Retro Gaming News
Those who wanted to get their hands on the upcoming NEOGEO AES+ replica of the original console will have to wait a little longer. According on a release on Plaion UK’s X account, the console won’t be available until September 27, 2027. That ten-month delay comes due to supply chain issues, thanks to high-demand and…
Marble Madness is back on the menu, boys. Veteran controller manufacturer HORI has opened pre-orders on a new arcade stick that seems brilliantly suited to the myriad inputs of retro arcade emulation. The HORI Arcade Classic Pro is compatible with PC and Nintendo Switch 2, and features swappable components adaptable for various classic coin-ops. An…
“What if Nintendo Switch 2 hardware had existed in the mid-1990s?”. Veteran British games company System 3 has announced Putty World for the Nintendo Switch 2, a release which brings together Putty, Super Putty and Putty Squad in a single collection, complete with modern improvements. “What if Nintendo Switch 2 hardware had existed in the…
Former Sega Champ and Tiertex tester Dan Curley tells all. The year is 1991, and I remember it like it was 35 years ago. Strider 2 (or Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns, if you prefer) was the first and almost last game I ever worked on in my video game development career. As a 16-year-old…
“I thought a lot about the varied, detailed internal construction of those things”. As you may have already seen, Time Extension recently had the rare opportunity to speak with Benimaru Itoh, a figure who, among other things, created the original Star Fox comic adaptation, published in Nintendo Power Magazine in 1993. As part of this…
Zweihander? Indie developer Mad Rabbit Digital has released a demo for Metal Crisis, the new shmup we reported on back in September 2025. The playable preview of the frenetic-looking space shooter is available to download on Steam or directly from the SFGHQ forums. Metal Crisis is a 2D horizontal-and-vertical shmup “inspired by 3D space shooters…
BS Super Mario USA was originally broadcast in 1996. Here’s something exciting for Super Mario fans and lovers of obscure Japanese tech. A new MSU-1 fan project has just been released that adapts the four episodes of the Japan-exclusive Satellaview title BS Super Mario USA into a single ROM, with a freshly recorded English voiceover….
Lotta Bottle. Evercade’s upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Double-Pack cartridge not only contains both of Rare’s infamously meaty N64 platformers, but also a fistful of features cut or modified from the games’ original release. Spotted by Crazy Burger at the recent Evercade Nexus event, this includes a mode that never made it off the Banjo-Tooie cutting room floor….
Roguecraft DX for Windows Title The development of Roguecraft from Badger Punch Games and Thalamus Digital Publishing has been an interesting one. Starting off as a Commodore 64 game developed for a 4 KB coding competition, Rogue4k was expanded into Rogue64, a full-fledged Rogue clone. Shortly after, they developed a version for the Amiga 16-bit…
The History of Resident Evil Author: Tommy Keough Highlights Definitive Franchise Chronicle A complete, richly detailed exploration of the Resident Evil series, covering every mainline game, spin-off, remake, and key piece of lore from 1996 to the present day. Exclusive pictures, Includes a selection of high-quality screenshots, rare promotional images, and previously unseen photographs sourced…