Retro Gaming News
At Antstream we all have an emotional connection to the games we source and provide. We also have our favorite systems and often debate which was ‘the best’ of their respective eras. These fun and affectionate competitive discussions are all rooted in our experiences of gaming through our childhood and beyond. My first computer was…
Coming 2024. Analogue’s next console will be an FPGA “reimagining” of the Nintendo 64, it has been revealed. Like the company’s other products – such as the Super Nt and Mega Sg – the Analogue 3D will run physical cartridges and will boast 100% compatibility across the console’s entire regional library. Read the full article…
The ‘SCV’ was a console from the Japanese toymaker Epoch Co. Over the years, we’ve encountered a lot of different attempts to (unofficially) port The Legend of Zelda to systems outside of Nintendo’s consoles. However, it was only recently that we learned of an in-development port of the game for the Super Cassette Vision, an…
Explore the city of Seattle as everyone’s favourite radio therapist. A few years back the illustrator Stephen Maurice Graham (also known as @400facts) created some joke packaging and a logo design for a fictional game called Frasier Fantasy. The gag was simple, but effective, based on getting people to wonder what it would be like…
Now Targeting 2024 Release. Update : As spotted by AlphaBetaGamer, a free demo is now available for Asura The Striker as part of Steam Next Fest. The demo features four levels, each containing countless waves of enemies and one final climactic boss fight that appears at the end of every stage. You can download it…
With bonus Evercade support! Ever since its release in 2020, the Evercade family of systems has been a runaway success with retro gamers. The idea of offering a way of distributing physical cartridges packed with some of the world’s most famous games might not sound revolutionary, but Evercade is perhaps the first example of it…
Greetings, brave retro gamers! Retro games can sometimes be tricky and puzzling – in a good way. But don’t panic if you’re struggling – we are here to help! Each Antstream Arcade guide will include tips and help on how to play and beat a particular game from our catalogue. We have almost 1500 brilliant…
“It takes quite a lot of courage on my part to raise my head above the parapet”. Peter Molyneux can be quite a polarising figure in the world of video games. On the one hand, he is an industry legend responsible for contributing to the making of some of the best video games ever released…
Includes a newly implemented save system. Update : Infidelity’s Super Nintendo port of Metroid is now available in beta form. You can download the game directly from the link included in his latest tweet. One of the quality-of-life features already introduced in the SNES port of the game is the ability to save & load…
Giant Sonic! Semi-playable Knuckles & Tails! And more! Back in the late ’90s, Sonic Team, together with Traveller’s Tales, released Sonic 3D Blast for the Sega Saturn. The game was a port of the earlier Sonic game (of the same name) released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis and featured higher-resolution textures, weather effects,…