Retro Gaming News
Featuring a new character called ‘Ralle’. Starshi, the developer of the incredible Super Mario fangame ‘Super Mario & The Rainbow Stars‘, has announced she will be releasing a second chapter to the game next year, in 2026. Super Mario & The Rainbow Stars, in case you aren’t familiar with it, is a popular Mario fangame…
Colour me surprised. Like many gamers of ‘advanced’ age, I’ve played a lot of Konami games over the years – perhaps most notably during the early ’90s, when the Japanese company was one of the most renowned names in the industry. Konami released numerous classic games on the SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, and PC Engine,…
Melatonin releases on Nintendo Switch™ in physical format on 11th December! SRG Store (NEW WEB) Super Rare Games is joining Half Asleep to bring you Melatonin! Coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch™ in physical format! Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonise…
“He’s done it again”. For many gamers in their 30s and 40s, the timeline of video game history shifted at the turn of the millennium when Sega transitioned from a hardware maker to a third-party publisher. The Japanese company had been Nintendo’s rival since the 1980s, and attracted legions of fans thanks to its beloved…
Takaya Imamura is the designer of Fox McCloud, Tingle, and Captain Falcon. As you may already be aware, Capcom recently announced what it is calling the 12th official entry in the Mega Man series, Mega Man: Dual Override, and, to celebrate, it is currently hosting a robot masters design competition over on Twitter/X. This competition…
It’s still in beta, however. NES-to-SNES port master Infidelity has just made the first beta version of his Contra Force port available online. “The only thing that is missing are the orchestral DPCM samples for all the BGM tracks,” says the developer, who has an amazing track record when it comes to bringing 8-bit classics…
JaJaMaru no Hyakki Yagyou Den was announced this past weekend. This weekend, City Connection put on a special event in Japan, called City Connection 20th Anniversary Thanks Fes, to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary. At the event, the developer/publisher showed off development artwork from several Jaleco games, gave a look at the unreleased Famicom game…
Less than two weeks left… It’s time for your weekly Commodore shipping update! Pallets and pallets of Commodore 64 Ultimates have arrived at our local Commodore hubs worldwide. Every BASIC Beige and Starlight Edition we made is about the leave the nest. All that’s left is for those pallets to be processed by our fulfillment…
TANGLEWOOD was a Kickstarter success story back in 2018, developed using original equipment and methods from the 1990’s. You can learn more about how the game was made from this interview with BBC News. We’re super excited to finally be bringing our game to Switch. Please let me know if you need any more info about the new release….
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steve Woita, who is displayed on card number 380, from the Superstars of 2012. Steve first came on the scene while working on the Apple II computer. He has also worked on the boards of the Apple III, Apple IIe and the Joyport for Sirius Software. Steve has also been…