Retro Gaming News
More details will be released in March. The next-gen XR glasses maker Viture has recently taken to social media to tease a new collaboration with the well-known accessory manufacturer 8BitDo (as spotted by the website Notebook Check). According to Viture, this brand new product will be a new “one-of-a-kind” accessory for mobile gaming, which the…
Welcome To The Third Place reportedly cost $750,000 to make. As you may already be aware, the news broke yesterday that the world famous director, musician, and artist David Lynch had passed away, aged 78. Lynch is a figure perhaps best known for his work on the 1990 mystery TV series Twin Peaks which he…
Ambitious, indeed. Konami’s Gradius II is now playable on the Analogue Pocket, thanks to improvements made by Jotego on the JTTWIN16 beta FPGA core. “This game was originally failing because the scroll settings that affect the sprite location were not applied at the expected time,” explains the developer, who has released the updated beta via…
Includes VMU icons and quicksaves! The original Prince of Persia game is now playable on the Sega Dreamcast, thanks to the homebrew developer memorix101. The port is currently in alpha and was built using the work-in-progress Dreamcast SDL2 library from the programmer Troy Davis. Read the full article on timeextension.com Includes VMU icons and quicksaves!…
From the developer of Shinobi recent fanmade Neo Geo port. Sega’s 1989 arcade beat ’em up Golden Axe looks to be getting an unofficial port to the Neo Geo, according to a recent social media post from the fan developer h0ffman. h0ffman recently ported Sega’s 1987 arcade sidescroller Shinobi to the Neo Geo (MVS/AES/CD), by…
Most retro gamers would probably admit that today’s releases are highly impressive on the whole. Despite this, though, the allure of diving in for a retro gaming session on a classic console is still there. In fact, retro titles are popular among many members of the gaming fraternity, with millions of people sampling older releases…
Thanks to a new Dreamcast port of the Half-Life compatible Xash3D engine. A modder has successfully managed to get online matches of Half-Life: Deathmatch & Counter-Strike working on the Sega Dreamcast, despite the games never officially being released for the classic console. This news came to our attention recently thanks to the Dreamcast developer Falco…
This afternoon, Stern Pinball officially unveiled its new line of accessories for its Black & White Godzilla 70th Anniversary pinball machine. The line of products includes: Black & White Mothra Egg Shooter Knob King Gadorah Side Armor Black & White Inside Art Blades Black & White Godzilla Heat Ray Destruction Topper And the New…
Back to front. Given that arcade games have become something of a footnote in the world of video games, it’s easy to forget that once upon a time, they were at the forefront of the entire industry. Running on the most powerful hardware and attracting the cream of development talent, coin-op titles were instrumental in…
Update: More tracks get shared. There’s a common argument that the SNES had superior audio hardware to its rival, the Genesis / Mega Drive, and, on paper at least, that’s hard to contest. Nintendo’s Sony-made sound chip is capable of some amazing music and sound, while the Genesis’ Yamaha YM2612 is based more around an…