Retro Gaming News
“He loved what he did and was brilliant at it”. If you owned a C64 back in the day, then you might be familiar with Summer Camp (1990) and Winter Camp (1992), two titles published by Thalamus and coded by the late John D. Ferrari. Ferrari was already something of a legend in C64 circles…
The remaster hopes to improve some of game’s “crude” character sprites. Ocean Software’s 1991 Commodore 64 port of TAD Corporation’s run ‘n gun arcade platformer Toki is getting an unofficial fan remaster, it’s been announced. Davide Bottino — a pixel artist, game creator, and retro journalist for Zzap! Italia — is behind the remaster of…
Micro, but mighty. For an entire generation of British gamers, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum remains a legendary machine. Host to hundreds of classic games and a hugely important stepping stone for many European developers, the rubber-keyed wonder’s influence cannot be understated – so it’s little wonder that there’s a lot of interest in Retro Games…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Xander Skullion who currently is displayed on card number 2725, from the Superstars of 2017 Collection. Xander is a full-time podcaster who loves the gaming community and gives back when ever he has a chance. Some of his time is reviewing video games for different companies. He loves the…
In addition to the Shadow the Hedgehog auto-scroller ‘Shadow Shoot’. The i-Mode port of Sega’s arcade classic OutRun has just been preserved, according to the feature phone preservationist RockmanCosmo. The announcement was made over on BlueSky and Twitter, where RockmanCosmo stated that an individual named Yuu had managed to dump the game (using the debug…
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O arrives on Steam later this Winter. Sega and the developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced that they are planning to bring the classic fighting game Virtua Fighter 5 to Steam this Winter, marking the first time the game has been available on the storefront. The new release, which is being…
History has done Saturn dirty. The Sega Saturn turns 30 today. It launched on November 22nd, 1994, in Japan, with the Western release following in 1995. Designed to build on the amazing global success of the 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive, Saturn found itself thrust into a battle with newcomer Sony, which launched its PlayStation…
UPDATE: The first trailer for the game has just been released. Update : Claymatic Games has revealed the first trailer for Platypus Reclayed — its upcoming remake of Squashy Software’s cult classic shooter Platypus — which will be launching next year across PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. The trailer…
The game features music from the legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro. D4 Enterprise has revealed that it will be bringing Bothtec’s sidescrolling action RPG The Scheme to Nintendo Switch next week, on November 28th, 4Gamer reports. The rerelease will be part of D4 Enterprise’s ongoing EGGCONSOLE series, which is a collection of retro reissues that are…
Party like it’s 1989. AYANEO already has a few Android-based gaming handhelds under its belt in the form of the Pocket Micro and Pocket S, but it’s fair to say that its next effort in this arena has attracted the most interest out of all of them. The AYANEO Pocket DMG is shamelessly inspired by…