Retro Gaming News
“You told me when I was good, and you told me when I wasn’t so good”. Glen Schofield, the director of games like Gex: Enter the Gecko, Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol, and the co-director on three Call of Duty games, has announced his retirement after 35 years working in the games industry. In…
“There really needs to be continued pushback on this kind of methodology.”. The obscure Dreamcast turn-based RPG Tricolore Crise has just received a fan translation, but rather than celebrating, some fans are calling on members of the Dreamcast community to “push back” against the patch for using what is being described as a new ‘AI-friendly’…
With over 80 mini-games, GamePad integration and the Wii-Fit meter, “Wii Fit U” manages to expand upon the already solid workout experience provided in the original game. Regardless of if you’re a gym rat or a couch potato, there’s something for everyone in “Wii Fit U.” The standard strength building exercises come with a virtual…
A casino floor still borrows more from seaside arcades than glossy ads admit. The flash of a cherry symbol, the soft clack of a button, and the small pause before a win all trace back to cabinets built for pennies, queues, and sticky carpet. That history matters because slot designers still sell rhythm first. Cash…
Just don’t expect it to happen “anytime soon”. The retro YouTuber/game developer Modern Vintage Gamer has put out a new video about his challenge to the homebrew community to get DOOM running on the Neo Geo. And it seems he’s now ready to admit defeat, admitting, “I was wrong,” and that he now believes that…
“These discs were not burned with a CD writer, these discs were pressed in a factory”. This is the second in a two-part deep dive into the history of video games in South Africa. You can read part one here. In 1995, my family emigrated to the UK, which is why I’ll be sharing the…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Derek Sorrells, who is displayed on card number 832, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Derek is also featured on cards 1280, 2158 and 2254. Derek is an old school gamer who loves arcade machines. He grew up in the prime of the arcade era and played as many arcade machines…
“You don’t gotta catch ’em all!”. Thanks to fan translators, it’s now possible to play Pandora Box and Imagineer’s N64 monster-taming RPG Zool – Majyū Charmer Legend in English. But Zoinkity, the patch’s hacker, is already warning people not to expect the game to be a “Pokéclone”, stating that those who “go in expecting Pokémon……
“The bigger dream, being the default place to play retro games, we’re still working on”. Modern emulators have made it easier than ever to play your favourite retro games on a phone, laptop, or even smart refrigerator, but unless you have some technical know-how, it isn’t easy to take your saves with you. Patrick Corrigan…
Coming this August! Polymega has announced a new collection headlined by Toaplan’s 1993 bullet-hell shooter Batsugun. Polymega Collection Vol. 19 – BATSUGUN contains four arcade games in total from the Japanese developer. Read the full article on timeextension.com Coming this August! Polymega has announced a new collection headlined by Toaplan’s 1993 bullet-hell shooter Batsugun. Polymega…