Retro Gaming News
“There is no evidence to suggest this”. A short time ago, we reported that some Wii U owners were finding their systems had died after being in storage for a while, with NAND corruption being exposed as the issue. As is so often the case, a member of the modding community stepped up to help….
The Java phone title was released back in the 2000s. If you’re a Castlevania fan or someone who likes to occasionally dive into the weird and wonderful world of video game bootlegs, then we may have some news that will potentially interest you. Recently, it was announced that a new English translation patch has just…
“Shame on you, greedy SNK!”. The news that SNK is releasing The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match on Steam should be cause for celebration, but fans have reacted angrily to the announcement—and with good reason. One of the significant additions in Global Match is the introduction of rollback netcode. In case you weren’t aware,…
“We are working extremely hard to clear our debts”. Crowdfunding publisher Unbound has admitted it has been hit with cash flow problems that have led to authors and freelancers not getting paid for their work – and some have been waiting for as long as a year. Unbound says it failed to raise sufficient capital…
Some fans believed it may be an anti-war statement or some in-universe propaganda. The Metal Slug 2 artist Akio Oyabu has recently taken to Twitter to solve one of the greatest mysteries that has been puzzling fans of the Neo Geo run ‘n gun shooter for decades: the origin of its ugly character select portraits…
Originally released in 1997. Meduza Team has revealed that it is producing an English-language patch for the Sega Saturn card battling RPG Arcana Strikes (thanks, Sega Saturn Shiro). Originally released exclusively in Japan in 1997, the game was developed by Red Company (later known as Red Entertainment), the same studio behind the popular Sakura Wars…
Last month, Amazon Prime’s Secret Level adapted fifteen video games to short, animated films. Some of these could fairly be described as retro video games, though the bulk of them dated to the twenty-first century. But one of the odder ones of the full set, in this regard, was the very first episode. A…
Say hello to the Koei PasoGo. Back in 1996, Koei—a company famous for its historical strategy games—released the PasoGo in Japan. Boasting a massive monochrome display and giving you 20 hours of play from six AA batteries, the PasoGo—a combination of “Pasocon” (personal computer) and the strategy board game Go—was much bigger than the Game…
Coming Q1 2025. The homebrew developer Reboot Games has revealed via a trailer that it will be bringing out a physical version of the unreleased Atari Jaguar shooter Livewire, under the title “Livewire: Archival Project”. Livewire is a top-down shooter that was in development at the UK studio Black Scorpion Software around 1996-1997 and was…
“Our strategy will lead to even more success in the coming year”. Atari is feeling pretty pleased about the “retro-focused strategy” it embarked on a while back, citing successes such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, The Thing: Remastered, RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic and the Atari 7800+ as examples of why it has paid off…