Retro Gaming News
What’s Marge hiding in her hair? Back when Konami created its Simpsons arcade machine in 1991, Matt Groening’s gleefully dysfunctional cartoon family was only just getting started when it came to global superstardom. While The Simpsons was arguably a cultural smash hit right out of the gate, Groening had some pretty wild ideas that he…
Is your favourite cartridge at the top of the list? The Evercade family of systems has been around since 2020, and has successfully reconnected players all over the world with classic titles in physical form. Thanks to its selection of curated cartridges, Evercade has delivered hundreds of titles to a receptive audience, celebrating the back…
And they’re perfect for beginners! If you happen to be in the cross-section of people who happen to love crocheting and retro gaming or just fancy picking up a new hobby, then you might be excited to learn about these adorable Pac-Man crochet sets, from The Woobles, which recently came to our attention thanks to…
A promising work in progress. It’s fair to say that FPGA hardware has revolutionised the way we play retro games. By replicating the performance of classic platforms on a hardware rather than software level, FPGA allows for a higher degree of accuracy and the lowest latency possible – two things that retro gaming purists value….
From the developer behind Cyberpunks & Cyberpunks 2. Adrian Cummings, the developer behind the Commodore Amiga titles Cyberpunks, Cyberpunks 2, and Castle Kingdoms, yesterday announced on the English Amiga Board website that he is working on a new hack and slash dungeon crawler called Dungeonette – The New Adventure for the Commodore Amiga and Amiga…
Coining it in. If you’ve been watching Netflix’s Fool Me Once, then you might have spotted a rather famous British retro arcade during the second episode of the Harlan Coben adaptation. Bury’s Arcade Club doubles as a location in the twisty-turny thriller, which stars Michelle Keegan (Coronation Street, Our Girl), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Spooks)…
Your move, creep. Back in the ’90s, two of cinema’s most iconic robots did battle in the risible RoboCop Versus The Terminator, a rather clunky mash-up which launched on a wide range of systems, including the SNES, Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear and Game Boy. While the game met with a somewhat lukewarm reception,…
If only. We’ve seen some impressive fan-made ports of classic games for retro systems recently, but a recent video which appears to show Elden Ring running on the Nintendo 3DS takes things to the next level – but it’s sadly not real. As reported by TheGamer, Reddit user F*ckriotgames7 shared footage of FromSoftware’s game running…
“Now I own a Nintendo PlayStation!”. We all know that the PlayStation was originally supposed to be a fusion of the SNES with a CD-ROM drive, and that Sony actually got as far as creating a working prototype, which resurfaced a few years ago. However, YouTube modder James Channel has taken this concept to the…
“I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic”. The ‘games of the world’ are an engrossing subject, specifically when you look past the dominant geographical triumvirate of America, Japan, and Europe (actually a collection of distinct territories, unfairly homogenised into a single label). My first professional article was in GamesTM #27 covering the…