Retro News

Beavis and Butt-Head Do Hollywood was supposed to launch at the end of the ’90s. Beavis and Butt-head made quite a cultural splash back in the ’90s, starring in a hit MTV show and a movie, as well as tie-in video games for Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Gear and Game Boy. A few years after…

“No sprites, no textures, no PNGs hidden behind the scenes”. Here’s something a little out of the ordinary. There’s a new R-Type & Gradius-inspired shoot ’em up currently in development, which takes the unusual approach of swapping out traditional 2D sprites and textures for graphics composed entirely of ASCII characters. Battle for Asciion shot across…

There’s still no remake announcement in sight, sadly. In somewhat slightly unexpected news, Square Enix has just announced a new Final Fantasy IX album earlier today, which is set to reimagine Nobuo Uematsu’s iconic RPG soundtrack in a “deep house” style (thanks RPG Site for the spot). FINAL FANTASY IX – House Grooves, as the…

“Artists should have fun and AI is a great tool for that”. The topic of Generative AI is a hot one at present. The technology allows users to create images and videos in seconds, but is highly controversial because these systems are trained on millions of works of art and moving images, almost always without…

This is very much a fan-made product, in case you needed telling. We’ve seen a flood of modern-day mini versions of popular home computers, including the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and Atari 400, but one platform which has thus far remained untapped is the Atari ST. Released in 1985, the ST was one of the…

Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus has been resurrected. A rare Japanese fighting game based on the Mobile Suit Gundam series is finally playable again, thanks to the efforts of the feature phone preservation community. Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus is a one-on-one fighting game that was released for i-Mode compatible phones in 2009 and sees…

A Saturn masterpiece. Treasure’s iconic side-scrolling fighting Guardian Heroes is 30 years old today, it pains me to reveal. Released in Japan on January 26th, 1996, Guardian Heroes mixes belt-scrolling action with RPG elements such as experience points, NPC conversations and branching pathways. Read the full article on timeextension.com A Saturn masterpiece. Treasure’s iconic side-scrolling…

A new native port. Rare’s classic N64 title, Banjo-Kazooie, has been recompiled for a new native PC port which brings a host of improvements to the game. Banjo: Recompiled makes use of the N64: Recompiled project to statically recompile the beloved 1998 title into a native PC port. Read the full article on timeextension.com A…