Retro Gaming News
Includes Naious, Aquales, Etoile Princesse & Geograph Seal. The X68000 Z version of the Exact Perfection Collection has now got a proper release date and a price. The compilation of games from the Japanese developer Exact will be released on January 25th, 2024 on Beep’s website and will cost ¥12,100 (thanks GamerNeJp!). It will contain…
The soundtrack was composed by Manabu Namiki. The record store Ship to Shore Phono Company has revealed that pre-orders are now open for its upcoming vinyl release of Contra ReBirth‘s soundtrack. Arriving on Nintendo WiiWare back in 2009, Contra ReBirth was an M2-developed entry in the classic Konami series that saw players initially take control…
And it looks to be Mega Drive/Genesis-themed! Sonic the Hedgehog is getting a new board game from the board game developer Kess Entertainment (as spotted by VGC!). According to the information shared about the project in its announcement tweet, the board game will be a 1-4 player semi-cooperative experience, which sees Sonic, Tails, Amy, or…
And it’s less than $1000… The world of retro game upscalers is pretty wild, and over the years, enthusiasts have spent countless amounts of money on these products – with good reason. If you want to get the best possible picture out of your vintage system when using a modern-day TV, an upscaler is a…
Arriving November 16th. Taito’s dinosaur-themed fighting game Dino Rex will arrive on Nintendo Switch & PS4 on Thursday, November 16th as part of Arcade Archives, Hamster has announced (thanks Famitsu!). The game was originally released in arcades back in 1992 and is notable for its unusual list of fighters, which exchanges the typical collection of…
“Don’t you know who this is? This is Jeff Minter”. In January 2003, legendary British game developer Jeff Minter and the Guildford-based development studio Lionhead announced Unity — a brand new game for the Nintendo GameCube that was set to combine a psychedelic virtual light synthesizer with groundbreaking shoot ’em-up mechanics. The exciting project had…
But currently only as a disassembled kit. FunnyPlaying’s FPGA Game Boy Color is now available to order online, and it appears that the first reviews have already started to come out (thanks Retro Dodo!) The FPGBC, as it is being called, is a new budget Game Boy Color-like device, which simulates the original hardware with…
“I don’t think the quality of the graphics determines how fun a game is”. While it’s been some time since Japanese studio Treasure released a new game – almost a decade, in fact – its influence can still be felt, even today. Treasure’s games are held up as examples of the very best of their…
The story of video games is often told as the successive rise of computers and consoles from famous names like Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft. But beyond this familiar tale, there’s a whole world of weird and wonderful gaming machines that seldom get talked about. Curious Video Game Machines reveals the fascinating stories behind…
Atari® is excited to announce a collection of Atari Club Jackets created in collaboration with the apparel brand Members Only®. The collection, which includes black, red, and white racing-style jackets with Atari branding, are meticulous remakes of an original jacket offered exclusively to Club members in the early 1980s. This collaboration marries the nostalgic essence of…