Retro Gaming News
Browser-based online games are enjoying a remarkable resurgence; once sidelined due to their technical limitations and overshadowed by mobile and console gaming, these games are making a strong comeback. We can see that emerging technologies and shifting market dynamics place browser games in the spotlight — offering developers and players fresh opportunities in the gaming…
“Survive one terrifying night and uncover the truth”. Depressing Black has released a demo for In This House, a mix of survival horror and storytelling for the original Nintendo Game Boy. The game places you in the role of Bianca, who is visiting her grandfather on the fifth anniversary of the death of her parents….
About This Episode We head to the theatre to see third entry and prequel in the Quiet Place franchise, check out a website that promises to help you stay on top of the overwhelming volume of media releases, and delve into the library of the ’80s Mattel console that once gave Atari a run for…
“It’s like if you gave control to a 6-month-old baby who can hit buttons”. We recently covered the story of the Rose Tinted Spectrum YouTube channel being taken down for seemingly no real reason before being thankfully reinstated, but we’ve done some digging since then and have discovered that YouTube’s heavy-handed content guidelines are causing…
It’s called “Retro Gold”. AYANEO’s Pocket Micro handheld is one of the most impressive devices of its type, offering potent emulation power in a genuinely travel-friendly form factor. The company has revealed that it’s launching a new variant of the device in 2025 which comes in the same colourway as the classic Nintendo Famicom –…
“This is obscenely well made”. Starteam’s Sonic Galactic is a fan-made Sonic game which compares very favourably to Sonic Mania, and its latest demo has recently become available for download. As noted by Digital Foundry’s John Linneman, the new demo is astonishingly polished – so much so that you could tell us this was a…
You can also boot copied discs now. The Saroo flash cart for Saturn has become an essential upgrade for Sega’s 32-bit console; it allows games to be booted via the system’s expansion port without having to make any internal modifications. Its creator, tpunix, has been slowly improving its features and compatibility during 2024, and the…
Update: Version 1.1 can now be downloaded. Quintet’s classic SNES RPG Illusion of Gaia (also known as Illusion Of Time) has just received a new fan translation 30 years after it launched in North America. Like so many RPG localisations of the period, the English script was pretty awkward – but thankfully, a fan by…
But “don’t get too excited”. For a system that was never officially released, the SNES PlayStation has certainly eaten up plenty of column inches over the past few years – and understandably so. This union between Nintendo and Sony could have revolutionised the 16-bit market, but ultimately, the deal was broken off when Nintendo became…
Console got a whole new game in 1990, not a port. Given that it was once famous for the quality of its arcade games, it’s somewhat odd that Sega produced so many home console titles that were connected with their coin-op parents in name only. Both the Genesis / Mega Drive and Master System ports…