Retro Gaming News
“Do you have what it takes to escape Miami?”. If you cast your mind back to last year, you may remember us mentioning Triple Threat Terror — an exciting new independent Game Boy title pitched by its developer as a “hybrid” between comic books and video games. Well, since then, it appears its creator, Gonçalo…
“Piko has spent many years at the forefront of classic IP revival”. As most people’s video game collections have increasingly gone digital, a number of companies have emerged to fill the gap for players who still want something tangible, releasing new premium reprints of classic games, in addition to physical editions of the latest titles….
What makes a JRPG a JRPG? Is it the sweeping stories? The protagonists with super spikey or multicolored hair? Or the simple fact that if an RPG video game was made in Japan, it qualifies as a JRPG? Most of you reading this may instantly go with the last option and call it a day….
From “a computer lab in Moscow” to being beaten by a teenager on the NES. A new book charting the 40-plus-year history of Tetris is set for release this August, from Irish video games journalist Anthony McGlynn (Variety, IGN, Ars Technica…) and Pen & Sword Books’ White Owl publishing imprint. The Tetris Story is McGlynn’s…
See if you can guess who… Konami’s 1980s pool game Rack ‘Em Up, which is known by the slightly cooler name “The Hustler” in Japan, is scheduled to join the Arcade Archives range of classic arcade games this week, on consoles. So, if your idea of a good time happens to be playing decades-old arcade…
Following the stall of an ambitious project to remake Manic Miner with enhanced graphics, titled Slick Willy, developer Bob Fossil has integrated the new assets into a playable mod that can be downloaded right now. While the original, high-performance engine overhaul by ParadigmShifter stalled in 2024, the updated, though slightly animated, sprites now offer a…
“I might take a break from ROM Hacking for a bit when it’s all said an done”. Released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1990 and jointly developed by Sega and Compile, Ghostbusters was a unique release. Rather than attempt to follow the plot of the movies – released in 1984 and 1989 – it…
“You can literally never be sure it isn’t ripping something else off”. Not a week seems to go by without a major developer having to backtrack after being caught using GenAI in one of their titles. Sega is the most notable example this week, and has been forced into damage limitation mode after a Steam…
Gemini X is “built for fans of classic 32-bit run-and-gun platformers”. Komi Games, an independent developer from Canada, recently announced a new 2.5D run-and-gun metroidvania coming to PC (via Steam), and it will no doubt look a little familiar to fans of Mega Man X. Gemini X is being pitched as a game “built for…
“When he praised the concept, I was truly happy.”. The team behind the latest entry in the Virtua Fighter series, Virtua Fighter Crossroads, has revealed that they pitched the project’s bold new take on the iconic fighter to series creator Yu Suzuki to ensure they were on the right track. As revealed in the latest…