Retro Gaming News
Coming to PS4 & Nintendo Switch as part of Arcade Archives. Seibu Kaihatsu’s Raiden spin-off Viper Phase 1 is set to release this week on the Nintendo Switch & PS4 on December 12th, as part of Arcade Archives (as spotted by Famitsu!). Originally released in 1995, Viper Phase 1 was built to take advantage of…
The Easter Egg can be found in the game’s industrial area. It’s pretty much common knowledge at this point that a lot of video game artists in the ’80s and ’90s would frequently pull reference material from whatever films, TV, and comic books they were enjoying at the time. We’ve lost track, for instance, of…
The last news story from me today unless something major comes out, as looking through both the EAB forums and Facebook, we’ve found out that the Sega Mega Drive version of Last Battle: Legend of the Final Hero, is possibly coming to the Commodore Amiga as Fist of the North Star 2. As in the words…
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough! A new unofficial version of Konami’s 1986 MSX platformer The Goonies has just been released by a group of developers called NOP, which impressively replaces the game’s original audio with music and sound effects taken from the film of the same name (h/t: MSX.org). According to the developers, the project…
There are many online slots available, each with different themes. Developers have recently begun to find influences from the world of retro gaming. In the article below, we discuss the link between them. The bleep of an arcade classic or the vivid graphics of a pixelated character can really kick off a hit of nostalgia….
The 10W AC Adapter is available to order now. As recently discovered by a Reddit user online, Panic has quietly introduced a matching AC adapter for his crank-based handheld, The Playdate (h/t: The Verge!) The 10W AC adapter connects to the USB-C to USB-A adapter that comes with the Playdate and is designed for US…
“We were gonna push the 3D a bit more.”. When we were interviewing former Bullfrog developers for our ‘Making Of’ feature on the RTS Powermonger, there were a few topics we knew we had to explore, with the major one being the game’s cancelled expansions. As you may or may not already be aware, back…
Don’t expect Android or iOS versions, though. The team behind the PS3 emulator RPCS3 have released a version which works on ARM64 devices. A lengthy post has been published on the emulator’s official site which explains the long and arduous process of bringing it to ARM64-based hardware. Read the full article on timeextension.com Don’t expect…
Kōji Hayama’s soundtrack was removed from the US version of the game. The Sega-published racing game Cyber Speedway (which is known by the slightly unfortunate title Gran Chaser in Japan) has just got an interesting new patch that allows players to restore the Japanese soundtrack that was removed from some international versions of the game….
A legend years in the making. Popular games always attract speedrun attempts, and the Zelda series is obviously no exception. 2003’s Zelda: Wind Waker has been subject to speed run attempts for years, but an interesting schism in the community occurred when Nintendo released the HD version for the Wii U in 2023. Read the…