Retro Gaming News
“Radical Entertainment + Hothead Games = New Radical Games”. Radical Entertainment, the developer behind games like The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Scarface, & Prototype, has been resurrected under a new name (as reported by VGC). New Radical Games, as the company is called, seems to have been established in 2025, but is just now coming…
“This game deserves so much better”. Remember when Forever Entertainment, the publisher behind remakes of House Of The Dead and Panzer Dragoon, showed off footage of its latest offering, Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake? The reaction wasn’t pretty, with many fans saying it actually looked worse than the Saturn original, despite the best efforts of co-developers…
Mortal Kombat II is finally coming to the Atari Jaguar. TRU FUN Games, the solo developer who is currently working on Mortal Kombat‘s fanmade Jaguar port, has revealed plans to tackle the game’s sequel, Mortal Kombat II, in a recent video update on his YouTube channel. Mortal Kombat II, as you’ll probably already be aware,…
Kept you waiting, huh. Metal Gear was one of the few classic ’80s and ’90s franchises to really nail the landing when it came to the transition between 2D and 3D, but there are many fans who look back on the 2D entries with real fondness. If you’re one of those people, then Spy Drops…
The news comes 8 months after its failed crowdfunding campaign for Sovietborgs. Retro Sumus, the Spanish homebrew developer behind the Sega Dreamcast rail shooter Xenocider, announced earlier today that it has officially disbanded. In a short statement on social media, the studio thanked players for their continued support and suggested it was still possible to…
Here we are with another great conversion, because if you remember playing the 1981 Arcade game called Lock ‘n Chase, then you may be interested to learn that while the game was unofficially converted over to the Atari 5200, Amiga, and C64 throughout the last few years, it wasn’t until recently that Bob’s Stuff had…
Run-and-gun revelation. The Turrican series is the stuff of legend for European home computer owners. Back when the C64 and Amiga ruled supreme, Manfred Trenz’s brilliant run-and-gun action title was considered to be the gold standard – so much so that it would be ported to a wide range of other platforms, including home consoles,…
Skatality! The iconic fighting game Mortal Kombat isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you think about the Winter Olympics, but that didn’t stop it from making a surprise cameo this past weekend, at the figure skating Exhibition Gala. As is tradition, the gala event, which took place at the Milano Ice Skating…
Shenmue Passport’s online leaderboards are finally back online. According to DreamcastLive, Shenmue Passport‘s online rankings are finally back online for the first time in almost 24 years, meaning we can finally find out who the best forklift driver in the world is In case you don’t remember, back when Sega’s groundbreaking open-world action-adventure game Shenmue…
“If you entrust this to me, I will absolutely make it work”. One of the mecha games on the original PlayStation was Omega Boost. Affording 360-degrees of gameplay, it was and still is a unique game. So I was elated to be able to talk with the game’s main programmer and game designer, Yuji Yasuhara,…