Retro Gaming News
lease note that DGUNL-7162 Streets of Rage Micro Player Pro includes 2 games – Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 2. There has been some confusion as the number of games has changed since it was first announced. Officially licensed SEGA titles. Take on the roles of vigilante heroes battling through waves of enemies…
Pac-Man cabinets did not whisper. They chirped, thumped, and pulled people toward the glow. Space Invaders made the same promise with less color and more pressure. Tetris, later, proved that a falling block could make a lunch break vanish in five minutes. These games still feel alive because their rules fit inside a child’s sentence….
Build-a-Belmont. Konami released a new trailer for its upcoming game-making package Wai Wai World Craft, first revealed during last year’s Tokyo Game Show. The “concepts” trailer offers our first look at some of the tools, assets, and options available to players en route to creating the next Game of the Year contender. Wai Wai World…
A quarter bought you one life in 1982. When it ran out you either dug into your pocket or walked away from the cabinet. That was the whole business model of the arcade, and it quietly shaped how games got designed for most of a decade. The cabinets are nostalgia pieces now, sitting in barcades…
Retro games refuse to sit quietly on a shelf, because a good round of Pac-Man or Tetris still explains play better than a 40-minute tutorial. New players find old games through mini consoles, Steam ports, FPGA handhelds, and the dusty cartridge drawer at a cousin’s house. A teenager raised on Fortnite can still understand Galaga…
Wii port to debut at Canal 3 Expo. Dust off your nunchuck and hide the fine china, because the Nintendo Wii is getting a brand new game. Following its previous appearance on Sega Dreamcast, Metal Canary is now preparing to debut on Nintendo’s seventh-gen supernova. Developed by Brazilian homebrew studio NaiAdventure, Metal Canary is a…
…and that’s fine! Blaze – via its HyperMegaTech sub-brand – has released a series of Super Pocket devices, each themed around a different video game publisher. This range includes Capcom, Data East and SNK devices, and they come pre-loaded with a curated selection of classic titles and are compatible with the Evercade family of cartridges….
“With any fan game, that’s the risk and we have no regrets”. A fan-made fighting game featuring characters from various Sega and Capcom games has reportedly been shut down after Capcom reportedly took issue with the use of its copyrighted characters. 4CYDE Studios’ PC fighter Sega Vs Capcom has been online for a number of…
But how can the Flower Division bloom again? Author Oji Hiroi has said that he has written the story for a new Sakura Wars sequel, and is more than willing to produce the RPG series’ sixth mainline, should such a project become viable. The 72-year-old series creator made the comments at the “Sega Universe Playground”…
Arrives in October. Some of you watching yesterday’s State of Play stream might have been bewitched by the reveal of the LEGO Sony PlayStation, which made its official debut in all its brick-building glory. Sony has since released additional details, announcing that the cool-looking nostalgia box will go on sale October 4, priced at €159.99…