Retro Gaming News
Working title: ‘Atari STE 50fps Racer’. Atari ST developer Jonathan Thomas is perhaps best known for his work on the Atari STE version of Pole Position and for being part of the team which is porting Gremlin’s Lotus to the ST – but he’s also working on his own racing game for the computer, and…
Ready to…? Back in the day, Nintendo got pretty inventive when it came to prolonging the lifespan of its Game Boy hardware. Devices like the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer expanded the appeal of the ageing handheld, and some Game Boy Color cartridges even had special features built-in – such as ‘rumble’ force…
Title was originally released in 1985 in Japan. PC-88 RPG Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness is coming to the Project EGG range on Nintendo Switch, it has been revealed. Released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1985 and later ported to the MSX, this game is the sequel to the highly influential 1984 original. One of…
And they’re now on sale! Earlier this week, GOG announced that it had partnered up with the Japanese publisher SNK to release 24 of its classic games on the digital storefront. The new additions include notable titles such as Metal Slug 4 and a couple of games from the KING OF FIGHTERS series like THE…
If you love playing puzzle games, then you might like to play this new game by Carleton Handley called ‘Spinning Image’ for the Commodore 64. As in the words of the creator, “Spinning Image is a game where you gradually build up the image on the playfield to match the solution on the right of…
Thanks to another heads up from Saberman, he has told us that Coagulus has made available an early build preview of his/her work in progress Shoot-em-up for the Amiga called ‘JetHuntERS’. A game that the developer says isn’t just a sequel to JetHunt, but also a partial tribute to the game Zybex which came out…
To mark the game’s 25th anniversary. The legendary theme park sim RollerCoaster Tycoon celebrated its 25th anniversary last month, but it seems it isn’t through marking the occasion just yet. Recently, it announced that it has cut the price on a bunch of games from the series on Steam, allowing you to experience the series’s…
“I believe the potential was definitely there”. You’ve probably heard of Ride to Hell: Retribution, released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows back in 2013. It’s regarded as one of the worst games ever. On our sister site, Push Square, it has a user rating of less than 3. Metacritic aggregates a critic rating…
In addition to Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. JKM Corp, the developer behind the Ninja action game Shadow Gangs, has revealed that it will be releasing its next title Shadow Gangs Zero for the Neo Geo, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. From…
…if you can afford it. Luxury watchmaker Anicorn has produced a few video game-related timepieces in recent years, but its most recent effort – based on Sega’s 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive console – is one which is going to be of particular interest to retro gaming fans. Retailing for $800 USD (yes, you read…