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Iconic PS2 game actually started life on Sega’s console. One of the most pleasant surprises of 2024 was seeing the ongoing development of the fan-made Dreamcast port of Grant Theft Auto III. Built using the KallistiOS software, this port is achieving what was previously thought impossible. Developer SKMP has now released the game so everyone…
“If you had wanted to release it, you could have done”. Shenmue is one of the most significant games Sega has ever made, not just because it was critically acclaimed, but because it was a massive gamble for the Japanese veteran at a time when it badly needed a commercial smash. With its sky-high development…
“I suppose I became a bit of a celebrity of arcade machines”. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to…
Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can’t stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it’s the latest new level update for the classic game of ‘Lord of the Orb’;…
“Nintendo fans live in a bubble”. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy reading it for…
Everyone should try hacking a game at least once… Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy…
The British games industry loses a legend. We’re sad to report that Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away. He was 57. Brown helped establish the veteran British publisher in 1990 following the merger of 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. Brown led Team17 alongside Michael Robinson, Debbie Bestwick, Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and…
Basic Fun’s line of Arcade Classics tabletop video game toys were all the rage in the late teens, but new released evaporated around 2020 – or so we thought! Just in the past week, sightings of a new Pac-Man with a 2024 copyright and updated box art started to appear in Walmart retail stores. Could…
You’ll need to speak Japanese, though. It’s amazing that secrets can remain hidden in some of the most popular video games of all time, but it does happen – and sometimes for several decades. Take Zelda: Majora’s Mask, for example; it has recently been discovered that the N64 version contains hidden support for the N64’s…
…but it does appear to own the rights to Warp’s games. Sega has been making electronic games since the late 1960s, so it’s a given that the company has a lot of IP stored up. Add in the fact that, over the decades, it has acquired the IP of other companies (such as Technosoft and…