Retro Gaming News
Prepare to qualify. Namco’s Pole Position is rightly regarded as one of the most influential video games of all time. The first racing game to feature a real-life circuit and a qualifying lap, it was also notable for offering a degree of realism that previously hadn’t been encountered in arcades, combining large sprites viewed from…
“I’m not fine at all. Things may happen when you do this kind of project”. Thought you’d heard the end of the SuperSega saga? Think again, as we’re now hearing that refunds—which were supposed to have been issued at the close of 2024—haven’t actually been processed as planned, and Alejandro Martín, the man behind the…
Thanks to MonkeyNess and a group of other Mother / Earthbound fans! A small group of fans has recently gone to the incredible effort of recreating a ridiculously rare tabletop spin-off to Mother 2 / EarthBound to prevent it from becoming lost forever. Slot Brothers is a card and dice game that stars the Sanchez…
You couldn’t make this up. Say what you will about fashion brand Balenciaga, it clearly has its fans—but sometimes it’s tricky to defend everything your favourite commercial entity does. The company has just produced a retro gaming handheld to celebrate the lunar new year and the start of the Year of the Snake, and—naturally—it is…
Arrives on Switch and PS4 on January 23rd. Tecmo’s vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up Final Star Force is heading to Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of Arcade Archives on January 23rd. Originally released in Japanese arcades back in 1993, Final Star Force is the third title in the Star Force series that originated with the…
Co-creator Takaya Imamura pays tribute. The original F-Zero is special for a whole host of reasons, but one of the most unique things about its Japanese release is that it bucked a trend by including cover artwork created not in Japan but in North America. Valiant Comics, founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief…
CD/DVD drive, x4 USB-A ports and a 2280 m.2 SSD bay. Taki Udon’s FPGA PS1—codenamed SSone—continues to attract a fair amount of attention, and the designer has just revealed one of the most important aspects of the upcoming machine: its dock. The system uses a MiSTer FPGA setup at its core, allowing users to play…
What first stands out about Inspector Waffles: Early Days is just how cute the idea is. Inspector Waffles is a PC detective game from 2021. While Inspector Waffles also has a retro visual design, it’s more akin to early flash games on the PC in the early aughts. I imagine that Inspector Waffles does…
Darkstalkers (USA) is also coming to Blu-ray. Discotek Media has announced that it will be bringing out a new Blu-ray of the critically panned Street Fighter: The Animated Series. Originally airing between 1995 to 1997 on the USA Network, Street Fighter The Animated Series was a collaboration between USA Studios, Capcom, Graz Entertainment (season one),…
“This totally sucks”. A Japanese arcade which was home to a wide selection of classic games has been consumed by fire, we’re sad to report. The conflagration at Osaka’s Retro Game Arcade Zarigani was reported by Colin Williamson on social media. Read the full article on timeextension.com “This totally sucks”. A Japanese arcade which was…