Retro News

Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA developer Jotego has just released a new OpenFPGA core as part of his Patreon. The ‘JTNINJA’ core makes Data East’s legendary Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja playable on the Analogue Pocket, alongside fellow Data East arcade title Heavy Barrel. Read the full article on timeextension.com Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA…

And a certain half-vampire features in it… Netflix has confirmed what was already pretty apparent to those who made it to the end of Castlevania: Nocturne – we’re getting a second season. The first series went live recently and is loosely based on the video games Dracula X: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of…

“A Saturn port was long overdue”. It’s an often-overlooked fact that Tomb Raider came to Saturn before the PlayStation, and while Lara Croft would enjoy many more adventures on Sony’s hardware, one fan has ensured that the famous explorer has returned to Sega’s console, albeit in an unofficial capacity (thanks, segasaturnshiro.com). RetroRaiderJohn has ported Tomb…

We’ve been flooded with awesome news this week, from Forest of Illusion for the Commodore Amiga, to the overhauled Mario Bros on the Amstrad and Mickey and Donald G&W for the 48k. Well once again we are going back to the ZX Spectrum for some more gaming news, as thanks to Saberman contacting us recently, he has…

It’s all about the aspect ratio. There are a lot of things to love about the Analogue Pocket, but one of the things we really like is the perfectly square 1:1 aspect ratio screen, which is absolutely ideal for playing Game Boy games. A display with this kind of aspect ratio is a rare beast…

Say hello to ‘Super Junkoid’. Super Metroid is one of the best games on the SNES, and arguably needs little in the way of introduction. However, a new ROM hack by P. Yoshi takes the game in an interesting new direction, using its engine to create an entirely new experience based around a young female…

Side-talkin’ for two decades. Nokia’s N-Gage is now 20 years old. Released in 2003, the device was seen as a rival to the Game Boy Advance. Boasting powerful hardware and the ability to make phone calls, send text messages and access the internet, many predicted that it would steal away market share from Nintendo thanks…

Rolling into town late on a Friday night, we didn’t know what to expect about the accommodations set up for us by Ryan of the Illinois Game Con. I had checked out the website for Arcadia (vintagevideogames.com) and it looked really cool. I was told we were staying above the arcade in some level of…

“I think EA would have responded quite badly to that”. A lot has been written this year about EA Sports’ decision to part ways with the FIFA brand to release EA Sports FC 24. However, what you might not know is that this could have happened much sooner than it eventually did. When we were…