Retro News

Location, location, location. We can all agree that retro games have the ability to transport us to a different time. For some, titles like Tetris, Street Fighter II, Sonic and Super Mario have strong links to a particular moment in their formative years; perhaps they rekindle memories of playing with friends after school or long…

Happy Holidays everyone!  iiRcade has added yet another fun Christmas themed game to the iiRcade. CLUASCRAFT is a fun fast paced game of retrieving presents and dropping them off to the funnel that sends the gifts to the workshop. The game, made by InCiti GAMES, has leaderboards that keep the competition fresh and wanting to…

“Everyone were saying ‘Super Nintendo isn’t that big, because here’s Sonic’”. Back when Sega first released Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991, it was still the underdog. Nintendo still controlled the North American video game market, as it had done for many years, and it didn’t look likely it would release its grip on gamers’ wallets…

Sam Barlow talks for the first time about the doomed sequel. “This is one of the most troubled franchises in history,” says Sam Barlow of the Legacy of Kain series. “I think every single entry, even if they launched, launched in a cut, curtailed, broken state. This was a franchise that has never gone to…

Two Highly Collectible Games; Proceeds Benefit 8 Players CHICAGO, IL – December 13, 2023 – Stern Pinball, Inc. (SPI) announced the auction of two highly collectible pinball games played by Fighting Illini football players during the team’s 2023 season as part of the NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) program.  A Foo Fighters Premium and Venom Premium…

Do you remember any of these classic commercials? Like any commercial product, video games sell in vast quantities at Christmas – and, over the decades, we’ve seen a flood of festive commercials attempt to hawk us the latest and greatest gaming hardware and software. We thought it might be an excellent time to look back…

Ending the year with a bang. 2023 has been an exciting year for retro gaming handhelds. We’ve already seen the AYANEO Pocket Air with its impressive specs and price, and there are a multitude of cheaper options from the likes of Anbernic and Miyoo. If you are still on the fence about which Chinese Android-based…

“…for the first time in a while”. Japanese studio Treasure has created some of the finest games of the ’90s and ’00s, with the likes of Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Ikaruga, Alien Soldier, Sin & Punishment and Gradius V in its back catalogue. Its games have continued to be in the spotlight thanks…

“I have worked on and off on it for the last two years”. FPGA developer Jotego has just released a progress report on this Neo Geo Pocket core, which is being developed for the MiSTer and Analogue Pocket. He’s been working on it for two years now and explains that it’s been one of the…