Retro Gaming News
Retro gaming fans may want to check this out! Disney and Marvel Studios Animation recently revived the 1990s X-Men animated series on Disney+ under the banner X-Men ’97, continuing the story from where the series left off all those years ago. As if that wasn’t enough nostalgia for one show, however, its latest episode seems…
The collection is expected to be released in Q4 2024. Eastasiasoft and SideQuest Studios announced yesterday that it will be bringing both of the Söldner-X games to Nintendo Switch inside of a single package, which is to be called Söldner-X Complete Collection. To give you a quick recap on the series, Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a…
All is fair in love and 16-bit wars. As we all know, there were a lot of shots fired between Sega and Nintendo in the ’90s, as the two parties did battle for market share, with even some of its developers famously getting in on the act. The one we remember most, for instance, is…
Coming April 4th. Hamster has announced that it will be releasing Namco’s 1992 top-down action Exvania on Nintendo Switch & PS4 (thanks Famitsu!). The game will begin distribution in Japan on April 4th, with Western storefronts expected to take a little bit longer (as always) to update. Exvania, in case you’ve never heard of it,…
Episode Blue “coming soon”. Members of the Mega Man community are currently in the process of creating a new fanmade follow-up to the 1994 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis compilation Mega Man: The Wily Wars. In case you’re unfamiliar, Mega Man: The Wily Wars was a collection of games for the Sega console that featured…
How did you first experience the classic RPG? Squaresoft’s groundbreaking RPG Final Fantasy VI was released 30 years ago today. The critically acclaimed title was originally launched for the Super Famicom on April 2nd, 1994 in Japan, and has since gone on to become regarded as one of the finest entries in the long-running fantasy…
Ikki Unite arrives April 18th. Sunsoft announced yesterday that it will be bringing Ikki Unite — its revival of the infamous 1985 arcade and Nintendo Famicom game Ikki — to Nintendo Switch on April 18th. So if you missed it last year when it was originally released on Steam, or just fancy playing it on…
Omega 6 is based on Takaya Imamura’s manga of the same name. In a livestream earlier today, the F-Zero and Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura revealed that his first game since leaving Nintendo — Omega 6: The Triangle Stars — will be coming to the Switch in Japan on July 25th. The game is a…
At almost 3 hours long, you may want to get some popcorn ready! We’re big fans of Digital Foundry’s “DF Retro” series here at Time Extension. So it’s safe to say when we discovered that it had recently updated its playlist with another insightful deep dive into a memorable period of video game history, we…
In the realm of video game consoles, the Nintendo GameCube emerged amid a fiercely competitive market. While its journey may not have unfolded as triumphantly as Nintendo had envisioned, the GameCube has carved a niche as a cherished underdog within the gaming community. The narrative of this console is woven with tales of challenges and…