Retro Gaming News
Pinball is a hobby that spans generations; one that can bring individuals from all walks of life together. I recently rediscovered this when I innocently walked into the Frank Murray Community Center looking for a backgammon partner. Instead, I met Kelly Kaye, one of the center’s recreation leaders. She introduced me to her father, Keith…
Goof Troop, Little Mermaid and Bonkers on the way, too. Retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade has announced that it has teamed up with Disney to bring “three of the most iconic Disney video games ever” to its platform. From today, Disney’s The Lion King, Disney’s The Jungle Book, and Disney’s Aladdin will all be…
Space, man. While Sega is currently updating some of its most famous properties for modern-day systems, one franchise which sadly isn’t included is Space Harrier. Released in arcades in 1985, Yu Suzuki’s eclectic classic came to typify Sega’s approach at the time – a fusion of dazzling visuals, appealing audio and cabinets that would move…
The devs have now issued a game-specific patch for the horror game. The popular Gamecube and Wii emulator Dolphin just got an update (release 2412) recently that introduced a bunch of amazing new fixes. This included a fix for somewhat of an annoying issue that the development team had been experiencing with Silicon’s Knights’ Eternal…
And some other ZPF-related goodies too. Pre-orders are now open for the promising Mega Drive / Genesis shoot ’em up ZPF, following its successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. So if you happened to miss the chance to back it then, and have been regretting your decision ever since, now represents the perfect opportunity to…
The hardware release that sank Sega? We’ve celebrated some pretty significant anniversaries recently, with the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation both turning 30. However, lost in all of this excitement and celebration is another 30th birthday – and it belongs to Sega’s much-maligned 32X add-on. Read the full article on timeextension.com The hardware release that…
Living in Hawaii was a blessing in many gaming ways – the Asian influence there provided Japanese bookstores with import game magazines and school friends who had software from Hong Kong and Japan. However, gaming retail in Hawaii was unlike the rest of the USA, as national big box stores such as Wal-Mart and Target…
“What could I have done to have actually gotten it?”. With PlayStation’s 30th anniversary celebrations in full swing, Sony has been encouraging fans to think back to their formative experiences with the iconic PS1 console, and, as you might expect, Tomb Raider has cropped up in that conversation. Lara Croft’s debut found most of its…
The demo was developed by ‘BasicProgrammer’ for the MSXturboR. Over the last couple of weeks, a Japanese developer and YouTuber going by the name BasicProgrammer (B.P.S) has been uploading some impressive videos of a new recreation of Sega’s After Burner they are making, running on an MSXturboR computer. After Burner, in case you’re unaware, was…
Slope’s Game Room delivers the goods. They might not be household names today, but once upon a time, the Choplifter and Paperboy brands attracted a lot of attention in the world of gaming. Dan Gorlin’s 1982 title Choplifter was one of the first scrolling shooters to pull together a movie-like story and solid objectives for…