Retro Gaming News
Plane sailing. When Nintendo released the utterly brilliant WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! on the GBA back in 2003, it not only kickstarted a franchise which continues to this very day, but it also included a timesink that lived way beyond the lifespan of that particular game: Paper Plane. This unlockable minigame tasked you with guiding…
From the perspective of its director/co-designer Hal Barwood. Hal Barwood has had a fascinating career. Not only did he pen the script for Steven Spielberg’s first-ever motion picture film The Sugarland Express and the 1981 dark fantasy film Dragonslayer (along with his writing partner Matthew Robbins), but he has also had a fairly lengthy career…
Two million points over the previous record. The world of ‘classic’ Tetris (the NES version, basically) has been chewing up column inches of late thanks to the news that the game has finally been “beaten” after 34 years. That feat was achieved by Willis “Blue Scuti” Gibson, who managed to reach the game’s kill screen…
Thanks to a heads up earlier today from Saberman, we’ve been told that Tatqoo&Dely has released the final version of their new game for the Atari XL/XE called ‘Dungeon Adventurer’. A game in which you must traverse a dark tomb that will only illuminate with the use of the luminous stones! To coincide with this…
The key to success? Clamshell portables have a long history; Nintendo kicked things off with its dual-screen Game & Watch range and continued the trend with the popular GBA SP, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS – a selection of systems which sold hundreds of millions of units worldwide. There’s certainly something pleasing about a device…
Seven games have been released as part of Atari Presents so far. Last week, without warning, Atari launched a brand new label on Steam and GOG called “Atari Presents”, which will see the publisher releasing a bunch of old retro games on the digital storefront. The company describes the initiative as “being geared toward the…
We hope you have tiny hands. YouTuber Elliot Coll has discovered a teeny, tiny Game Boy which makes the Game Gear Micro look positively oversized. Coll – who also runs The Retro Future channel – stumbled across the $85 device while browsing AliExpress. It’s totally unofficial, of course, and appears to be powered by a…
“About 1/4th the size” of a Dreamcast. Sega has yet to announce what its next micro-console will be, but following the launch of the Mega Drive Mini and Mega Drive Mini 2, many people are hopeful it might be a Dreamcast Mini. That might be some way off yet, but that doesn’t mean that modders…
That’s the first law of Hollywood. The video game industry always wanted to be like Hollywood. Who would know this better than me, the man who did the most notorious movie conversion of them all? But then again, nobody knows anything. If anybody knew anything then why would major Hollywood studios reject the original Star…
Going underground. Playdate has been with us for a while now, and has delivered some pleasantly polished gaming experiences – but Under The Castle might be the best game for the pocket-sized handheld yet seen. Developed by three people – Dani Diez, ZCorbs and VolcanoBytes – it’s a roguelike adventure which tasks you with venturing…