Retro Gaming News
“Honoring two decades of dedication to one of gaming’s most beloved system”. Retro publisher VGNYsoft is teaming up with The Dreamcast Junkyard to produce a series of items to commemorate the site’s 20th birthday. Established in 2005 by Tom Charnock as a personal blog, The Dreamcast Junkyard has become the world’s leading fansite dedicated to…
“Just gonna leave this here”. Modder Todd Gill has revealed a new Dreamcast adapter that will allow you to use USB controllers with your console without having to forgo the VMU functionality of the system. Running JoypadOS, an open-Source firmware for game controllers and adapters, Gill’s gizmo plugs into your Dreamcast’s controller port and features…
“My Neo Geo raycaster has been modified”. DOOM has been ported to a wide range of consoles, computers and other appliances – some of which are less worthy than others, it has to be said. However, despite “can it run DOOM?” being a meme at this point, id Software’s seminal 1993 FPS hasn’t graced one…
Includes a new interview with Yuji Horii and art from Susumu Matsushita. Weekly Famitsu celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. As a result, it has decided to mark the occasion with four consecutive commemorative issues “as a token of its gratitude” to readers, including a special issue celebrating the Dragon Quest series (which also turned…
Charming, yet dark, German developer Headup Games’ “Typoman” blends the puzzle and platforming genres into polished pulp of passion, forging the type of title that could work on any console, but thanks to the Wii U GamePad, is a perfect fit on Nintendo’s fledgling console. Easy to describe, “Typoman” uses letters to forge its “Hero.”…
“It still retains much of that early-90s Japanese-to-English ‘charm’”. A fan-made relocalisation of Quintet & Enix’s action role-playing game Soul Blazer has just been released. Released in 1992 in Japan & North America (PAL territories would have to wait until 1994 for an official release), Soul Blazer is often considered the first game in the…
“Please forgive the noughties production values”. Not so long ago, we delivered the unwelcome news that Retro Games Ltd’s THE A1200 would be delayed, but today we’re giving you something positive about the machine – a short hands-on demonstration. In the footage, a prototype of THE A1200 is shown playing Turrican and Defender of the…
In the early 80s, when I was just a little Gen-X gamer, I was excited to see a new game show that had started in syndication. It was called Starcade, and it was just what an arcade gaming fan like me was looking for. Parts were structured like a basic trivia game show, where the…
Cheap but mighty scaling for your analogue systems. Lots of people still love to game on original hardware, and with good reason – if you’re looking for the most authentic experience, returning to authentic consoles is arguably the best way to do it. You get to use the OG controllers and accessories, and it allows…
Available to download now from GitHub & romhack.ing. A fan translation has just been released for the Super Famicom title Rushing Beat Shura — the third entry in Jaleco’s Rushing Beat series of beat-em-up games. Rushing Beat Shura was first released in Japan in 1993 and is a sidescrolling beat ’em up that notably features…