Retro Gaming News
Coming 2024. A brand new computer game based on the classic children’s TV show Knightmare is currently in development for the ZX Spectrum and is expected to arrive later this year in either April or May. The unofficial project is the work of the hobbyist developer QuentinPSausages, who has jokingly claimed the title is the…
“A long time ago I was doing this thing called Transfarring at Konami”. Modern phones have now reached the stage where they can convincingly host AAA games – as is evidenced by the recent release of Death Stranding on the Apple iPhone. Putting aside the issue of playing such a complex game with horrible touch…
Dumped from a Motorola V3m phone. Released in 2008, Metal Gear Solid Mobile was created by Ideaworks3D, Ltd. for Qualcomm’s BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform. You can be forgiven for not having heard about it, as its release was limited to a few handsets – including the ill-fated Nokia N-Gage, which gained bonus…
1999’s biggest JRPG. Square’s Final Fantasy VIII turns 25 today. The game was released on the PlayStation in Japan on February 11th, 1999. It would come to North America in September of the same year before hitting Europe in October. Read the full article on timeextension.com 1999’s biggest JRPG. Square’s Final Fantasy VIII turns 25…
Files currently being hosted off-site. Popular fan translation and ROM hack-sharing site CDRomance has taken all of its hosted files off-site after an apparent legal challenge. CDRomance is popular with retro gamers as it hosts a variety of pre-patched ROMs that give easy access to fan-translated games or titles which have been subject to fan-made…
The best-looking mini PC ever? AYANEO’s ‘Remake’ line of products includes the AM01 Retro Mini PC and Slide handheld so far, but the company has just added to the range with the Retro Mini PC AM02 – another dinky personal computer which takes its design inspiration from the Nintendo Entertainment System. Like other devices in…
When it’s announced that a beloved Hollywood classic or television show is getting remade, most of the population groans. You see discourse online about how the previous incarnation of said media was “perfect” or “they’ve finally run out of ideas.” Some fans may be excited to see what a new set of creators DO with…
Everyone knows the story of Tetris… most everybody. Tetris is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms, most prominently during a dispute over the appropriation of the rights in the late 1980s. After a significant period of publication…
The UwU Virtual Pet Buffer lets you level up a little creature. Earlier this year at the 2024 NAMM Show in California, the guitar pedal manufacturer Ground Control introduced the world to the UwU Virtual Pet Buffer. This is a new guitar pedal that will not only act as a buffer (boosting your guitar’s signal…
Currently only available to Patreon supporters. Legendary FPGA developer JOTEGO has just announced that he has added support for Konami’s shmup Parodius to The Simpsons FPGA core on Analogue Pocket And MiSTer. The JTSIMSON core has been updated to include the 1990 arcade game, which was known as Parodius da! in Japan and Parodius! From…