Retro Gaming News
1991 action platformer gets a lick of paint. Game Boy homebrew developer Marc Max / marc_robledo has announced that Ninja Gaiden Shadow will be benefiting from a ‘DX’ update (thanks, Metal Game Solid). The news was shared on social media with an image of the colourised title screen, and the developer has since shared a…
ININ Games together with TAITO are excited to announce TAITO MILESTONES for Nintendo Switch launching April 15th in Europe and North America! The special retro compilation of some true TAITO classics will be available through selected retailers and the Nintendo eShop. I was able to preview this game and write about the game-play. I was…
Prototype dates back to April 1993. If you cast your mind back to the ’90s, fighting games were all the rage thanks to the success of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. While those two franchises have endured over the decades since, history is littered with also-rans which have been largely forgotten by the mainstream –…
“One too many hits on your rider or bike may end your race”. Out of all the classic ’90s racing franchises that never managed to stick around, Road Rash’s absence from modern-day release schedules is perhaps the most disappointing. Combining racing with hand-to-hand combat, Road Rash was a smash hit on Genesis / Mega Drive,…
1996 game finally gets localised. While the PS1 was blessed with a flood of excellent RPGs, Sega’s Saturn had a more modest (but still excellent) selection to call upon. Not every one was a stone-cold classic, but each is interesting in its own way – and many of them sadly never made it out of…
The eternal question. The term “Metroidvania” has become a fixed part of video game lexicon these days, thanks to an explosion in the number of titles that have adopted the signature format of huge, non-linear levels, RPG elements and gear-gated progress. As the name suggests, Metroidvania titles are a fusion of concepts from Metroid (specifically…
And preserve your save data, too. The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA-based handheld which allows you to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges – as well as Lynx, PC Engine, Neo Geo Pocket and Game Gear titles, provided you have the correct adapter. Thanks to Analogue’s OpenFPGA system, you can…
Hollywood is one of the most prolific film production hubs in the world. Over the years, it has been the birthplace of some of the biggest box-office hits and critically acclaimed movies. From superhero flicks to eternal classics, some special movies have expanded beyond the limits of big screens and home televisions. An example of this is…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paige Burger, who is displayed on card number 3105, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Paige is part of the Old School Gamer Magazine crew. Daughter of the creator and publisher, Paige has made a huge impact on promoting and signing up gamers for the magazine. She travels to…
The ‘Anduril Chromatic’ is the final straw. ModRetro, the retro gaming company owned by Palmer Luckey, has garnered considerable media attention recently due to its excellent Chromatic handheld and its upcoming M64 FPGA N64 system. We’ve given plenty of coverage to ModRetro products on this site, mainly because these products are aimed squarely at our…