Retro Gaming News
Now you can enjoy this “aesthetic travesty” in your native language! Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher is considered one of the best visual novel-style adventures of the late ’80s, and it was such a success in Japan that it was released across a wide range of systems, including PC-8801, MSX2, PC Engine, Sega CD, PlayStation, and Sega…
‘Arcade Archives Karnov’ and ‘Console Archives – Nobunaga’s Ambition II’ announced! Data East’s 1987 arcade platformer Karnov is making its way to modern consoles (Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) this week, on September 10th, as part of Arcade Archives / Arcade Archives 2. So if you don’t already happen to own…
Long live physical media. The RPCS3 emulator team has announced a phenomenal new update, allowing physical PS3 games to be played directly from a PC disc drive. Describing the update as “Plug-and-Play”, RPCS3 now looks to resurrect almost the entirety of the PS3’s physical catalogue. The open-source project began life back in 2011 as a…
Thanks, Chummer. It’s gonna be a wiz day, Drekheads. Some three decades on from its original release, the Sega CD port of cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun has finally received a long long-awaited English translation, courtesy of homebrewer Erebus, better known in the shadows of the Megacorps as “MadMorigan.” MadMorigan’s new translation sees the 1996 adventure localised…
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder. Publisher Golden Slumbers Ltd. has announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign for a new book celebrating 45 years of the home computing icon: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The crowdfunding campaign launches next month, on October 1. Titled “The Rubber-Keyed Wonder”, the new book is a companion piece to the 2024 documentary of the…
There are some huge concepts in “Remember Me.” More like a Christopher Nolan film than a video game, the story is incredibly immersive. When you’re memories become a commodity, the world needs saving and Nilan, the best memory hunter of the all With it’s chic level design and awesome lighting effects the game often times…
What degree can we rely on oral histories? A long time ago, I was speaking with fellow site contributor and soon-to-be author Ashley Day about the challenges of interviews. He mentioned an unnamed colleague who refuses to do interviews, saying they’re unreliable because of imperfect recall, and instead relies solely on legacy materials, such as…
Take the Dragon Spirit challenge. Bandai Namco has released a short teaser revealing a line-up of classic Namco coin-ops that will be playable within its upcoming dogfighter Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. Similar to the setup in Capcom’s Street Fighter 6, Wings of Theve will feature socialised online lobbies, where digital skyflyers can not…
At a Dundee game event, naturally! DMA legend David Jones is set to make a rare public appearance later this month at the Scottish Game Developers Association’s “Games Day” event, on a panel discussing the origins of Grand Theft Auto (h/t: MCV). If you’ve ever looked into the early history of Grand Theft Auto (or…
“With Ultima VII, I was ready to reintroduce actual malevolent Evil”. Ultima VII is one of my favourite video games of all time. I vividly remember playing it on my family’s brand-new 486DX PC, and after making the leap from 16-bit consoles, the sheer scope of its world stunned me. Here was a game that…