Retro Gaming News
Play like a pro? Last year, Atari resurrected its famous VCS / 2600 console as the Atari 2600+, which boasted HDMI-out and compatibility with all 2600 and 7800 cartridges. The company is back in 2024 with the Atari 7800+, based on the not-quite-as-successful follow-up to its first home system. It’s fair to say that there’s…
The blocks are falling into place. Back in September, the Japanese developer Arika announced that it had signed an agreement with The Tetris Company to make a new Tetris game, and we now have a bunch of new information about that upcoming game. In the post published on social media, Arika revealed that The Tetris…
…or SteamOS on your ROG Ally, if you’d prefer. Accessory maker Genki has a track record for identifying gaps in the market and producing handy gadgets which are both innovative and reasonably-priced. The ShadowCast 2, for example, is something I carry around in my laptop bag at all times, as it allows me to capture…
Mechner wrote the initial screenplays for the film despite having limited success in Hollywood. Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia, was recently a guest on Simon Parkin’s My Perfect Console podcast, and in the process shared some fascinating background on the making of its Hollywood film. This included how he ended up writing…
Do you still feel it? EA’s Need for Speed series is now 30 years old. The first game (full title: Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed) launched on 3DO on December 2nd, 1994, in Europe and December 13th in North America. It was later ported to PS1, Saturn and PC. Read the full…
The new feature of the preservation program was announced via a blog. Back in November, GOG announced its new preservation program where it revealed a list of games that it was committed to preserving well into the future, by continuing to offer new improvements and updates to keep them compatible with modern operating systems. Well,…
BB Studio, or Big Brother Studio, is the work of Michel Iwaniec. When it comes to developing Game Boy games in 2024, Chris Maltby’s GB Studio is often many people’s first port of call, thanks to its easy-to-use interface and compatibility with a range of platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux. But what if you…
Wants all units to be destroyed. Sega has made contact with the team behind the SuperSega FPGA console to request its cancellation, we can reveal. Sega has approached Alejandro Martín, the lead behind the project, asking for the ‘SuperSega’ name to no longer be used, all prototypes and units to be destroyed, the closure of…
Never underestimate the power of PlayStation. Thirty years ago today, Sony launched the first PlayStation – and changed things in the world of gaming forever. Spawned from the ill-fated SNES Play Station project, the 32-bit console hit Japanese stores on December 3rd, 1994 – hot on the heels of its closest rival, the Sega Saturn….
“The Saturn itself is a very good system”. Argonaut founder Jez San is someone who knows his way around gaming technology. He coded the best-selling Starglider when he was still in his teens, bringing 3D visuals to hardware that had traditionally struggled with anything that wasn’t 2D. Later, he would join forces with Nintendo to…