Retro Gaming News
“Destroy Jason if you can”. As we’ve mentioned on the site before, LJN’s 1989 video game adaptation of Friday the 13th isn’t necessarily held up as a shining example of what the NES library has to offer. Gaming critics and YouTubers, for instance, have regularly included it on lists of the worst games available for…
“A premium historical artefact and definitive physical release”. Gremlin’s Zool was one of the many platform games to try to muscle in on the craze kicked off by Mario and Sonic, and was reasonably successful on the home computer formats and consoles of the era. It would seem that the ‘Ninja of the Nth Dimension’…
‘Cotton: Rock With You’ launches in Japan this August. A new 2D entry in the Cotton series is releasing in Japan later this year, on August 6th, on PS5, Switch 2, and PC (via Steam) (thanks, Gematsu!). Cotton: Rock With You is the latest Cotton title from Success Corporation, the original creators of the Cotton…
“With added gameplay and graphical options”. Indie coder Richard Langford has remade Ultimate Play the Game’s 1983 classic Jetpac for PC. Programmed by Chris Stamper with art by his brother Tim, Jetpac won “Game of the Year” at the Golden Joystick Awards in the year of its release. Read the full article on timeextension.com “With…
“I feel like I made an adventure game starring Hugh Hefner”. The award-winning designer Brenda Romero has a piece of advice for developers wishing to make great games: “Look at whatever company you want to work for and see what their Metacritic rating is.” If the Metacritic score is 85 or higher, “go join that…
Includes “improvements designed to improve aiming stability”. Tassei Denki’s G’AIM’E light gun has just received its first firmware update, as well as an ongoing ‘World Championship’ which allows users to test their skills on a global scale. Firmware update (V4.0.3) includes “improvements designed to improve aiming stability in a wider range of home setups.” Read…
An “old school mecha platform game”. If you’re a fan of old-school mech-based action titles like Assault Suits Valken / Cybernator and Ranger-X, then you might want to check out a new demo for the AGA Amiga. Running on an A1200, Impact Armor Alpha is already looking pretty great, and the good news is that…
Kan Naito is bringing ‘Lady Stalker 2D’ to Nintendo’s 8-bit console. It has been announced that Kan Naito is developing a new NES / Famicom RPG called Lady Stalker 2D, and that it will feature character designs created by the late Yoshitaka Tamaki, who sadly passed away in 2023. Both Naito and Tamaki worked at…
‘Arcade Archives Final Lap’ & ‘Console Archives ‘Terra Cresta’ announced. The Japanese company Hamster has announced the next couple of games coming to Arcade Archives and Console Archives. Read the full article on timeextension.com ‘Arcade Archives Final Lap’ & ‘Console Archives ‘Terra Cresta’ announced. The Japanese company Hamster has announced the next couple of games…
“We are only temporarily suspending pre-orders”. AYANEO has become one of the world’s leading creators of Windows and Android-based gaming handhelds, and its products are firm favourites among people who want to remain at the cutting edge of vintage emulation – so the announcement of the NEXT 2 was met with plenty of anticipation. The…