Retro Gaming News
Ys will start being distributed from February 15th. The PC-8801 version of Nihon Falcom’s influential action RPG Ys is heading to Nintendo Switch on February 15th in Japan, as part of D4 Enterprises’s EGGCONSOLE label of classic reissues, with the rerelease also expected to hit Western storefronts shortly after (thanks @gosokkyu for the spot!). Ys…
“The O.J. trial was a big thing in America, and that just killed the whole thing”. If you were an avid reader of video game magazines back in the late ’90s, you may remember reading about an in-development video game adaptation of The Naked Gun film series that was being developed by Perfect Entertainment (for…
“I got so addicted to that I almost died”. Final Fantasy VII is making headlines again thanks to the arrival of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and former Irem artist Akio has been reminiscing about his time with the game when it originally launched back in 1997. Speaking on social media, the artist – now in…
The game was released in 1994 by Sting & ASCII Entertainment. The 1994 Japan-exclusive hack ‘n slash title Melfand Stories has just received a new fan translation, allowing players to experience the SNES hidden gem entirely in English for the first time ever. The game was developed by Sting (who later went on to make…
The game is this week’s Arcade Archives release. Namco’s 1988 ice hockey game Face Off is heading to Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of Hamster’s ongoing series of arcade reissues (thanks Famitsu!). The game will be released digitally on Thursday, February 8th in Japan, with the title expected to hit Western storefronts shortly after….
“Thanks so much for your patience”. Polymega maker Playmaji has published an update on the status of its products following complaints from people who have had pre-orders in place for months, if not years. According to the company, the EM01 Power Element Module Set, EM02 Super Element Module Set, EM03 Mega Element Module Set, EM04…
Block-busting news! Minecraft is one pretty much every modern platform, so why shouldn’t the Dreamcast get in on the action? That’s (sort of) what has happened, as ClassiCube – a fan-made sandbox game based on Minecraft’s Creative Mode – has just been ported to Sega’s 128-bit console. Read the full article on timeextension.com Block-busting news!…
The best just got better. Back in 2020, we reviewed the excellent Retro Fighters StrikerDC, naming it the only Dreamcast controller you need. Leap forward a few years, and we may have to modify that statement because the company has just released a successor that offers 2.4GHz wireless connectivity, making it even more attractive to…
Sega pulled off the same trick in 2001 – could history repeat itself? This week, the world of gaming has been shaken by reports that Microsoft is considering shifting its focus from console hardware to pure software, with rumours that many Xbox exclusives will be coming to rival systems. As you can imagine, this has…
Going to hell and back. Retro-Bit has revealed it will be bringing the cult classic SNES title Majyūō – King of Demons to the West in physical form for the first time ever this year. Originally released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1995, Majyūō is a side-scrolling action title in which the protagonist…