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“This is not how I expected the livestream to go”. A retro computing panel featuring YouTubers and podcasters was interrupted by a bomb threat that brought the Vintage Computer Festival East event to an early end this weekend. The panel included Bill “AmigaBill” Winters (who livestreamed the event), Modern Vintage Gamer, Action Retro, The Retro…
Infinity Blade for PC As I was browsing Reddit the other day, as I’m wont to do from time to time, I came across a post about something of great interest to me that I knew nothing about. The post discussed the release of a PC port of Infinity Blade II. For the uninitiated, the…
Why Arcade Design Still Matters Today If you walked into an arcade in the 1990s, you didn’t need instructions. The screen told you everything with bright visuals, simple controls, and instant action. That same thinking sits behind many of today’s biggest mobile games. The technology has moved forward, but the core ideas haven’t changed. Developers…
Super Rare Games Announce First Nintendo Switch 2 Physical Release: Minishoot’ Adventures! Eight years and over 150 physical releases later, Super Rare Games is officially stepping into the next generation. We’re thrilled to confirm that we’ll be continuing our mission to preserve amazing indie titles in physical form for Nintendo Switch 2 – starting with our very…
Neo Geo+! Polymega! Zelda! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Neo Geo+! Polymega! Zelda! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run…
“Every chance of being the best since SNK themselves stopped manufacturing hardware”. Ever since Plaion announced it was working with SNK to produce a replica of the Neo Geo AES, there’s been a fair amount of speculation about what’s going on under the hood of the machine. Plaion has already stated that the Neo Geo+…
Ahead of the November launch. Plaion Replai has teamed up with SNK to create a new Neo Geo system, called the Neo Geo+ Advanced Entertainment System / AES. Launching on 12th November 2026, the Neo Geo+ AES (£179.99 / €199.99 / $249.99 / ¥32,800) will be accompanied by ten games and a selection of accessories….
Donkey Kong not only started a trend with platform games back then, but it also created a vast universe of games based on the two main characters from the game (Donkey Kong and Mario, then known as Jumpman). I remember seeing this game for the very first time in the arcade in my hometown in…
‘Wild Gunman’ was originally released in Japan back in 1974. We have some remarkable news for fans of Nintendo’s early arcade history. A retro collector has recently come into possession of rare 16mm film reels of Nintendo’s early arcade coin-op Wild Gunman (not to be confused with the NES black box title of the same…
“The value proposition is absolutely UNREAL!!”. Yesterday, Plaion and SNK announced the Neo Geo+ AES, a revival of the original 1990 home console that cost an absolute fortune back in the day. In fact, many existing AES games have ballooned in value since the system launched in the ’90s, with prices often hitting thousands of…