Adventure of Samsara is the sequel to Atari’s classic Adventure. It looks amazing, and could quite easily be the sequel you didn’t know you needed… I honestly don’t know if I ever used an Atari 2600, 5200, or 7800 back in the day. A schoolfriend had one, and had aRead More →
Set for release this month on consoles, Rusty Rangers mixes that 16-bit era pixel look with platforming roguelite magic. Modern games with a retro aesthetic are becoming increasingly popular as developers — often indies — identify that people want fun and pixels over running up hills with a baby inRead More →
Fresh from the Summer Games Fest is this trailer of Mina the Hollower, an upcoming title with a heavy dose of Zelda and Castlevania. With heavy Game Boy Color aesthetic, Mina the Hollower, from the same team behind Shovel Knight, is expected to arrive in October, although a playable demoRead More →
The collection features original Boulder Dash levels and C64 and Atari 400/800 graphics, along with new visuals and challenges. Almost a year after it was announced, a release date has been confirmed for the Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary collection. Featuring music from Turrican maestro Chris Huelsbeck, this collection of 180Read More →
The Darius-like R-Type Delta is the sequel you forgot, but it’s coming back later this year for current gen systems. One of the greatest shoot ’em ups of the 1980s was R-Type, which was so successful it spawned several sequels. One of them is 1998’s R-Type Delta for the originalRead More →
Those amazing people at GOG have brought us another way to make playing old games easier, with One-click Mods. Many classic games, particularly from the PC gaming era of the late 1990s, supported modifications. DOOM, for example, had a whole host of custom WAD files available, the product of gamersRead More →
Perifractic’s Retro Recipes (Perifractic being the online handle of retro enthusiast Christian Simpson) has released a new video about how to save Commodore. When a channel you subscribe to releases a video called “Can we save Commodore?” it’s a good idea to watch it. Of course, my initial reaction wasRead More →
With the Nintendo Switch 2 now landing on doormats and hitting store shelves, it’s a good time to take a few moments. Do you really need a new console? Do you need this console in particular? If you’re a retro gamer with one eye on ensuring you have access toRead More →
Following news of its release on Evercade, a new publishing run of Badger Punch Games’ astonishing Roguecraft on Amiga has been confirmed. This is the physical version of the game, which is being reissued in three editions — Standard, Deluxe, and “Zero Clucks.” Roguecraft launched earlier this year, and garneredRead More →
