Retro Gaming News
One such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ‘ Wonder Boy ‘ designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. A game which started its life as a skateboarding rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the adventure platformer with RPG elements Wonderboy in Monsterland. And it’s the original Wonderboy which is getting an…
The Kickstarter is now live. Last week, Bit Beam Software (the company behind DaemonClaw) published a playable preview of John Tsakiris and Enable Software’s upcoming beat ’em up, Metro Siege, which is being developed for the Amiga 500 (thanks @dantemendes for the spot!). Metro Siege, in case you’ve never heard about it, is a 2-player…
“We are honoured to be standing on the shoulders of giants”. After it was announced earlier this week that Velan Studios was the new developer of Star Fox (2026), Argonaut Software, the co-developer of the original 1994 SNES title, has reached out on social media to congratulate the studio for “bringing our boys back,” “pass…
Ships in 24-48 hours. Analogue has confirmed that the Adapter Set for its Pocket handheld – which allows you to use original TurboGrafx-16, PC Engine, SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket and Atari Lynx cartridges – is back in stock this week. The set, which costs $99.99, will go on sale on June 12th at 8am PDT….
“Do you have what it takes to escape Miami?”. If you cast your mind back to last year, you may remember us mentioning Triple Threat Terror — an exciting new independent Game Boy title pitched by its developer as a “hybrid” between comic books and video games. Well, since then, it appears its creator, Gonçalo…
“Piko has spent many years at the forefront of classic IP revival”. As most people’s video game collections have increasingly gone digital, a number of companies have emerged to fill the gap for players who still want something tangible, releasing new premium reprints of classic games, in addition to physical editions of the latest titles….
What makes a JRPG a JRPG? Is it the sweeping stories? The protagonists with super spikey or multicolored hair? Or the simple fact that if an RPG video game was made in Japan, it qualifies as a JRPG? Most of you reading this may instantly go with the last option and call it a day….
From “a computer lab in Moscow” to being beaten by a teenager on the NES. A new book charting the 40-plus-year history of Tetris is set for release this August, from Irish video games journalist Anthony McGlynn (Variety, IGN, Ars Technica…) and Pen & Sword Books’ White Owl publishing imprint. The Tetris Story is McGlynn’s…
See if you can guess who… Konami’s 1980s pool game Rack ‘Em Up, which is known by the slightly cooler name “The Hustler” in Japan, is scheduled to join the Arcade Archives range of classic arcade games this week, on consoles. So, if your idea of a good time happens to be playing decades-old arcade…
Following the stall of an ambitious project to remake Manic Miner with enhanced graphics, titled Slick Willy, developer Bob Fossil has integrated the new assets into a playable mod that can be downloaded right now. While the original, high-performance engine overhaul by ParadigmShifter stalled in 2024, the updated, though slightly animated, sprites now offer a…