Retro Gaming News
“It’s not perfect, but it works”. Submissions for the 29th Annual Sega Saturn Showcase are now open, and one of the most promising games submitted so far is Cold Case, a horror title developed by JBeretta. “I’ve been working on this since the beginning of the year in its current form,” explains the developer. “The…
“The game has undergone some cosmetic changes”. French publisher PixelHeart has been doing some pretty nice things in the realm of physical retro releases lately. We recently reported that it had made a home version of Visco’s Battle Flip Shot available for the first time via an officially licenced Neo Geo CD release, and it’s…
And Fighting Vipers 2, too! Update : Sega has shown off the bonus games featured in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name in a new video: Original Story : Sega’s Daytona USA is one of the most successful arcade machines of all time, and it’s not uncommon to spot units in…
“We are on track”. All outstanding pre-orders for the all-in-one retro gaming system Polymega will be shipped to customers this year, claims manufacturer Playmaji. Originally announced in 2017, the system has had a particularly troubled route to market. Pre-orders opened in 2018, and we were lucky enough to have been sent a review unit in…
“Think of them as additional mods to complement the base game”. Ghostbusters – Special Edition, the amazing hack of Compile’s 1990 Ghostbusters game on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, has been updated to version 1.2b, adding in “optional patches” which “complement the base game.” “Included three special new costume colors to replace Pink,” says…
“My illustrations are in the game!”. A character designer who worked on several games in Square Enix’s SaGa series has dropped a pretty massive hint that we’re going to get a re-release of SaGa Frontier 2 in 2024 (thanks, @Renka_schedule). Tomomi Kobayashi, who worked on both SaGa Frontier and SaGa Frontier 2, published a post…
[embedded content] Announces New Features, Merch, and More CHICAGO, IL – October 19, 2023 – Today, in continued veneration of the esteemed and spooktacular Elvira franchise, renowned gaming and entertainment company, Stern Pinball, Inc., has announced several exciting updates for fans of the horror icon and quintessential symbol of all things spooky, the one and…
Released in the early 1980s, “Boulder Dash” is a classic action-puzzle game that found its way to various platforms, including the MSX. Developed by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray and initially published by First Star Software, this game quickly became an iconic title known for its combination of strategy, problem-solving, and arcade action. Graphics: Given…
Coming 2024 to your Game Boy Color. The Game Boy Color has received a ton of excellent homebrew games over the years, and Dracula: Dark Reign looks to be another to add to that growing pile. Developed by Spacebot Interactive and published by incube8 Games (the duo behind the Game Boy Color RPG Dragonyhm), the…
“Everything EAD made had to be completely fresh and new”. Giles Goddard has had quite the career. The British game developer got his start in the late 1980s at the London studio Argonaut Software, before receiving the incredible opportunity to travel to Japan (while still a teenager) to work with Nintendo on the original Star…