Retro Gaming News
Adventure Canoe originally released in arcades in 1982. Taito’s 1982 top-down river adventure game, Adventure Canoe, isn’t exactly the best-known or best-documented game from the legendary arcade developer. If you look it up online, for instance, one of the first search results is a forum thread from 2019 where commenters are questioning whether the game…
When I was growing up there was a game I used to love playing with friends whereby your task was to drop bombs, and hopefully blow up other players in a maze like game screen. That game was none other than Bomberman also known as Dynablaster. A game which was actually first released way back…
More & more games are now reaching in-game status. The PS3 emulator RPCS3 is “closer than ever to having all PS3 games not only boot but reach in-game status,” according to a new social media post from its development team, suggesting it could be about to hit a major milestone (thanks retrohandhelds for the spot!)….
Before they were known as Rockstar North, the creators of a little game called Grand Theft Auto, the studio was known as DMA Design. A small team that would go on to change the video game industry forever, the beginning of DMA Design was scrappy, fueled by dreams of hitting it big. Despite the massive…
The Video Game History Foundation takes back in time to January 1995. The Video Game History Foundation has just published a new video on its YouTube channel, featuring some previously unseen footage of the Virtual Boy’s North American unveiling, just in time for the launch of the Virtual Boy app on Nintendo Switch Online. The…
You’ll still need the original files to get it up & running though. The Japan-exclusive Mega Man game Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network has just received an unofficial native port to PC, courtesy of StraDaMa, giving players the chance to play the game without the use of an emulator. As you may recall, Phantom of Network…
“This is the culmination of over a decade of work”. The developers of the popular GameCube & Wii emulator, Dolphin, have announced in a new blog update that support has recently been implemented for Triforce-based games; that is, games based on the GameCube-based arcade system created in 2002, developed as part of a joint venture…
If you remember playing the comical puzzlers of Gobliiins, Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon, Goblins 3 and then the 3D variant of Gobliiins 4, which had its first release as Gobliiins back in the 90’s. Then you are going to love this! As we have been informed that as of right now, you can download…
SaviorS: Oath of the Blade “fuses satisfying combat with the pursuit of supreme gear”. Princess Crown and Dragon’s Crown are two of my all-time favourite 2D action RPGs. Both are the work of George Kamitani, the genius behind Vanillaware, a studio famous for its gorgeous hand-drawn artwork. Whenever I see a game that apes either…
Starting with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title, Hydlide 3: The Space Memories. D4 Enterprise, the company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, has announced today that it has plans to start publishing some of its rereleases of old Japanese Computer Games on Steam, beginning with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title Hydlide 3: The Space Memories. The…