Retro Gaming News
“It’s a fun and sexy game … very Playboy-esque!”. Wikipedia is a goldmine of information – so much so that it occasionally throws up things about video games that even the developers of said games weren’t previously aware of. Take, for example, Chris Seavor of Killer Instinct, Rusty Pup and Conker’s Bad Fur Day fame;…
Does it make you feel good? The original 1984 Ghostbusters movie is one of the all-time great action comedies of all time, spawning merchandise, music, toys, sequels, cartoon series and – of course – video games. Since David Crane’s 1985 classic on the C64, we’ve seen Ghostbusters video games on pretty much every popular platform,…
Fans can now take a closer look at the development of the PlayStation titles. New prototypes of Spyro: The Year of the Dragon and Crash Bash have recently emerged online, shedding more light on the development of the two PlayStation 1 titles. The two builds come courtesy of the popular Spyro content creator Hwd405, who…
Also coming to the Switch, Steam, PlayStation and Xbox digital stores. A new action-packed brawler called Vengeance Hunters is set to be released for the Neo Geo MVS/AES hardware, with versions for Nintendo Switch, Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox also said to be on the horizon. The game is the work of the developer Nalua Studio…
Too many people passed on this 16-bit gem. At Time Extension we love to look over old magazines, as evidenced by various features we’ve done on Super Play, Mean Machines and others. While espousing the positives, it’s also worth casting a critical eye over some of the missteps magazines have made. Not to mock, but…
“The Commodore VIC-20 was THE best personal computer of the 1980 for the price”. Back in the 1980s, William Shatner was the star of several commercials promoting the Vic-20 — most of which saw the Star Trek and TJ Hooker actor comparing Commodore’s classic home computer to game consoles from Atari and Intellivision, as well…
There have been many Pac-Man games mentioned on Indie Retro News, from the Pac-Man Xtreme romhack, to Jr. Pac-Man on the Intellivision, which all vary in style to the 1980’s hit classic that can still be found today sitting as a port beside an Atari 2600 ( or if you’re lucky an original Arcade machine…
And also restores its cut developer Easter Eggs. Less than a week after the release of his Tower of Druaga PC Engine hack, Garrett Greenwalt is back with another fan translation — this time for the 1990 PC Engine port of the Namco arcade game Chouzetsu Rinjin Bravoman. Chouzetsu Rinjin Bravoman was localized and released…
It’s about time! Little Big Adventure put Adeline Software International on the map in 1994, but the French developer’s next game wasn’t quite as well-regarded. 1996’s Time Commando gained lukewarm reviews on PlayStation and PC, but it’s the Sega Saturn version that gained the most infamous critical reaction. Read the full article on timeextension.com It’s…
Seth MacFarlane was a Genesis kid, clearly. Seth MacFarlane’s Ted TV series serves as a prequel to the two Ted movies and is set in 1993 – which means there’s plenty of scope for ’90s references. The show really runs with this idea, with a truckload of Sega name-dropping and even a scene which showcases…