Retro Gaming News
You can also slow down time. Open-source Tomb Raider engine TR1X has just been given a bunch of enhancements, including an “experimental” 60 FPS mode. The Windows, Mac and Linux-based engine has just been updated to version 4.0, which includes the new 60 FPS mode – as well as the option to slow down the…
“I don’t bother shopping for retro games in big Japanese cities anymore”. A Japanese resident has lamented the state of Kyoto’s retro gaming stores, blaming foreign travellers for bleeding the country’s stock of vintage games. Kyoto-based American researcher Oliver Jia posted images of his local Surugaya, a store which sells retro games along with other…
Ufouria! Aero the Acro-Bat 2! Blaster Master: Enemy Below! The first Evercade Sunsoft Collection was a decent mix of titles, with highlights being Blaster Master, Mr. Gimmick and Journey To Silius. This second pack offers more of the same, with some welcome surprises to boot. The included games are: Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Distribution begins on April 18th. During today’s livestream, Hamster Corporation announced that it will be bringing Namco’s falling block puzzler Emeraldia to both Nintendo Switch & PS4 on April 18th (as reported by Famitsu!). Emeraldia was originally released in the arcades back in 1992 for Namco’s NA-1 hardware (the same hardware used for Exvania, Cosmo…
“I’m very happy with the result”. For the longest time, people doubted that the MiSTer FPGA system could ever host an N64 core – but that has now become a reality. As we reported a while back, Robert Peip / FPGAzumSpass has been working tirelessly on an N64 core for MiSTer, and it recently got…
“This is highly disrespectful”. Promising 3DS emulator Citra was taken down recently as collateral damage in Nintendo’s shutdown of Switch emulator Yuzu, but a rival emulator – known as Lemonade – has swiftly stepped into the spotlight. There’s just one problem: it seems the team behind it has stolen code from Citra. Pablomf6, who worked…
Little Samson is highly sought after by collectors. Little Samson, one of the hardest NES games to track down, has been spotted in a job lot of titles up for sale on ShopGoodwill.com, a non-profit auction site connected with the chain of Goodwill charity/thrift stores in North America. Released by Taito to poor sales in…
Room clear! When UK studio Bitmap Bureau began its noble quest to get Xeno Crisis on every system imaginable – including Neo Geo, Dreamcast, GameCube and N64 – it became something of a running joke that the SNES, one of the most popular classic consoles of all time, never seemed to get any love. That…
A website has also been launched. The Japanese developer and publisher Edia has revealed that it is now working on a revival project based on Telenet Japan’s Celtic-inspired RPG series Tenshi no Uta (thanks Gosokkyu!). Tenshi no Uta (sometimes translated to “Song of the Angel” or “Angel’s Poem”) was one of the launch titles for…
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could… After years of keeping them off-limits, Apple recently relaxed its stance on retro emulators on its iOS devices, paving the way for a flood of old-school titles on iPhone and other products. While that flood hasn’t hit the Apple Watch as yet, The Verge…