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Retro gaming features (Page 7)

Features about retro games, from interviews and analysis to lists and retrospectives.

a retro gamer woman standing in front of a row of arcade games

Are you a retro gamer? Here’s how to tell

2025-05-20
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 20, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

You think you’re a gamer, but you’ve been getting a few odd looks lately. The games you play are increasingly older, and your friends are thinking: are you really a retro gamer? What is a retro gamer? Let’s clear this up: a retro gamer is someone who plays old videoRead More →

Double Dragon, NES video game, Nintendo Company Ltd., 1988

75 quid for a Switch 2 game and GTA 6 delayed! Retro gaming is about to go mainstream

2025-05-11
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 11, 2025
In: Analysis

Trade winds, tariffs, and misreading the market. All of these things can affect how a business runs, and if a new product launch is involved, decide whether it lives or dies. However, I can’t recall a moment where it looked like an impending launch was heading for a very obviousRead More →

two women in stylish outfits standing on farm

Style on the Streets: Street Fighter Alpha vs. King of Fighters

2025-05-10
By: John Bowe
On: May 10, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

We consider Street Fighter Alpha vs. King of Fighters in a new competition: fashion! Match-ups and smack-downs. We love them and the tensions between them. Liverpool vs Man. United, The Stones vs The Beatles, Rocky Balboa vs a training montage. Pretty intense stuff, but nothing on the Street Fighter AlphaRead More →

Sega Saturn

Why it is time to reissue SEGA Dreamcast and Saturn games

2025-05-04
By: Zahir Hassan
On: May 4, 2025
In: Retro Consoles, Retro games news, Retro gaming features, Retro gear

Gamers want to revisit SEGA Dreamcast and Saturn games, preferably without an emulator. The SEGA Mega Drive Mini 2 has generated some excitement among us retro gamers. Not only it will include previously unplayed Genesis games, it will also include SEGA CD titles for the first time. Despite the variousRead More →

SEGA Dreamcast

Brace for import: 5 Dreamcast games for partying in 1999

2025-05-03
By: John Bowe
On: May 3, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

John Bowe looks at some of the best SEGA Dreamcast games that released within the first few months of the console’s arrival. Dreamcast launched over 25 years ago in its home terrain with a single, simple goal; saving Sega. They scattered many of their development studios and shepherded them intoRead More →

Sega Mega Drive

5 mega Sega Mega Drive games for retro n00bs

2025-05-02
By: Gaming Retro Writer
On: May 2, 2025
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists

Digging out an old Sega console? Here are the 5 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games to get hold of first. If you’re a fan of retro gaming, and you’ve never picked up a Mega Drive controller before, you’re in for a treat. The Mega Drive (otherwise known as the Genesis forRead More →

Streets of Rage 3

Was Streets of Rage 3 really that bad?

2025-05-02
By: Anthony Yates
On: May 2, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

While growing up, one of my most cherished games on the Sega Mega Drive was Streets of Rage 3. I have many fond memories of beating bad guys to a pulp as Axel, and I love that there are alternative endings. So imagine my surprise when I learned that manyRead More →

woman in black and red dress standing beside woman in gray shirt

Why retro gaming is making a comeback

2025-04-30
By: Christian Cawley
On: April 30, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

Yes, you read it right; retro gaming is making a comeback, and it’s taking the gaming industry by storm. but what is retro gaming, and why retro gaming becoming more popular this happening? I think there are a number of reasons: I’ll explain further below. What is retro gaming? WhenRead More →

Quake 2

What is a “boomer shooter”? 5 Ways to spot one

2025-04-27
By: Christian Cawley
On: April 27, 2025
In: Retro gaming features

“Boomer Shooter” is now a category on Steam. But what are boomer shooters? The first-person shooter (FPS) genre has come a long way since its first appeared in the 1990s. Evolving through squad-based experiences and sparawling world epics, FPS games now typically feature mature narratives, consideral immersion, and stunning graphics.Read More →

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