Retro Gaming News
FunnyPlaying’s new GBA motherboard makes it possible. It’s a sad fact that gaming hardware, like any other piece of consumer tech, has a finite lifespan. Buttons break, internal parts fail and, eventually, consoles are going to cease working. To prolong the lifespan of machines like the Game Boy and GBA, we’ve seen a host of…
The next entry in the Seiken Densetsu series. Square Enix has just released a new Japanese trailer for the upcoming Visions of Mana, and it’s a wonderfully nostalgic ride through the history of the series. The trailer begins back in 1991, with a young boy walking into his local games store and picking up a…
Their back catalogue will be available through Materia Store in the future. If you’re a lover of video game music, you’ve probably come across the name Ship To Shore in the past. The boutique record label is fairly well-known in the VGM community for its quality reissues of classic video game soundtracks on vinyl, previously…
PS1 motherboard was “cut in half, folded like a book”. Only last week, we reported on a portable PS1 that was built into a Japan-only controller. This is an impressive achievement, but it’s one that was built around emulation and not original hardware. For all of the PS1 purists out there, we advise you to…
“To be clear, I’m not pissed at the developer”. Apple recently changed its App Store policies to allow retro gaming emulators to appear on its iOS devices, finally bringing the likes of the iPhone in line with Android handsets, which have been able to play emulators since day one. It didn’t take long for an…
Update: Pixel Cherry Ninja and Pramod Somashekar make peace. Update: It seems Pixel Cherry Ninja and Pramod Somashekar have now buried the hatchet and have moved on, which is great news: Original Story : It’s fair to say that Field-Programmable Gate Array chips have revolutionised the way we play retro games in the modern era….
In crafting this list, I’ve curated a selection of my personal favorites, encompassing both the expected and the more unconventional choices. As a non-traditional console gamer, my journey through the realm of video game titles has diverged from the mainstream, offering a unique perspective. Without adhering to a specific order, here are some standout titles…
Tilt and rumble. WarioWare: Twisted! may be the second game in the series, but Nintendo was already looking for ways to make it stand out from the crowd – and in this case, we got a special cartridge with a tilt sensor inside. This might seem fairly twee in an age where every device has…
Sega had many consoles over the years. Their first system, the SG-1000, was primarily sold in Japan. That was followed by the Sega Master System, which was sold world-wide. Both of those systems were 8-bit. Third time’s the charm, and next up came the first 16-bit system from Sega, known as Genesis in North America,…
“We didn’t want to do anything substandard”. Richard Jacques is a name that will need little introduction to any long-standing Sega fan. The Ivor Novello Award-winning, GRAMMY and BAFTA-nominated composer joined Sega Europe in the ’90s to work as the in-house composer, creating music for titles such as Sonic R, Shinobi X, Daytona USA: Championship…