1995 FPS classic Star Wars: Dark Forces is being remastered by Nightdive Studios, with the news accompanied by a YouTube video. The game features up to 4K graphical support, 120fps, and advanced 3D rendering for cutscenes. A release for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S,Read More →
It’s been over a year since Retro Games Ltd wished the ZX Spectrum a happy 40th anniversary while teasing a new mini system. Naturally, everyone assumed that a ZX Spectrum Mini was on the cards. But at the time of writing, 16 months later, nothing has happened. In fact, theRead More →
25 classic Amiga games are bundled in with the A500 Mini, making this the ultimate mini retro console. Announced in 2021, released in 2022, and now available for less than £90, the A500 Mini is closest you can get to owning an Amiga – unless you happen to own anRead More →
Do you have £15,000 to spend on two 5.25-inch floppies of Dragon’s Lair? In the mid-1980s, one of the biggest arcade games was Dragon’s Lair, a fantasy title with art by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth. Foreshadowing the “going through motions” gameplay of more recent titles like Death Stranding (unfair? IRead More →
The early history of 3D rendering software Lightwave is explored in Amiga Addict issue 23, out this week. My son was teasing me about my continued interest in the Amiga a day or two ago, but was briefly stopped in his tracks by this bombshell: affordable CGI was not possibleRead More →
Just as Nintendo has closed the Wii U and 3DS eShops, so the Xbox 360 marketplace must fall into Microsoft’s data shredders. The date for the Xbox 360 Marketplace closure is July 29, 2024. Released 18 years ago (this November), the Xbox 360 is a genuine retro gaming platform, withRead More →
A trip out in the car yesterday unlocked a number of retro games locations in Halifax, a town in West Yorkshire that I’d somehow never been to before. The main reason for the visit was to check out the Piece Hall. A former trading post for cloth merchants, the GradeRead More →
(NOTE: This story has developed – see our latest update) Websites come and go, but you wouldn’t expect a place dedicated to stuff of the past to shutdown. Yet that is exactly what happened to Vintage Is the New Old. The site – full of interesting articles on retro everythingRead More →
If you’re desperate for more Half-Life , a new fan-written novel might ease your urges to shoot Combine forces and fantasise about punching Dr Breen… Phase Transition is the title of a 600-page book by Ross Joseph Gardner and Michael Pelletier which tells the story of characters in Half-Life 2‘sRead More →
