Retro Gaming News
Every fresh World of Warcraft season refreshes the game’s competitive flow. Equipment levels rise, raid levels shift, and accomplishments like Ahead of the Curve become important again. For numerous gamers, matching that rhythm demands more than just technical ability. Effort, teamwork, and entry to dependable raid teams are equally crucial. This strain is why certain…
A Rare treat. Blaze has announced two new Evercade cartridges. Activision Collection 2 is the second helping of classic titles from the industry veteran and is composed of classic releases for the Atari VCS/2600. Read the full article on timeextension.com A Rare treat. Blaze has announced two new Evercade cartridges. Activision Collection 2 is the…
Coming to Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X this July. Implicit Conversions has announced that it is bringing the 1999 PS1 title 70’s Robot Anime Geppy-X to modern-day systems. Developed by Aroma and only released in Japan, Geppy-X is a 2D shmup which pays tribute to the classic super-robot anime series of the…
“I can no longer afford to run the site”. Myrient, a self-described “video game preservation service” which houses over 390 terabytes of “organised collections publicly available for download”, is closing down on March 26th, it has been announced. Aimed at retro gamers and emulation fans, Myrient’s USP is that it offers fast download speeds and…
If you grew up feeding quarters into arcade cabinets or collecting tokens at your local game room, you already understood the concept of digital currency long before Bitcoin existed. The retro gaming world quietly built the foundation for how we think about virtual money today. And in 2026, the connection between old school gaming and…
Retro themes are everywhere in online casino games, especially in slots. Pixelated fruit symbols, chiptune soundtracks and arcade cabinet aesthetics are some of the design features used to play on the nostalgia factor. Nostalgia in gambling products isn’t just a visual trend or for fun; it draws on well-documented psychological mechanisms that shape how players…
NEC and Hudson’s last roll of the dice. The stories of the NEC’s PC-FX’s failure are legion. Following the successful PC Engine, the PC-FX was an entrant in the fifth-generation console race in the mid-’90s, and its failure led to NEC’s departure from the game console market as a direct participant. As a Japan-only console,…
“The way we turn ideas into software has always become more efficient over time”. Popular Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro has just been updated with its own built-in save file converter, as well as a clean-up in terms of its UI. Developer Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto has been really pushing the app in recent times, as this…
The update is already live on Steam & on Japanese consoles. Fixes are finally on the way for R-Type Delta: HD Boosted, Irem and City Connection’s port of the PlayStation title, R-Type Delta. As you may remember, back when the game released last year, the port was subject to criticism from both Japanese and international…
Take to the streets. A team of indie developers are creating a new side-scrolling fighter for the SNES called Triple Impact. @gangeek_style, @MisterDigifox and @landsat77 are the trio involved, and they’ve been working on the game for a short while now. Read the full article on timeextension.com Take to the streets. A team of indie…