Retro Gaming News
Konami’s ‘Road Fighter’ is now available on Sega’s 8-bit system. One of Konami’s classic arcade racing games has just been given a new lease of life, thanks to the homebrew developer BadComputer and the Sega Master System. Road Fighter is a top-down racing game that originally hit the arcades in 1984, letting players get behind…
“All ROM protection systems will be removed”. Final Fight MD developer Mauro Xavier has revealed that he is making the game open-source. Xavier says the source code will be released on GitHub, “ready to be fully compiled with the latest version of the SGDK.” All ROM protection systems will be removed, and the game may…
Introducing the “NES-SY2.0”. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed a MIDI-synth with the best-selling console of the 1980s? Well then, look no further than the NES-SY2.0, an exciting new project from the Swedish designer and instrument maker, Love Hultén (h/t: yoshinokentarou for the spot!). Read the full article on timeextension.com Introducing…
“When something is ready to be released, it should demonstrate real quality”. The dual topics of decompliation and recompilation have been getting plenty of attention lately, thanks to the fact that, via these two processes, we’re seeing a flood of classic games being natively ported to modern-day systems, along with a raft of improvements and…
Now that’s what I call a proper Ninja! A Japanese Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus player has made history by being the first verified user to achieve a platinum on the PlayStation Vita title. For the longest time, it was believed to be nearly impossible for any player to obtain a platinum in the 2013…
“We also hope the world finds more stability as soon as possible”. Yuzo Koshiro says production of the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Earthion is almost complete, but warns that the “current global situation affecting parts supply and shipping” could affect timing. The legendary composer and game designer is referring to the ongoing conflict in the…
To mark the game’s 20th birthday. A Japan-only release in the Xenosaga series is getting an English-language patch today, thanks to the efforts of Vector Translations. Xenosaga I & II was released on the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2006, and recalls the events of Xenosaga Episode I and Xenosaga Episode II. Read the full…
Choplifter for the SMS Set the wayback machine to the early ’80s. While we had recently gotten our first home computer, the Commodore VIC-20, my cousins had been enjoying the Apple II system that my uncle used for writing sermons and the like. One of the first home computer games that I ever played was…
Over the years I’ve worked in the business software industry, I’ve had the pleasure of working on and off with a particular friend I’ve known since high school in the 1980s. One day, just a little while back, while working together in a meeting with engineering and operations teams, my friend used the phrase “Let’s…
My favorite old school game has got to be 1962’s Spacewar! Spacewar! may well be the first true video game ever made. Developed by Steve Russel and collaborators at MIT. This 2-player space combat video game was played on a circular monochrome vector graphics display with “wrap-around” math. When the Spaceship went off the side…