Retro Gaming News
‘Nobunaga’s Ambition’ launches this week on PS5, with Switch 2 to follow. Following in the wake of Ninja Gaiden II: The Sword of Chaos, Cool Boarders, and Dezaemon, Hamster has announced that the next Console Archives title heading to PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 will be Koei’s Famicom / NES port of the legendary 1986…
Let’s all meet up in the year 2000. Polymega Collection Vol. 12 – Tempest is a significant release for the modular retro gaming system because it marks the debut of Atari Jaguar emulation on the platform. Atari’s ill-fated 64-bit console doesn’t have its own Polymega ‘Element Module’ (yet), but this collection – which is part…
Has just been successfully funded on Kickstarter. Look, I’m a simple man. When you tell me your freshly-crowdfunded video game is inspired by such luminaries as Shining Force, Fire Emblem, and Final Fantasy Tactics, I sit up and take notice. That’s precisely what has happened in the case of Aegis Force: The Scorian War, a…
‘Plump Pop’ originally landed in the arcades back in 1987. Taito’s colourful animal-themed “action game” Plump Pop is making the journey to modern consoles (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S) later this week (Thursday, March 5th), as part of Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2. Originally released in the arcades…
“This is a big victory for the gaming community”. We’ve covered the obscure Japanese video game Cookie’s Bustle before on this site, and have documented attempts by a shadowy firm called Graceware to falsely claim ownership and essentially expunge the game from the internet. We’re pleased to report that the Video Game History Foundation has…
Online casinos are reimagining classic casino games for the digital era. Many sites have taken the most beloved games, recreated them, and brought them to you in a more accessible way that appeals to both old and new players. Nostalgia has driven many old-school gamers into seeking the comfort of the games they once enjoyed…
Taito’s third helping. Some might argue that, as is the case with Evercade’s Neo Geo collections, we’ve perhaps reached the point with Taito’s ‘Arcade’ carts where all of the big titles have been covered in the first two volumes, and we’re now reaching the point where lesser-known games have to plug the gaps. I’m not…
Update: Now on Kickstarter. It warms our hearts here at Time Extension to see so many side-scrolling fighters getting made in recent years. We grew up at a time when this genre was arguably one of the biggest in the world of games thanks to the success of Double Dragon, Golden Axe, Final Fight and…
The new fan translation is based on the Spanish translation from 2021. Fans of Japanese horror can now play one of the PS2’s creepier and more unusual survival horror games in English, thanks to a new translation patch from the hacker DrewM-Hax0r. The Tairyou Jigoku (otherwise known as The Overwhelming Hell) was a game developed…
“I didn’t think about games as a career at all”. Shintaro Kanaoya has had one of the most remarkable careers you could possibly hope for. Born in Japan in the 1970s, he and his family relocated to the United Kingdom when he was still a baby, yet connections back home set him up as the…