Retro Gaming News
“Five retro-inspired colourways, 100 pieces each”. Watchmaker Nubeo – which has already given us timepieces based on Asteroids, Space Invaders and 1942 – is back with another premium product, this time based on the iconic Atari 2600 games console. The Console Automatic Atari 2600 Limited Edition boasts a 3D patterned dial “echoing the console’s classic…
“Whether or not the translation is worth a lick is going to be up to the gamers”. Released exclusively in Japan in 1996, Cyber Doll is a Saturn JRPG with a unique (for the ’90s, at least) cyberpunk setting. Taking place at a time when the world is threatened by a muscle-loosening disease, humanity must…
Ang Tongits ay isa sa mga pinakapopular na larong baraha sa kulturang Pilipino, kilala sa kasiyahan, estratehiya, at bonding nito sa mga manlalaro. Mula sa mga barangay session hatinggabi hanggang sa family reunions o friendly bets, ito’y naging bahagi ng pang-araw-araw na buhay ng maraming Pilipino. Pero dahil sa mabilis na pag-usbong ng mobile gaming,…
Don’t disrespect the door stop. It’s taken me thirteen years to realise that chunky plastic wedge wasn’t a joke. It was a milestone. I finally got my hands on a Nintendo 2DS this week – that slate-shaped, non-folding, non-3D thing everyone mocked when it launched in October 2013. Opinion remains fiercely split: people love it…
Next week’s EGGCONSOLE title has also been revealed. This week’s EGGCONSOLE release for the Nintendo Switch has been revealed to be the Greek-mythology-inspired action RPG, Courageous Perseus. Released for the PC-8801 home computer, back in 1984, the game is the work of the developer Cosmos Computer and is considered to be a “masterpiece” that pioneered…
Throughout this year Camden Town Games has either released or teased a number of games for the Amiga, games such as Dylan the Spaceman, Submarine Attack, and Tank Attack. Well here we are with another teased game, as the developer has made available a work in progress demo for the upcoming Scorpion Engine developed game called…
“You closed your ‘love letter to the fans’ location with 0 notice”. Chuck E. Cheese was Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s grand vision for American dining: a fusion of pizza, video games and animatronic animals. Despite its commercial struggles over the years, the (pizza) house of mouse is still hanging in there, and owner CEC Entertainment…
Éric Chahi’s ill-fated adventure lives on. Developed by the legendary Éric Chahi (Another World) and boasting CGI visuals which turned plenty of heads when it was first revealed, Heart of Darkness was hyped to high heaven prior to release, but ultimately took so long to finish that it was dropped by initial publisher Virgin and…
“It embodies a philosophy of arcade culture that has become increasingly rare”. The arcade industry is in a tight spot these days, with many amusement centres closing their doors due to reduced footfall. However, one Miami-based location is doing better than most, and Gemu Oni, a Japan-based French YouTuber from the channel Life is a…
“That’s right, it’s time to get N or get out”. Party Cannon, described as “Scotland’s favourite brutal party slam band”, has announced that its new EP, Subjected To A Partying, will launch on an N64 cartridge. Party Cannon bassist Clankenstein (I’m assuming that’s not his birth name, but I might be wrong) says: Read the…