Retro Gaming News
SNK fought alongside their greatest rival Capcom to define the “traditional” 2D fighting game. The King of Fighters (KoF) and Fatal Fury are as classic as Street Fighter, but SNK was more willing to walk on the wild side than Western audiences may realize, often placing their iconic characters in more absurd scenarios than Capcom…
Cut the cable. The impending arrival of the Evercade Nexus means that Blaze’s retro-focused family of systems finally has dual analogue control built-in – but, as long-standing fans will tell you, that’s already been possible on the Evercade VS, VS-R and Alpha consoles. Support for third-party dual analogue controllers has been in beta for some…
‘A Village Built On Wind’ appeared on streaming sites recently. Kumi Tanioka, the composer of several games in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, has felt compelled to issue a statement on social media after a new album, which appeared to be AI-generated, was released on various streaming platforms like YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music,…
Includes bug fixes and movement improvements. Here’s something cool for fans of obscure Japanese first-person shooters. A new set of ROM hacks has just dropped for Arsys Software and Masaya’s Japan-exclusive Mega Drive port of Star Cruiser, fixing a bunch of bugs with the original game and offering some improvements to movement. Star Cruiser, for…
Announcement expected this Saturday. Mike Chi’s RetroTINK line of video processing devices has become the gold standard for retro gamers who want to get the best possible image from their legacy systems, with the RetroTINK 4K offering an incredible amount of customisation when it comes to upscaling and filters. Chi has just teased a new…
“Sacrifices and cuts will have to be made”. The Mega Drive / Genesis has seen more than its fair share of unofficial homebrew ports over the years, and developer Cristiano Camacho is adding another to the mix in the form of Capcom’s 1996 belt-scroller, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara. Built on the SGDK engine,…
We’ve featured a lot of Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports throughout the years, from the more recent Final Fight Enhanced to Super Xevious, Flying Shark and even Green Beret. Well if you’re looking for even more Arcade like updates on the site, then we have just been told by our good friend Tom, that AcidBottle together…
For three decades, the Sega Genesis versus Super Nintendo debate has refused to die cleanly. Sega’s marketing was loud and confident, positioning the Genesis as the technically superior machine. The actual hardware, however, told a more complicated story, one where speed traded against depth, and a famous marketing phrase turned out to be entirely theoretical….
“Even as a ROM cartridge, it’s not immortal”. The topic of physical media in the world of video games is a hot one right now, thanks mainly to the fact that Sony has decided it no longer wants to offer discs beyond 2028. Ownership of the games we play is something that is naturally very…
Out today on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The sequel to Dungeon Antiqua, Shirofumu Factory’s 2024 Wizardry & Final Fantasy-inspired dungeon RPG, has just been released on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Dungeon Antiqua 2 launched on Steam earlier this year, in January, and was described by its developer at the…