Retro Gaming News
“This is as close to arcade perfect as we’re gonna get”. Update : Golden Axe ’32X Edition’ now works on real hardware. You can see footage of it in action above. Read the full article on timeextension.com “This is as close to arcade perfect as we’re gonna get”. Update : Golden Axe ’32X Edition’ now…
“We REALLY need CPU replacements soon”. We all know that vintage hardware won’t last forever; ageing components eventually give up the ghost, and with each passing year, the pool of ‘working’ systems gets smaller and smaller – unless, of course, the community is able to create replacement parts to repair them and keep them running….
“The most complete and advanced version”. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the jewels of the PlayStation catalogue. Released in 1997, it took the core gameplay of the Castlevania series and skillfully combined it with the non-linear exploration of Super Metroid while adding RPG elements such as experience points and equipment. The end…
A wild adventure of tropical typhoons, insane litigation, and fish testicles. Ten years ago, I was given the great privilege of living in Japan for three months to interview a diverse and eclectic range of game developers. This would produce three volumes in the The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers series (plus a DVD)….
“No one in the team expected such a warm reception”. Whatever your opinion might be on fast food outlet McDonald’s, it has been allied with some surprisingly decent video game crossovers over the years. Global Gladiators on the Genesis / Mega Drive was a fun time (and boasted a wonderful Tommy Tallarico soundtrack), and while…
“It didn’t quite work as a game show”. Video games and TV have always had a bit of a difficult relationship. For every success like GamesMaster, there have been countless failures that have struggled to capture what people love most about the popular pastime. So, when the BBC spent an estimated £3-4 million on a…
“You could understand almost everything about what the system was doing”. When Sony published Polyphony’s Gran Turismo in 1997, it wasn’t just the amazing handling, realistic physics and wealth of real-world cars that so impressed critics and players alike – the game looked like it was an entire generation ahead of its PlayStation rivals at…
Update: New demo coming soon. Update #2 (Mon 1st Jan, 2024 13:45 GMT): Looks like we’ll be getting a new version of the Mega Final Fight demo soon, which will incorporate the first three stages of the game: Update #1 (Sun 25th Dec, 2022 19:45 GMT): The demo is now available: Read the full article…
“The plan to turn an FPS into an action-RPG like Zelda was a challenge”. Let me tell you a true story, readers: I was a staff writer at Imagine Publishing circa 2006, and we had to make some sort of short list of Game Boy games, a Top 6 or something, for either GamesTM or…
Old School Gamer chats with Flap Happy developed Ryan Carson, who discusses the game’s development cycle and current Kickstarter. Support the game on Kickstarter here. Old School Gamer: How was this game born? Ryan Carson: Initially, Flap Happy came from a simple decision, “I reckon I can make this as a NES game” After having…