Retro Gaming News
Brum brum. Bandai Namco’s Rave Racer turned 30 last year, and the company is celebrating this with a special event next month. As we reported a while back, Ridge Racer Night 2025 will take place at the T2 Shinjuku nightclub in Tokyo, Japan, on February 21st, 2026. Read the full article on timeextension.com Brum brum….
“This level of performance was previously impossible on these models”. A new PS3 mod has just been revealed that promises “previously impossible” levels of performance on PS3 Super Slim, Slim 3000 and late 2504 models of Sony’s third PlayStation console. As highlighted by Polish modder @Modyfikator89, this method deploys a full-working Quasi-Custom Firmware / qCFW…
We’d love to know your favourite anecdotes from across Lionhead’s classic series. Last night’s Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Showcase saw Playground Games reveal the latest look at its upcoming reboot of the Fable series, and it’s inevitably got me waxing all nostalgic about all of the hijinks I got up to in Lionhead’s original trilogy….
“Five retro-inspired colourways, 100 pieces each”. Watchmaker Nubeo – which has already given us timepieces based on Asteroids, Space Invaders and 1942 – is back with another premium product, this time based on the iconic Atari 2600 games console. The Console Automatic Atari 2600 Limited Edition boasts a 3D patterned dial “echoing the console’s classic…
“Whether or not the translation is worth a lick is going to be up to the gamers”. Released exclusively in Japan in 1996, Cyber Doll is a Saturn JRPG with a unique (for the ’90s, at least) cyberpunk setting. Taking place at a time when the world is threatened by a muscle-loosening disease, humanity must…
Ang Tongits ay isa sa mga pinakapopular na larong baraha sa kulturang Pilipino, kilala sa kasiyahan, estratehiya, at bonding nito sa mga manlalaro. Mula sa mga barangay session hatinggabi hanggang sa family reunions o friendly bets, ito’y naging bahagi ng pang-araw-araw na buhay ng maraming Pilipino. Pero dahil sa mabilis na pag-usbong ng mobile gaming,…
Don’t disrespect the door stop. It’s taken me thirteen years to realise that chunky plastic wedge wasn’t a joke. It was a milestone. I finally got my hands on a Nintendo 2DS this week – that slate-shaped, non-folding, non-3D thing everyone mocked when it launched in October 2013. Opinion remains fiercely split: people love it…
Next week’s EGGCONSOLE title has also been revealed. This week’s EGGCONSOLE release for the Nintendo Switch has been revealed to be the Greek-mythology-inspired action RPG, Courageous Perseus. Released for the PC-8801 home computer, back in 1984, the game is the work of the developer Cosmos Computer and is considered to be a “masterpiece” that pioneered…
Throughout this year Camden Town Games has either released or teased a number of games for the Amiga, games such as Dylan the Spaceman, Submarine Attack, and Tank Attack. Well here we are with another teased game, as the developer has made available a work in progress demo for the upcoming Scorpion Engine developed game called…
“You closed your ‘love letter to the fans’ location with 0 notice”. Chuck E. Cheese was Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s grand vision for American dining: a fusion of pizza, video games and animatronic animals. Despite its commercial struggles over the years, the (pizza) house of mouse is still hanging in there, and owner CEC Entertainment…