Retro Gaming News
New book looks at the company’s glorious Mega Drive era. While titles like Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga still have the power to attract attention today (the former recently came to Switch and arrives on Steam soon), it’s fair to say that Japanese developer Treasure’s best days are well and truly behind it. Its last game…
And there’s a demo too! Originally debuting on the Famicom Disk System in 1986, Castlevania has been released on countless other consoles and computers over the years, but not every port was created equal. In 1990, the Hungarian developer Novotrade released a disappointing version of the Famicom classic on the Commodore Amiga, provoking a fair…
200% louder! There’s a whole community around restoring and upgrading vintage hardware these days, and we’re big fans of the fact that it’s now possible to augment the abilities of your classic systems with things like new screens, batteries, controllers and AV capabilities. Take the CleanAmp Duo, for example; designed from the ground up by…
Expected to complete in the next few days. Atari has announced its intention to purchase Digital Eclipse, the studio responsible for such titles as Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and The Making of Karateka. “The acquisition of Digital Eclipse will…
“We can’t compete with these corporate f*****s”. Former Sensible Software boss Jon Hare has delivered a blistering rant in the direction of EA Sports FC as he prepares to release the latest version of Sociable Soccer across PC and consoles. Hare created Sensible Soccer back in the ’90s, a football game which, in the eyes…
Shell grabbing! Backwards scrolling! P-Switches! A team of ROM hackers led by AleFunky has just released Super Ale Bros. Redux, a new hack for the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. which drastically modifies the game in a bunch of cool ways. This ASM hack (which means it has been written in Assembly) introduces elements which…
The hardcore gamer’s micro-console. Since Nintendo reinvented the micro console with the NES Classic Edition in 2016, the retro console market has become a mini-industry all of its own, with a surprising number delving into increasingly hardcore territory. Now, perhaps the most obscure and luxurious mini console of all is finally here. Developed by Zuiki,…
The game was originally released back in 1993. As spotted by Game Vecanti over on Twitter, an English translation patch for the PC-98 eroge strategy-action game Shangrlia 2 has just been released by BabaJeanmel (one of the fans behind the recent translation for all 12 episodes of Jewel BEM Hunter Lime for PC-98). This marks…
Ridge Racer turns 30 today. When Ridge Racer first burst into arcades on October 30th, 1993 (that’s an incredible 30 years ago today), it felt like the dawn of a new generation. Namco’s 3D title was comfortably the cutting edge of video game graphics at that point, effortlessly outclassing Sega’s Virtua Racing from the year…
“Run you pigeons! It’s Robert Frost!”. LucasArts’ classic 3D adventure game Grim Fandango was released 25 years ago today on Friday, October 30th, 1998 for Windows PCs. The game was the first LucasArts title to be developed using the GrimE engine (instead of the tried and true SCUMM engine used on LucasArts’ previous adventure games)…