Retro Gaming News
Pigsy does it again. Pigsy is a name you might already be familiar with if you’re a Mega Drive / Genesis fan and you like fan-made ports. He’s currently working on bringing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to Sega’s 16-bit console but also has other projects on the go – including a conversion of GG…
I was born in 1981, the same year that Jump Man and Donkey Kong had everyone over a barrel and shortly after Pac-Man gave everyone a certain fever. Back then, video games as an entertainment medium were in their infant years and still just a curiosity to most. The multi-Billion-dollar (BIG B) industry it has…
“He made no more sense in Spanish than he did in English”. We hope you’ve been keeping tabs on the SuperSega saga, as it seems to get more outlandish and unbelievable with each passing week. An FPGA system which runs games from pretty much all of Sega’s consoles, SuperSega has been branded a scam by…
With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered. Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In 2011, it just felt like everyone was making their own…
John Szczepaniak’s Iberian quest. The Catalonian cultural tradition of the Caganer is celebrated by these odd littlesouvenirs After the success of my academic talk in Birmingham in May, Dr Victor Navarro Remesal invited me to give a guest lecture to his students at the TecnoCampus University in Mataró, Spain. The state of current games education…
About This Episode We head back to the theatre for latest kaiju team-up movie from Legendary pictures, check out a capable mini computer with a budget price that just might surprise you, and play a new arcade-style indie game featuring a cow with a pickaxe gathering gems! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord Facebook »…
Awesome gaming presents for every budget. Looking for the best Christmas gifts for gamers? Or hoping to stumble across the perfect treat for that retro gaming fan in your life? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place. Whether it’s retro games consoles, accessories, books, or clothing you’re after – or even if you haven’t…
Comes with a new online mode. Limited Run Games is releasing a physical version of Sega’s classic Virtua Fighter 2 on Xbox consoles. The original 1994 arcade game is considered to be one of the most influential examples of the genre ever made and was ported to the Saturn and Genesis in the ’90s. It…
Title has come under fire for using generative AI imagery. Indie title Moons of Darsalon certainly has a strong look, with pre-rendered visuals which could have come out of a PS1 or GBA title, as well as some home micro-style intermission scenes – and soon, console players will get to see what all the fuss…
“It’s all running”. We recently reported on the development of the promising Multisystem 2, an “all-in-one” MiSTer FPGA console which aims to take some of the effort out of FPGA gaming. We’ve already seen the main board design for this upcoming console, and now the team behind it has shared some images of it in…