for other consoles were covered. This article will explore…
Paul Hammond’s ‘Wor Games’ is playable now in browsers. A new fanmade remake of Midway’s maze shooter Wizard of Wor has just been released on itch.io and is now playable in your browser of choice. Wor Games, as the remake is called, is the work of the developer Paul Hammond and was inspired by both…
The bug made it so that players were unable to access their paid DLC. Square Enix has announced it is ending support for the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered, following the discovery of an unfixable bug affecting the game’s paid DLC (h/t: The Verge). Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered was released for…
‘Atari Arcade 2’ releases this April. Blaze Entertainment — the company behind Evercade — has officially announced Atari Arcade 2, a new cart that features a collection of 10 titles from Atari. The collection is a follow-up to 2021’s Atari Arcade 1, which previously compiled 13 classic Atari arcade titles, including legendary games like Asteroids,…
Ravi & Navi goes on sale today in Japan and uses 3D-printed disc parts. A new game has just been released for the Nintendo Famicom Disk System add-on in Japan, as reported by the Japanese publication Gamespark. This is believed to be the first new commercial Famicom Disk System since 1992 and also the first…
Fan reaction to the recently-announced Yars Rising has been surprisingly divisive. It’s been accused of being too talky, too different, and “not Yars” at all. In this editorial, Jon shares his thoughts on Yars Rising and the negative fan feedback. From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2:…
There’s no doubt that the grey brick created by Gunpei Yokoi in 1989 revolutionized video games as a whole. A system that, on paper, couldn’t hold a candle to handhelds like SEGA’s Game Gear or Atari’s Lynx. No color screen or backlight made the original Game Boy a hard seller until the price point was…
All thanks to a new plug-in from the PSP Homebrew Discord member Moment. One of the sad realities of collecting consoles is that they can often lose some of their most interesting or valuable features over time. This includes features like being able to access official storefronts and servers, or simply being able to connect…
It appears Nintendo might not be the culprit though. A popular Nintendo DS emulator for Android Devices has disappeared from the Google Play Store, as spotted by the publication RetroHandhelds. DraStic is an emulator developed by Exophase and has been available on the Google Play Store for over a decade. Recently, though, it appears that…