Retro Gaming News
Pre-orders are going fast. A short while back, Polymega maker Playmaji announced that it was refreshing the base unit of its modular retro gaming console to improve emulation performance. The Polymega first launched in 2021, but it has struggled to reach as many people as it deserves to, thanks to manufacturing issues and stock shortages….
“I like to think I’ve helped some insanely talented people along in their careers.”. The games industry legend Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Ultima Underworld, Disney Epic Mickey) has announced his retirement from games in a new statement on LinkedIn. Spector first rose to prominence in the world of video games in the early-to-mid ’90s as…
“Somehow, someone put Breath of The Wild on 3DS”. A fan-made demake of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has appeared out of nowhere online, predictably causing quite a kerfuffle. As spotted by @nintygametube on social media, the game currently only works on 3DS emulators and not actual hardware. Read the full article…
“Charge us $15 for it, we will pay it!”. Konami has announced that it is terminating the smartphone title Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, triggering a wave of pleas from fans to preserve it in some shape or form. Released on Android and iOS as a Canadian exclusive in September 2019, the game initially relied on…
“For England, James?”. Rare’s 1997 first-person shooter Bond title, GoldenEye 007, has been successfully decompiled, marking an incredible new milestone for the game’s community. The news was revealed yesterday on the decompilation’s progress website, with the tracker being updated to show 100% matching source code across all categories. Read the full article on timeextension.com “For…
“Working more on some demo code that might turn into the next thing”. Shane McCafferty is a name that should be instantly familiar to anyone with even the remotest interest in cool modern-day Game Boy and Game Boy Color projects. McCafferty is the person responsible for the recent ‘remaking’ of Wolfenstein 3D on Nintendo’s handheld,…
Comes in new 24K Gold-plated and custom red glossy finishes. The Analogue Pocket is one of the best handhelds money can buy, even though it’s a few years old now. While it won’t run PS2 or GameCube games, as many modern emulation portables can, the Pocket’s FPGA chipset lets it faithfully replicate a wide range…
“I’m remaking all of Ocarina of Time’s prerenders in 3D”. As much as I loved exploring the world of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, there was one thing that always bothered me – the inability to view certain areas in first person. Don’t get me wrong: it was never a deal…
…for the five people who might need it. Out of all the gaming hardware I own, Sega’s Multi-Mega / CDX is one of the most treasured – mainly because it’s such a cool and sleek device, but also because, as a kid, it was totally out of my price range. This perhaps applied to many…
“It seems as if people are looking at it as the debut of the character”. If you’ve been paying attention to the news coming out of this month’s D23 event, then you might have heard about plans for a new live-action animated comedy based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks’s pre-Mickey…