Retro Gaming News
Where does he get those wonderful toys? While our usual Retail Therapy features are concerned with shops that sell video games, you’ll have to forgive us for straying slightly off the beaten track with this particular piece. While the store in question – the superb Leicester Vintage & Old Toy Shop, situated a short drive…
“Make the stupidest, silliest, and terrible game”. Sonic Amauter Games Expo (SAGE) off-shoot Really Amateur Games Expo (RAGE) is back this year, and the theme is Sonic Mania 2 – with a twist. As ever, the objective here is to make a terrible game, not a good one. Entrants are encouraged to create “the stupidest,…
Pre-orders are open now! Roberta Williams’ modern reimagining of William Crowthers’ 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave is getting a physical release for PS4, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch, courtesy of Limited Run Games. The game, which was released digitally last year for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox consoles, Meta Quest VR 2, and PC, saw…
Have you played Atari today? Atari has revealed that it is republishing three 7800 titles this year, as well as the iconic CX78 controller that shipped with the console back in the ’80s. The games in question are Fatal Run (1990), Food Fight (1986) and Ninja Golf (1990). Fatal Run and Ninja Golf were both…
The game will be released for Nintendo Switch & PC. The Tokyo-based publisher Shinyuden yesterday announced it will be bringing Retro Mystery Club Vol. 2: The Beppu Case to the Nintendo Switch & PC in the West later this year, in early Spring (thanks Gematsu!). The game, which is inspired by the classic Famicom adventure…
Coming February 1st on PS4 & Nintendo Switch. Hamster has revealed that Tecmo’s horizontal shooter Silkworm is coming to Nintendo Switch & PS4 later this week as part of Arcade Archives. It will begin distribution on February 1st. Originally hitting arcades back in 1988, Silkworm was a sidescrolling action game that featured a unique multiplayer…
Update: Now you can see it in action! Update : Those most excellent dudes over at My Life In Gaming have created a video which shows off the SNES Edge-Enhancer and 2CHIP RGB Bypass Mods – check out to see the amazing results! Original Story : Like almost any piece of consumer technology that goes…
“Play as Jane Austen, English novelist, in this 2D platforming adventure”. When Jane Austen was writing her famous novels back in 18th century England, we doubt her boundless imagination could have predicted that one day, she would be immortalised in her very own NES action platformer – but that’s precisely what has happened. “Jane Austen’s…
In 1986 Sega released one of the greatest racers of our time, it just had to be Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success, but became one of the best selling games of its time. A game that featured incredible graphics, fantastic music and fast paced…
13 volumes will be available as e-books from February 8th. A classic out-of-print Ganbare Goemon manga series is getting reissued digitally in Japan, as spotted by the user Goemon International on Twitter. The series, written by Hiroshi Obi, was serialized in the pages of the manga magazine Comic Bombom between 1991 to 1998 and was…