Retro Gaming News
Second-stick syndrome. Remember the Dream Color Plus? This forthcoming aftermarket pad promises a built-in colour VMU screen, rumble, built-in microphone and wireless connectivity – but its biggest selling point has only just been revealed. As reported by The Dreamcast Junkyard, the people behind this controller have just shown off a new prototype which includes a…
Video System’s 1997 title ‘Pop’N Bounce’ is coming to consoles. Video System’s 1997 arcade game Pop’N Bounce (known in Japan as Gapporin) will be released on Nintendo Switch and PS4 on Thursday, March 12th, the Arcade Archives creator Hamster revealed earlier today. Developed for SNK’s Neo Geo MVS (Multi Video System) arcade board, Pop’N Bounce…
Peter Moore explains why he went to bat for his former employer, EA. Peter Moore, one feels, has really seen it all. An executive whose career has straddled the world of sports, clothing and video games, Moore has held roles at companies such as Sega, Microsoft and EA – and has been speaking to The…
Nobody to love. DMA Design’s Body Harvest is one of those unique titles which, despite enduring a torrid development process and not finding the audience it perhaps deserved, can nonetheless be considered an important moment in the history of the studio which created it; DMA would, of course, eventually evolve into Rockstar Games and find…
‘Sigma Star DX’ is an improved version of the 2005 title. The Shantae developer WayForward has revealed the release date for Sigma Star Saga DX, its updated version of the cult classic Game Boy Advance shoot ’em up/RPG. According to a new “Story Trailer” from the developer, the game will be released on April 7th,…
Includes new costumes, a new “Tug of War” mode, and “massively improved” CPU AI. The first update of 2026 has just been released for the Super Smash Bros. N64 mod Smash Remix. To temper expectations, the update, which is being referred to as version 2.0.1, doesn’t include any new characters, but that doesn’t mean there…
“We’ll have a free Android release eventually that will make their app moot”. The world of Xbox might be chaotic and uncertain these days, but there’s still a lot of love for the brand, so when it was revealed that a new emulator was available for Android which allows you to play original Xbox games,…
Haunted Lands launches today. A brand new Steam game is launching today that pays tribute to one of ID Software’s pre-DOOM classics, 1991’s Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (h/t: PC Gamer). Haunted Lands is a new indie title described as a “dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer” and is the work of the solo…
Star Wars: First Assault was cancelled back in 2013. Back in 2013, Disney shut down LucasArts – an act which ended up killing two known projects, Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault. After footage of the latter game leaked over a decade ago, various pre-released versions have been popping up online, showing how…
2026 is the year of ‘Sin’. Nightdive has just released a new “announcement trailer” for Sin: Reloaded — it’s long-awaited remaster of Ritual Entertainment’s 1998 first person-shooter Sin. The retro developer originally acquired the rights to the game back in January 2020, later releasing Sin Gold, an updated version of the game on Steam &…