Retro Gaming News
And it’s sold out already. Back in the mid-’90s, it was an exciting time to be a gamer. New consoles seemed to be coming out of nowhere on a regular basis, and while most of them failed, there were some interesting experiments which still have their fans, even today. One example is the Casio Loopy….
“The domestic video game market is clearly losing steam”. Last year, while working on a feature about the Making of Mario Artist: Paint Studio, we contacted the Japanese-to-English translator Liz Bushouse to help translate some materials related to the 64DD — Nintendo’s Japan-only peripheral for the N64 that allowed players to use 64MB magnetic disks…
“We were trying to be better than Zelda with the little things”. In 1994, the Wakefield-based developer and publisher Team17 revealed that it was working on a Legend of Zelda-style RPG called Witchwood. The game, which followed a young adventurer battling against an evil witch, appeared in various magazines throughout the decade, such as CU…
The Atari 2600+ will be under many Christmas trees this season, but since it requires physical media to play games, you’re gonna need to flesh out your cartridge collection before Santa shows up. But which games should you be on the lookout for? GenXGrownUp has done the research for you and combined data from multiple…
…with cinematics like Uncharted, apparently. Japanese game designer Yasushi Yamaguchi might be most famous for coming up with the character of Miles “Tails” Prower, but he’s also worked on a bunch of other famous Sega properties, including the classic JRPG Phantasy Star II. Yamaguchi – who is also credited under the name Judy Totoya –…
What’s Marge hiding in her hair? Back when Konami created its Simpsons arcade machine in 1991, Matt Groening’s gleefully dysfunctional cartoon family was only just getting started when it came to global superstardom. While The Simpsons was arguably a cultural smash hit right out of the gate, Groening had some pretty wild ideas that he…
Is your favourite cartridge at the top of the list? The Evercade family of systems has been around since 2020, and has successfully reconnected players all over the world with classic titles in physical form. Thanks to its selection of curated cartridges, Evercade has delivered hundreds of titles to a receptive audience, celebrating the back…
And they’re perfect for beginners! If you happen to be in the cross-section of people who happen to love crocheting and retro gaming or just fancy picking up a new hobby, then you might be excited to learn about these adorable Pac-Man crochet sets, from The Woobles, which recently came to our attention thanks to…
A promising work in progress. It’s fair to say that FPGA hardware has revolutionised the way we play retro games. By replicating the performance of classic platforms on a hardware rather than software level, FPGA allows for a higher degree of accuracy and the lowest latency possible – two things that retro gaming purists value….
From the developer behind Cyberpunks & Cyberpunks 2. Adrian Cummings, the developer behind the Commodore Amiga titles Cyberpunks, Cyberpunks 2, and Castle Kingdoms, yesterday announced on the English Amiga Board website that he is working on a new hack and slash dungeon crawler called Dungeonette – The New Adventure for the Commodore Amiga and Amiga…