Retro Gaming News
We speak with Digital Eclipse editorial director Chris Kohler. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy…
Release date still to be confirmed. Super Dimension Fortress Macross just launched on Switch and PS4 / PS5, and Hamster has announced that its sequel is also coming to the service. Super Dimension Fortress Macross II launched in 1993, a year after the original arcade game. Unlike its forerunner, it’s a side-scrolling shooter. It has…
If you’ve played the 1980’s hit game of Tetris then you’ll be pleased to know that as of this morning, we have been informed that you can now download Wei-ju Wu’s WIP Commodore Amiga game of Tetra Zone. As in the words of the creator “a modern take on the best known arcade puzzle game of…
This afternoon at its booth at this week’s IAAPA amusement industry show in Orlando, Jersey Jack Pinball revealed its new “Pinball XP” ticket system for redemption arcades. According to the Company’s founder Jack Guarnieri, “Redemption pinball was a dream of mine when I first started the company and now with Pinball XP it’s come…
We’ve just received word from our good friend Richard of Langford Productions, of a new PC game that has been released called ‘A Very Hairy Christmas’. A game which doesn’t just have nods to other classic games from the 80’s such as Pac-Man and PSSST, but it’s a rather lovely game for the upcoming festive…
As we all frantically get ready to celebrate, it’s difficult to avoid the seasonal bombardment of the usual yuletide media: Christmas music, Christmas films, Christmas-themed episodes of TV shows, and Christmas books to a much lesser extent. But what about Christmas-themed video games? They do exist, believe it or not. There are quite a few…
I have a couple of pinball odds and ends for everyone this afternoon. Let’s start in the world of digital pinball. First off, I had no idea that Netflix includes 112 free phone apps with subscriptions to its video service. Apparently, one of these subscriptions is an app by Zen Studios called “Pinball Masters.”…
“I may have taken on too much”. Final Fight MD (also known as Mega Final Fight) is one of the most notable homebrew ports coming to Sega’s Genesis / Mega Drive, and promises to give fans the ultimate 16-bit conversion of Capcom’s legendary belt-scrolling coin-op. Sega superfan Mike Rouse – also known as Retro Gamer…
May the farce be with you. If you know your Star Wars history, then the words “holiday special” will most likely strike fear into your heart. Produced soon after the success of the original 1977 movie, this festive TV film is utterly ridiculous – but the one positive is it has inspired an unofficial Genesis…
Here are all the places we visited! Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy reading it…