Retro Gaming News
Asterix originally released in arcades back in 1992. Konami’s 1992 arcade beat ’em up Asterix could be making its way to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, thanks to the SNES fan developer misterdigifox. The creator recently took to Twitter to share an early look at the project, which is being created using pvsneslib — a…
Time to travel back to 1970s’ Japan! Update : Hilltop Works announced yesterday on Twitter that the hotly anticipated English fan patch for the PS2 game Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 has now been released after eleven months of work. The patch is the work of Hilltop (localization lead/hacking/programming), Cargodin (localization assistance), OldGameBox (graphic editing/video editing),…
PARIS, FRANCE (October [31], 2023 – 8.00 am CET) – Atari® (the “Company”) — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Digital Eclipse Entertainment Partners Co (“Digital Eclipse”), a game development studio originally founded in 1992 focused on…
“You’re an ignorant dolt, Max”. Sam & Max: Hit the Road, one of LucasArts’ most beloved point-and-click adventures, is 30 years old this month (thanks, @Bhaal_Spawn). Based on Steve Purcell’s anthropomorphic detective duo, the game launched on MS-DOS in November 1993 (we can’t seem to find the exact date, unfortunately). It would come to Apple…
“Making an even more detailed Dobuita is an interesting idea”. Yu Suzuki is a certified video gaming legend. During his time at Sega, he oversaw the production of some of the most important games of the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s – including the likes of Out Run, Space Harrier, After Burner, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Zack Hample who currently is displayed on card number 552, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Zack has been the Arkanoid world record holder since the year 2000 and has put up numerous scores on the arcade version. He is also the world record holder on catching baseballs in…
Blasting in from 1993. Athena’s Shmup Daioh is this week’s Arcade Archives release on Switch and PS4. Released in 1993 and published by Sammy, Daioh (“Great King” in Japanese) is a vertically scrolling shmup which offers a wide range of weapons for the player to use. Read the full article on timeextension.com Blasting in from…
Spooky stuff. Given the massive popularity of Castlevania, it’s not all that surprising that we’ve seen a lot of fan-made games based on the series – and we’ve got another to add to the growing list in the shape of Mighty Castle Adventure (thanks, Indie Retro News). Developer Yogtze has actually been working on this…
Stepping out of the shadows. Shadow Dancer is part of the long-running Shinobi series, but is perhaps seen as something of a black sheep by fans. The original arcade version was created for the Sega System 18 arcade hardware, and was ported to a wide range of home systems, including the Master System, ST and…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Tobi Saulnier, CEO (1stPlayable, a 1PXL studio) who lets us know why you got to play Pickleball: Smash on Switch, PS4/5 and Xbox this Fall. About PickleBall: Smash: Pickleball: Smash arrives this November for PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Get ready to serve, dink,…