Retro Gaming News
The most divisive Mario Kart? Mario Kart: Double Dash!! launched on the Nintendo GameCube 20 years ago today. The racing title hit the console in Japan on November 7th, 2003, and would come to Europe a week later. The North American release took place on November 19th. Read the full article on timeextension.com The most…
“Accurately feeds a tape deck head with an ideal loading stream”. Serial tinkerer @RealJamHamster has created a “universal cassette emulator” which can be used with cassette-based systems such as the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. Very much like a flash cart or Optical Disc Emulator, the TZXCassette (for that is its name) allows the user…
Welcome to our weekly newsletter, all the latest retro gaming news in one place. Halloween has been and gone, which can only mean one thing… Christmas is just around the corner! Can you remember a game or console that you got at Christmas that has stuck with you forever? I’ll never forget the day that…
The first-ever live-action adaptation of a video game? Preservationist Haruko Please has discovered a television drama based on the Famicom Disc System game Nazo no Murasamejou / The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and has uploaded it to YouTube. Produced by Fuji Television as a part of its Monday night one-shot drama series Getsuyou Drama Land, the…
There’s lots happening this month… Evercade maker Blaze has some good news – it’s been able to bring forward the release of its final cartridges of 2023. The dual-cart releases Goodboy Galaxy / Witch n’ Wiz and Demons of Asteborg / Astebros will now launch on November 28th, 2023 – well in time for Christmas….
PSCD Games is now selling the carts directly on its website. Update : The Kickstarter for the Mega Drive/Genesis port of Hunter Girls has been cancelled and is now issuing refunds, due to what the publisher has called in a statement “unforeseen circumstances” The Mega Drive/Genesis carts had already been produced and were expected to…
The Cosmos was announced at the Winter CES in 1981. Earlier this year, we told you about the YouTuber and creator Retro Relik’s who created his own mini version of the Atari Lynx. Well, as spotted by Ericlegeek84, it appears the YouTuber is at it once again, this time turning his attention to creating a…
SEGA! Back in the 1990s, when Sega was still making hardware and giving Nintendo a run for its money, the “Sega Scream” was an integral part of the company’s marketing in North America. Many of Sega’s commercials featured the scream at the end, and it came to underline the firm’s unruly, outsider attitude – especially…
The port is the work of YouTuber Tru Fun Games. Over 30 years after releasing in the arcades, Mortal Kombat is finally being ported to the Atari Jaguar, thanks to fans. The exciting news comes courtesy of Chris from the YouTube channel TRU FUN Games, who posted the latest video of the in-development port last…
Developed in Brazil. Brazil has a long history of supporting Sega systems, thanks largely to the success of distributor Tec Toy, which oversaw the release of the Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn in the country. Today, there’s still a strong sense of loyalty towards the company from Brazilian gamers, one of whom is Yuri…