Retro Gaming News
“Thanks so much for your patience”. Polymega maker Playmaji has published an update on the status of its products following complaints from people who have had pre-orders in place for months, if not years. According to the company, the EM01 Power Element Module Set, EM02 Super Element Module Set, EM03 Mega Element Module Set, EM04…
Block-busting news! Minecraft is one pretty much every modern platform, so why shouldn’t the Dreamcast get in on the action? That’s (sort of) what has happened, as ClassiCube – a fan-made sandbox game based on Minecraft’s Creative Mode – has just been ported to Sega’s 128-bit console. Read the full article on timeextension.com Block-busting news!…
The best just got better. Back in 2020, we reviewed the excellent Retro Fighters StrikerDC, naming it the only Dreamcast controller you need. Leap forward a few years, and we may have to modify that statement because the company has just released a successor that offers 2.4GHz wireless connectivity, making it even more attractive to…
Sega pulled off the same trick in 2001 – could history repeat itself? This week, the world of gaming has been shaken by reports that Microsoft is considering shifting its focus from console hardware to pure software, with rumours that many Xbox exclusives will be coming to rival systems. As you can imagine, this has…
Going to hell and back. Retro-Bit has revealed it will be bringing the cult classic SNES title Majyūō – King of Demons to the West in physical form for the first time ever this year. Originally released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1995, Majyūō is a side-scrolling action title in which the protagonist…
In the Fall of 1980, our family purchased an Intellivision from Sears; the scary thing is I can remember being in the store, seeing the display, and Dad going up to buy it. I don’t have a lot of memories from when I was eight years old, but that one has stuck with me. That…
The book is the work of prolific Nintendo collector Oscar Bown. A brand new Mario-themed photography book called Super Mario Collection is currently being crowdfunded over on Kickstarter. The book is the work of the prolific collector Oscar Bown, who started collecting Mario memorabilia at the age of 3 years old after discovering the character…
“We are a little bit beyond that point.”. In a recent interview with Time Extension, Gregg Barnett (the designer of the classic Discworld point-and-click adventures from the ’90s) revealed that remasters of the games may finally be on the cards after years of confusion over who owns the rights. The series of games based on…
Twin Galaxies’ fame had become international and many game manufacturers considered Twin Galaxies to be the premiere organization that represented the interests of the player. When That’s Incredible contacted numerous game manufacturers with the idea for a video game competition, they were directed by the manufacturers to contact Twin Galaxies. Twin Galaxies had been the…
“Terry’s way of looking at the world was ‘Ordinary people in an extraordinary world’”. In the mid-to-late ’90s, the UK developer Perfect Entertainment partnered with the author Terry Pratchett to produce three games based on the writer’s Discworld series of novels. The series, which began all the way back in 1983, with the publication of…