Retro Gaming News
There’s lots happening this month… Evercade maker Blaze has some good news – it’s been able to bring forward the release of its final cartridges of 2023. The dual-cart releases Goodboy Galaxy / Witch n’ Wiz and Demons of Asteborg / Astebros will now launch on November 28th, 2023 – well in time for Christmas….
PSCD Games is now selling the carts directly on its website. Update : The Kickstarter for the Mega Drive/Genesis port of Hunter Girls has been cancelled and is now issuing refunds, due to what the publisher has called in a statement “unforeseen circumstances” The Mega Drive/Genesis carts had already been produced and were expected to…
The Cosmos was announced at the Winter CES in 1981. Earlier this year, we told you about the YouTuber and creator Retro Relik’s who created his own mini version of the Atari Lynx. Well, as spotted by Ericlegeek84, it appears the YouTuber is at it once again, this time turning his attention to creating a…
SEGA! Back in the 1990s, when Sega was still making hardware and giving Nintendo a run for its money, the “Sega Scream” was an integral part of the company’s marketing in North America. Many of Sega’s commercials featured the scream at the end, and it came to underline the firm’s unruly, outsider attitude – especially…
The port is the work of YouTuber Tru Fun Games. Over 30 years after releasing in the arcades, Mortal Kombat is finally being ported to the Atari Jaguar, thanks to fans. The exciting news comes courtesy of Chris from the YouTube channel TRU FUN Games, who posted the latest video of the in-development port last…
Developed in Brazil. Brazil has a long history of supporting Sega systems, thanks largely to the success of distributor Tec Toy, which oversaw the release of the Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn in the country. Today, there’s still a strong sense of loyalty towards the company from Brazilian gamers, one of whom is Yuri…
La-li-lu-le-wow! The French developer Frogbull wowed Metal Gear Solid fans last month by getting a version of the 1998 tactical espionage game to run on a Sega Saturn emulator and now he is back with yet another impressive demo of a classic Metal Gear Solid game operating on an old Sega system. Over the weekend,…
How random! KandoWontu, who created the amazing Star Fox EX Exploration Showcase, has just announced that another Star Fox-related project is about to go live soon . Every playthrough will now feature completely randomized levels (aside from the final level which is vanilla based on the course you select). Black Hole and OOTD are disabled…
“The Mega Drive is truly a wonderful machine”. Even though the 16-bit console war ended decades ago, there are still people who care deeply about which machine is ‘best’: Sega’s Mega Drive / Genesis or Nintendo’s SNES. In terms of raw sales, Nintendo was the clear victor – it sold 49.10 million SNES consoles compared…
Coming as part of the 2024/2025 schedule. Quarter Arcades will be adding Data East’s 1987 arcade title The Real Ghostbusters to its range of 1/4-scale coin-op cabinets, it has been revealed (thanks, Ghostbusters News). Darren Brown, product manager at Numskull Designs (Quarter Arcades’ parent company), posted the news on the Quarter Arcade Facebook group. “Bustin’…