Retro Gaming News
“We were trying to think dynamically on how we could make it more of a destination”. With Sega’s cable-based digital distribution service, Sega Channel, being in the news once again, thanks to the Video Game History Foundation’s recent discovery of over 100 previously undumped ROMS, we thought we’d share something interesting with you. Over the…
If you remember the 1980’s hit game of Tetris then you’ll be pleased to know that as of this morning, we have been informed that JOTD has released an update to the 1988 Arcade version of Tetris for the Commodore Amiga 1200. As in the words of the creator “A transcode of Atari Tetris arcade…
Including The Flinstones & Garfield Caught In The Act: The Lost Levels. The Video Game History Foundation, in conjunction with Gaming Alexandria, has just released a treasure trove of previously undumped data and information pertaining to Sega’s video game on-demand service, Sega Channel, giving us our best look yet at the programming for the early…
“He was heavily into Rockman at the time, which had a strong influence”. It’s incredible to think that ActRaiser, a title that effortlessly blends God sim sections with side-scrolling action, came so early in the lifespan of the SNES. A genuinely groundbreaking title, ActRaiser is fondly remembered even today – and recently inspired a remake…
A browser version is also now via Wavedash. If you happened to love Walaber Entertainment’s Saturn-inspired rally racing game Parking Garage Rally Circuit, then we have some interesting news to share with you. Walaber Entertainment, the developer behind the 2024 PC title, yesterday announced a new expanded version of the game, called Parking Garage Rally…
Fehmi Atalar from Turkey faced off against Leo Soloranzo from Peru. Over the weekend, the largest ever game of Tetris was held at the inaugural Red Bull Tetris World Final, in Dubai, with the help of over 2,000 synchronized drones (thanks VGC!). The match took place on Sunday, December 14th, against the backdrop of the…
Meet the GameMT EX5. The emulation handheld sector is so packed with devices at the moment that you really have to do something unique to stand out from the crowd – and that’s what’s happening with the GameMT EX5, an upcoming portable which has just been shown off by the retailer Roybeila (thanks, Retro Handhelds)….
Geeks Line Announces the Worldwide Release of PlayStation 2 Anthology: The Tetralogy To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation’s launch in North America and Europe, Geeks Line is proud to announce the worldwide release of PlayStation 2 Anthology: The Tetralogy. This unique collection consists of four books entirely dedicated to the best-selling console of all time. ORDER HERE A Definitive…
DEmul gets its first update in seven years. At the turn of the millennium, Sega took a novel approach when it came to its arcade hardware. Having already laid the foundations with the Titan (ST-V) board, which enabled accurate home ports on the architecturally similar Saturn, Sega released the NAOMI standard, which shared many similarities…
The Quickshot II makes a return next year. Retro Games Ltd, the company behind modern-day recreations of the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and Atari 400, has announced that it’s bringing back Spectravision’s legendary Quickshot II joystick (thanks, VGC). If you grew up in the ’80s and ’90s and owned a Spectrum, C64, Amiga,…