Retro News

“I liken this journey to the one that Odysseus went through”. The story of the sci-fi action-adventure series Star Contol is a long and complicated one. Originally debuting in 1990 as a strategy game for MS-DOS and Commodore Amiga, it was the brainchild of a team headed up by the Toys For Bob co-founders Fred…

The battle continues. Despite it being the biggest entertainment medium on the face of the planet in terms of revenue, efforts to properly preserve the history of video gaming continue to face opposition – even from those organisations that you’d assume would be in favour of it. The Electronic Software Association (ESA) is sadly one…

Courtesy of the fan translation group Hilltop Works. The fan translation group Hilltop Works has announced that it is translating the Japanese-exclusive prologue to Mega Man Legends 2 into English. If you’re a Mega Man Legends fan, you might already be aware that Mega Man Legends 2 has a somewhat unusual name in Japan, being…

35 years young. The Game Boy turned 35 at the weekend, which no doubt prompted many people to dig out their dusty handhelds from storage and turn them on for the first time in decades. We imagine some of those same people will have been dismayed to discover that their childhood handheld no longer functions…

Going Ape Spit. TAD Corporation’s 1989 run-and-gun title Toki is coming to the Analogue Pocket via a new FPGA core, it has been revealed. The core is being developed by Solal retro gaming using Jotego framework, and is currently being tested. Read the full article on timeextension.com Going Ape Spit. TAD Corporation’s 1989 run-and-gun title…

Revisit Guilin on September 16th. Following the release of Shenmue III back in 2019, fans have once again been left in the dark over the series’s future, with the occasional interview quote from Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki being all we have to suggest that another new game might still be on the cards. This is…

“Unfortunately, as of right now, it isn’t possible”. Apple recently relaxed its stance on retro gaming emulators on its devices, and we’ve already seen some notable emulators come to the App Store, including the superb Delta Emulator, which covers systems such as the NES, Game Boy, SNES and N64. However, those of you holding out…

Interface options aplenty. A new aftermarket USB adapter is available which allows you to use pads, keyboards and mice with your Dreamcast console. The USB4MAPLE adapter by megavolt85 plugs into your Dreamcast’s controller port and lets you use wired and wireless interface options with the console. For example, you can use an Xbox 360 wireless…

Infogrames was a publisher active from the 1980s to the 2000s. Atari revealed earlier today that it will be resurrecting the Infogrames brand as a new label to publish games “outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand”. This news was shared via Twitter, as well as in an announcement on the…