Retro Gaming News
In the dim glow of a CRT monitor, the eerie flickering of pixels and haunting chiptune melodies combine to create a spine-tingling atmosphere. It’s a scene familiar to anyone who has ventured into the world of retro horror video games. These classics, birthed in an era of limited graphics and primitive sound technology, continue to…
Find out where the son of Dracula got his bite. There are few characters from the Castlevania series that are as popular or as iconic as Alucard. The son of Dracula has made appearances in many Castlevania games over the years, as well as the Castlevania Netflix show, becoming something of a fan favourite, thanks…
Splatter House still a WIP, though. FPGA developer Jotego has been super busy this week, promoting his Capcom CPS2 core to a public release on Analogue Pocket (it’s been available via his Patreon for a while) as well as adding support for the CPS1.5 games Cadillacs & Dinosaurs and The Punisher. But that’s not all;…
With more classics on the way. Two classic PC-88 games — Thexder and Relics — have arrived this month on the Nintendo Switch eShop, via D4 Enterprise and Project EGG. In the past, the Tokyo-based publisher D4 Enterprise has reissued a number of classic games for old Japanese computers like the MSX, PC-88, and PC-98…
“It’s such a shame that it wasn’t released”. Wizardry Online is one of the many titles in the series produced in Japan Masaki Nakagawa, a former employee at ASCII Corporation, has unearthed a pitch document for a Wizardry outing on the Nintendo Virtual Boy (thanks, GoldWing). Read the full article on timeextension.com “It’s such a…
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“It’s not perfect, but it works”. Submissions for the 29th Annual Sega Saturn Showcase are now open, and one of the most promising games submitted so far is Cold Case, a horror title developed by JBeretta. “I’ve been working on this since the beginning of the year in its current form,” explains the developer. “The…
“The game has undergone some cosmetic changes”. French publisher PixelHeart has been doing some pretty nice things in the realm of physical retro releases lately. We recently reported that it had made a home version of Visco’s Battle Flip Shot available for the first time via an officially licenced Neo Geo CD release, and it’s…
And Fighting Vipers 2, too! Update : Sega has shown off the bonus games featured in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name in a new video: Original Story : Sega’s Daytona USA is one of the most successful arcade machines of all time, and it’s not uncommon to spot units in…
“We are on track”. All outstanding pre-orders for the all-in-one retro gaming system Polymega will be shipped to customers this year, claims manufacturer Playmaji. Originally announced in 2017, the system has had a particularly troubled route to market. Pre-orders opened in 2018, and we were lucky enough to have been sent a review unit in…