Retro Gaming News
“Wherever the company is [in five years], I hope I’m having fun”. Taki Udon is one of the leading figures in the world of FPGA gaming, and he’s achieved that position in a surprisingly rapid time. The reason? His MiSTer Pi project has shaken up the FPGA world by offering a truly affordable entry point…
From the 1989 original through to Streetwise. A new book is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter that aims to chart the history of Capcom’s iconic Final Fight series. Beat ‘Em Up Volume 1: The Unofficial History of Final Fight is the work of the writer Darren Hupke, who was previously behind the 32 Bit Library…
“The writers and the folks at Story Kitchen have brought so much humor and heart”. Back in December 2022, it was announced via The Hollywood Reporter that Amazon Studios was developing an adaptation of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis classic ToeJam & Earl, in collaboration with Story Kitchen and Unanimous Media. However, since then,…
100% unofficial, of course. Fan-made games have come a long way in recent years thanks to the introduction of powerful game engines and the growing talent of homebrew coders and artists, but even so, every now and then a game comes along which genuinely surprises you with its polish and playability. Built using the Mugen…
…after removing him from a forthcoming book. Sega has filed trademarks for ‘Ecco’ and ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ in Japan, triggering rumours that the time-travelling aquatic mammal might be making a comeback 25 years after his last outing. The trademarks were spotted by Gematsu, and were filed in Japan on 27th December. The filing was subsequently…
“I may have killed two N64s with this…”. As gaming hardware gets older, finding replacement parts gets harder and, therefore, more expensive. It’s for this reason that we’ve seen a bunch of community-made replacements, one of which is the Open Source Expansion Pak (OEXP), a replacement for the N64’s Expansion Pak which aims to provide…
And its own six-button pad. We reported a while back that the Sega Neptune – an all-in-one Genesis and 32X system – was getting “resurrected” thanks to the efforts of Cosam the Great. The retro tech modder has recreated the functionality of the machine with a new PCB and has even produced one-off prototypes that…
The original Crazy Taxi last appeared at AGDQ 2015. Over the weekend, a Crazy Taxi speedrunner performed with a live band at Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 as a creative to avoid copyright issues with the game’s licensed music (h/t: VGC). Crazy Taxi, as you may already know, is a game that debuted in the…
Digital Foundry takes a look. The unofficial port of GTA 3 to Sega Dreamcast has caused quite a stir recently, and with good reason – it was considered by many to be an impossible job, but a dedicated team has managed to get the game up and running on the console – and the results…
Steam Deck’s OS is let loose, and it could change the handheld gaming market. Handheld gaming PCs like the AYANEO Flip DS can already run Steam, but only via the Windows-based OS they come pre-loaded with. It provides a less-than-ideal user experience when compared to native SteamOS Last week, Valve announced that it was expanding…