Retro Gaming News
The evolution of digital games has come a long way since the early days of arcade machines. From pixelated classics like Pac-Man and Space Invaders to the advanced, immersive experiences offered by modern online casinos, gaming has undergone a tremendous transformation. Players now have access to a world of entertainment at their fingertips, with a…
Interactive game play can be an exciting and engaging way to unwind, challenge yourself, and even connect with friends and strangers around the world. From mobile games and online multiplayer experiences to real money gaming platforms, there’s a wide universe of digital entertainment available. But with great entertainment comes the responsibility to play safely and…
“I was telling [the Xenogears team], ‘Please tone down some of this stuff.’”. Last week, we published the first half of our conversation with the localisation legend Richard Honeywood. In that previous article, we covered the surprisingly eventful journey of how the Australian game developer originally moved to Japan, his memories of his first video…
Space Station Silicon Valley: Recompiled is here. Decompliation projects are big news these days, as they pave the way for coders to create native ports (or ‘recompliations’) for a wide range of systems. Recently, we’ve seen titles like Star Fox 64 and Banjo-Kazooie get recompiled for other platforms, and now it’s the turn of another…
Label management, save data, backups and more. The Analogue 3D, as we all know, is a great piece of kit – but there’s always room for improvement, especially when it comes to organising things like cartridge artwork, save data and per-game settings for graphical modes and so on. Thankfully, a clever coder by the name…
“Grid movement, slow tension and tactical combat”. First-person dungeon crawlers were all the rage at one point, thanks to the popularity of games like Ultima, Wizardry, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder and Lands of Lore. The move to full-3D pushed this particular sub-genre into the shadows, but it reemerged in 2012 with the excellent…
The Bard’s Tale As I’ve spent the last 5 days sick as a dog, trying desperately to focus enough to accomplish even the most basic tasks, I’m taken back to my childhood in the ’80s. Back then, a sick day was a careful balancing act between not feeling well enough to go to school and…
The port is now in its “experimental” stages. A standalone VR port is currently being developed for the N64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark. The unofficial project is being developed by Alex Le Tux, who posted a video of their project over on YouTube a couple of days ago, and, according to the Twitter/X user Flat2VR,…
Castlevania 64 is finally shown some love! While Castlevania has had several 3D outings since the series began in 1987, it’s typically a lot more common today to see game developers drawing influence from the series’s 2D entries; games like the original Castlevania trilogy on the NES, Symphony of the Night, and the portable games…
New ‘Burai Complete Edition’ announced for Japan. The MSX2 version of River Hill Soft’s fantasy role-playing games Burai Joukan and Burai Gekan are being reissued on Nintendo Switch later this month, in Japan, as a part of a new “complete” edition, courtesy of Mebius and the game’s creator Takeo Iijima (h/t: 4Gamer!). As you may…