Retro Gaming News
“It is the most exciting game that I’ve ever worked on”. Translation group Hilltop Works has announced its next project, and it’s the obscure PS2 JRPG Abarenbou Princess – better known as Rowdy Princess in the West. Designed by Shoji Masuda (Linda Cubed, Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru), the game was released in 2001 by Kadokawa…
Heading to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on January 18th. Hamster has revealed today that this week’s Arcade Archives release will be Konami’s 1988 run ‘n gun classic Super Contra. It will be released for the Nintendo Switch & PS4 on January 18th (thanks Famitsu!). The second game in the Contra Series, Super Contra follows the…
Move aside, R.O.B. The Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 event is running as we speak, and one of the most interesting streams so far involves a dog playing a NES game. Peanut Butter is an adorable Shiba Inu, and he took part in a stream involving the NES title, Gyromite. Gyromite is one of the…
New physical releases from VGNYsoft. Indie publisher VGNYsoft is bringing two new games to the Sega Dreamcast. Ploid is a “brutal action platformer” which takes inspiration from Capcom’s Mega Man series. “The Ploids have formed the patrol that protects time and space to avoid repeating the story with Dr. Elo. Omega must travel to the…
Featuring the legendary voice talent of Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings. In a new update on its website, the team behind ScummVM has announced full support for Sanctuary Woods’ ’90s point-and-click classic Orion Burger in its daily builds. The team is currently on the lookout for more people who have access to the proper game…
Launching on IndieGoGo soon. When we tested the AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01 recently, we found it to be a likeable mini-computer capable of low-level work-related tasks and lightweight gaming. The Chinese company chose the iconic Apple Macintosh as its design inspiration for that machine, but its follow-up is clearly based on the NES. The…
Sega fans, take note. We recently reviewed the excellent Anbernic RG ARC, a portable emulation device which is modelled on the iconic Sega Saturn controller. Now, we’ve got the Z-Pocket Game Bubble, another Chinese-made portable which is clearly based on the Sega Game Gear (thanks, Retro Dodo). Read the full article on timeextension.com Sega fans,…
NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2024 — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today announced the company has partnered with Emmy-winning producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Alfred Street Industries to produce and direct a limited documentary series. The series, tentatively titled Game Changers: The Story of Atari, will present Atari’s…
It’s been a long road to get here, so we’re fired up to finally share all the details of our first replica pinball machine collectable. We’ve done the research & believe our non-playable, but highly detailed model playfields, simulated game play modes, digital score boards & mechanical parts wrapped up in an authentic 1/6 scale…
In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew discusses our Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League preview (we played several hours at a recent event), our very highly-rated Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review, and we circle back to our video game release calendar to highlight the 2024 games we’re most excited for that don’t have solid release dates…