Retro Gaming News
‘Mega Zone’ was released in Japan in 1984. Following a set of exciting announcements last week (namely, Console Archives and the impending rerelease of Rave Racer), Hamster, the company behind Arcade Archives, is back to basics this week, with another arcade deep cut: Konami’s tank-based shoot ’em up, Mega Zone. The game, in case you’ve…
RetroAchievements is quite the (ahem) achievement. I don’t know about you, but I have a severe case of “choice paralysis” when it comes to playing classic games in the modern era. For the longest time, I was a steadfast purist who would only play on original hardware, and, even now, I still feel this is…
“I really wish I had asked him more about those things while he was still alive”. Kazuo Sawa, a prolific composer of music during the NES era, has passed away, we’re sorry to report. The news was confirmed by his son on social media and spotted by Resetera member Hayama Akito. Read the full article…
Good morning, everyone. If you’re on social media and follow the Knapp Arcade pages, you know that my friend Rob and I are on one of our regular Arcad… The post Update on Stern Pinball’s Next Game; Jersey Jack Pinball Augmented Reality; Last Call for Labyrinth appeared first on Old School Gamer Magazine.
Available now on the OpenGOAL launcher. Have you ever wondered what a crossover between the worlds of Jak & Daxter & Half Life might look like? No? Well, neither did we, but that hasn’t stopped us from being entertained by ‘Gordon & Daxter‘, a new mod for Jak & Daxter’s unofficial PC port, released earlier…
MCP WebUI 2.0 is live. 8BitMods, the company behind the amazing MemCard PRO, MemCard PRO GC, and VMU Pro, has just launched a web-based UI that lets you manage these devices from your computer. The MCP WebUI 2.0 allows you to view information about the currently loaded game, as well as view stats about the…
‘Mario Kart Wii Deluxe X’ is out now. If you’re a Mario Kart Wii superfan, it’s possible you may have already heard of Mario Kart Wii Deluxe. Just in case you haven’t, though, or require a quick refresher, what you essentially need to know is that it is an ambitious mod for the 2008 Nintendo…
Get immersed in “a true competitive ‘flow state’”. Despite the incredible volume of affection that exists for the legendary racing series WipEout, it’s amazing that we’ve not had a regular supply of sequels over the past few years. The most recent WipEout entry – 2021’s Merge – wasn’t even a proper WipEout; it was a…
“You gotta believe!”. The Japanese clothing and design brand WIND AND SEA has announced a new collaboration with Parappa the Rapper for Spring and Summer 2026 (h/t: fullress). The collection, WIND AND SEA × パラッパラッパー 2026 SS, is set to be released on February 13th and February 14th in Japan, and will be available to…
Samurai Shodown was the very first pure weapon-based fighter from SNK, an innovative idea released during an era when the company had no shortage of flagship fighting games, with the likes of Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and later The King of Fighters. Proving their fighting game catalog was not just a collection of formulaic…